Looking at the NFBC average draft report, I realized that only two Top 40 players -- Derrek Lee and Gary Sheffield -- missed significant playing time due to injury. Last year, eight of the Top 40 players (Schmidt, Rolen, Thome, Nomar, Sheets, Gagne, Schilling and Bonds) missed at least 30% of the year. 2004 also saw eight Top 40 injuries: Prior, Nomar, Magglio, K Wood, Halladay, Sexson, P Wilson and Wagner.
So, catastrophic injuries had less effect on this year's NFBC than the first two. I thought this was interesting, so I figured I'd share with my fellow stat-heads.
Few big-name injuries in 2006
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Few big-name injuries in 2006
Well, i seemed to find more than a few: Harden and Gomes come to mind... Not top 40 but key contributors...