MLB: Injured Stars creating tough decisions for teams
There’s never an opportune time for your star player to get injured, especially when there are set backs. Luckily for these injured stars, their MLB teams can still bolster their rosters before July 31.
If you’re a fantasy baseball owner the word ‘injury’ is your worst nightmare. It’s probably the end of the season for your team, as you’ll be hitting the refresh button on the waiver wire page to see if there is anyone who can jump into your lineup.
For an MLB franchise, it’s still your worst nightmare, but you have more options than the lowly fantasy owner. A couple of big name stars have gone down in the past few weeks, and teams will need to make a decision of playing the waiting game, or pulling the trigger on a trade.
The San Francisco Giants currently have three stars,
,
, and
, who are on the DL, but they will be coming back soon. The Giants have lost four straight, but now may not be the time to ship away a prospect as all three players are expected back by next week.
A number of high profile players who are injured have had minor setbacks in their rehab stints and will need more time until they will return to their big league club. We’ll take a look at a couple of these guys, and what decisions their teams will need to make to make sure they will still be able to compete.
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