Doctors

[mexicanadense]

Just wondering why we never see any concern regarding the teams medical staff we have had injury plagued season after season. I get the turf argument but has the medical team been consistent over these years? If so is it time to hold them accountable or has this been addressed before?

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[MikeM]

I think my biggest issue is the amount of muscular strains/pulls we seem to go through during a season.

I think it's a problem inherent within the game of baseball where you sit for a while or stand and then go 100% to first base but there has to be a way to prevent these things. I mean, you're just running to 1st base or running down a ball a couple times a game. You should not end up on the DL.

Reyes, Lawrie, Rasmus, EE, Bautista have all had these issues. Even Lind had a stiff back and he was DH'ing ffs. There has to be some type or prevention that we could do better.

[Randle McMurphy]

If you want less injuries, the Jays should roster their team with less injury prone players.

[Graham's Cracker]

If you want less injuries, the Jays should roster their team with less injury prone players.

And if they run out a roster of injury prone guys, management needs to ensure that we have adequate depth at positions of risk.

[Schad]

We had a plague of injuries last year. Not sure that we've been much harder hit than most this season, however...it's mostly been the standard-issue pulled muscle parade and a couple fluke injuries (medical staffs can't really do much to prevent having one's hand broken by a pitch, as an example).

[RapsFanInVA]

How many injuries have we had simply by running the bases? It seems like such an easy thing to do.

[Regulator]

They must be in poor shape and do not stretch enough. Pulling a hamstring or quad running to 1st is ridiculous.

[dagger]

We had a plague of injuries last year. Not sure that we've been much harder hit than most this season, however...it's mostly been the standard-issue pulled muscle parade and a couple fluke injuries (medical staffs can't really do much to prevent having one's hand broken by a pitch, as an example).

Can't agree. Yes, Lawrie's injury wasn't preventable. He could wear something on his hand when batting - maybe borrow EE's parrot - but wear and tear injuries could be prevented, or minimized by the stretching and fitness regime the team uses. I'd like someone like Alex McKechnie to do an audit of the entire Jays fitness program to see if there are training exercises that should be incorporated or some things dropped. And yes, a team that has older players with an injury history, like, say Reyes, should have adequate backup.