Crowdsourcing: Hitters Who Played Through an Injury in 2024

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October 11, 2024

For several seasons I’ve attempted to collect the hitters who have played through an injury. These banged-up guys underperformed their projection by ~20 points of OPS the next season. That works out to a 5% drop in production. What I need is help trying to collect all the possible batters while this season is still fresh in everyone’s mind. Here are the names I have so far:

Documented Players Collected So Far
Name Location
Alex Bregman elbow
Alex Kirilloff back
Alex Verdugo tattoos
Anthony Santander knee
Bo Bichette calf
Brandon Drury migraines and injuries
Brandon Lowe toe
Brooks Lee bicep
Bryce Harper elbow, wrist
Chas McCormick hamstring
Christian Yelich back
Cody Bellinger finger
Dansby Swanson knee
David Fry elbow
DJ LeMahieu hip
Evan Carter back
Fernando Tatis Jr. leg
Francisco Lindor back
Freddie Freeman finger
Gleyber Torres groin
Heliot Ramos plantar fasciitis
Hunter Renfroe back and leg
J.T. Realmuto knee
Jason Heyward back
Jazz Chisholm Jr. shoulder
Jett Williams wrist
Joey Ortiz neck
Jonny DeLuca unknown, rumors
Jorge Polanco knee
Juan Soto hand
Jurickson Profar patellar tendinitis
Ke’Bryan Hayes back
Ketel Marte ankle
Kris Bryant back
Kyle Tucker shin
Logan O’Hoppe concussion
Luis Arraez thumb
Marcus Semien uknown, horrible after collision
Mark Canha hip
Masataka Yoshida shoulder
Masyn Winn back
Max Kepler hernia
Michael Massey back
Miguel Rojas abductor muscle
Nick Ahmed wrist
Nolan Jones back
Nolan Schanuel thumb
Oneil Cruz possibly ankle, no source
Rafael Devers shoulder
Sal Frelick shoulder
Shohei Ohtani hamstring
Starling Marte knee
Steven Kwan bumps and bruises
TJ Friedl not at 100%
Thairo Estrada multiple injuries
Trevor Larnach toe
Tyler O’Neill knee
Will Wagner knee
William Contreras hand
Wilmer Flores knee
Wilyer Abreu late-May injury, no SB
Yandy Díaz knee
Zach Neto shoulder

Does anyone know of any others and I’d love to have a link to verify? I’ll assemble a complete list with the links in a future article. Thanks.





 

Jeff, one of the authors of the fantasy baseball guide,The Process, writes for RotoGraphs, The Hardball Times, Rotowire, Baseball America, and BaseballHQ. He has been nominated for two SABR Analytics Research Award for Contemporary Analysis and won it in 2013 in tandem with Bill Petti. He has won four FSWA Awards including on for his Mining the News series. He's won Tout Wars three times, LABR twice, and got his first NFBC Main Event win in 2021. Follow him on Twitter @jeffwzimmerman.

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ransohsMember since 2020
1 month ago

Jonathan India played through plantar fasciitis (among a host of other ailments) https://www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fastball/injuries/cincinnati-reds-second-baseman-jonathan-india-undergoes-ankle-surgery-expected-to-be-ready-by-spring-training-01j9vefph1wc

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Jeff ZimmermanMember
1 month ago
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Thanks

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Jeff ZimmermanMember
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