#injury-risk

#injury-risk

Kyle Tucker was selected fifth overall by the Houston Astros in 2015. He got a taste of the majors in 50 games across 2018 and 2019 before playing a "full season" of 58 games in 2020. But that was his real welcome to the major leagues. From the start of 2020 onward he would slash .276/.362/.513 while averaging 24 home runs and 19 steal per season.

When the Orioles drafted Rodriguez 11th overall out of high school in 2018, the club was a few months away from replacing Dan Duquette with Elias as the head of baseball operations. So Elias wasn't involved with that pick, but he is intimately familiar with Rodriguez's career and health history. Once one of the best pitching prospects in baseball, Rodriguez's injuries began with a 2022 Grade 2 lat strain that cost him three months and pushed back his expected Major League debut. He was healthy in 2023, had some success in the Majors, and totaled 165 innings - the only time in his career he's topped 117 frames.

Alright, maybe we've been giving the Raptors a bit too hard a time for their rough 1-4 start, especially since we still have the whole season ahead of us. But you can't deny that, no matter how big of a Raptors fan you are, it's worth noting that Toronto's defensive foundation and the small sample size we've seen so far haven't looked particularly impressive. Things

Fitness fanatics are scuttling around on all fours, in a practice that has been dubbed 'quadrobics'. Advocates of quadrobics say it offers a 'full-body workout', with one even claiming they were able to achieve a six-pack within weeks. However, not everyone is so convinced. Some critics have warned of the potential injury risks associated with quadrobics, while others have gone so far as to claim that the exercise 'poses a danger to society'.

Charlotte Hornets PG LaMelo Ball averaged a career-high 25.2 PPG last season, along with 7.4 APG and 3.8 3PG. Those are major numbers we love in fantasy hoops, but they lack some context. Deni Avdija and Christian Braun scored more points last season. Bub Carrington and Scotty Pippen Jr. dished out more assists. Gary Trent Jr. drained more 3-pointers. Ultimately, 297 fellows appeared in more NBA games than Ball last season, and 177 played more minutes.

The Houston Rockets have one of the league's most dynamic young cores - led by Alperen Sengun and two-way star Amen Thompson - buoying them to the No. 2 seed in the West last year. However, they lost a rock fight in the first round against Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler and the Golden State Warriors. Despite sporting a top-5 defense, the Rockets were a bottom-nine halfcourt offense with the eighth-worst effective field goal percentage and seventh-worst true-shooting percentage. They needed at least one other creator.

Although Anthony Stolarz is a 31-year-old goalie who has only started 142 career NHL games, he's arguably the team's best option right now when it comes to the crease. He suffered an injury last year, which resulted in him starting fewer games than Joseph Woll, but statistically he was the better player. Not only, but he was called upon as the team's No. 1 starter in the playoffs, before once again getting injured.

The stakes have been raised for the Washington Commanders in 2025. No longer is this once-downtrodden franchise expected to be languishing among the bottom feeders. Fans and analysts are anticipating another deep postseason run in the second year under Dan Quinn's leadership. Whether the Commanders have enough to achieve this feat is debatable. Adam Peters made some aggressive moves over his second recruitment period.

Jiminez has never played more than 122 games in a season, and that came in his debut year, when he ended up fourth in rookie of the year voting after putting up an OPS of .828. Last year saw him play for both the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox, but he only hit the field for 98 games and ended up slashing .238/.289./.336 with a .626 OPS.