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Some interesting data in here on how 2025 has played out very differently on the injury front.

The ILs of March (and February), 2025
by Derek Rhoads (@drhoa3.bsky.social) and Rob Mains (@robmains.bsky.social)
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Heat in the Infirmary is a new injury tool over at BP. It's a different way to see multi-year trends. E.g., over the last 3 seasons no team has had more IL stints than the Giants (noted by the tone of gray in the bar chat), but they are only 10th in IL games lost over that same stretch.

Be on the lookout for these metrics to arrive on our leaderboards and player pages, and for them to become incorporated into our pitch models. We are thrilled about this work and hope you are as well!
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I didn't post out our weekend Best of BPs, so a little catch up here:

@timjacksonsays.bsky.social on what the Phillies (and other teams) are doing to prep for funky pitchers pre-game, and how it works:

We have some of the best injury data and visualizations around, thanks to @drhoa3.bsky.social. He and @robmains.bsky.social write some great, insightful pieces using it throughout the year, like this one dissecting 2024's injury bug:

@robmains.bsky.social and @drhoa3.bsky.social with a great example of all the great injury viz BP subscribers have access to, and great analysis of 2024's injury landscape:

@robmains.bsky.social with a great piece on some of the IL trends we saw in 2024. I thought it was especially interesting to see IL stints down noticeably for batters.

Our first BP Annual Comment giveaway, for a premium subscription courtesy of @blandalytics.pitcherlist.com is below! A reminder that these come from the 2024 Annual and thus are referring to the 2023 season:

I made alternate city logos/icons for every MLB team a couple of years ago. I decided to dust those off for an injury viz. This is every IL placement in 2024. If you click through to the link the viz is interactive.

Does anyone have a favorite icon?

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As @cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com points out BP subscribers get access to a ton of stuff. I work with our injury database and associated visuals. Below is a thread with a glimpse of our injury content.

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