"Drafting players returning from injury isn't a great idea, until it is." -- Some Guy With a -1,050% ROI.
Over the past few years, we've been watching starting pitchers throw fewer and fewer innings every year [insert citation to every article I've written since 2019]. Part of that has to do with luminary pitchers getting injured and, for whatever reason, not stepping back on the field for what seems like a metric decade. Wait, a decade is already metric. But years aren't metric...wait, am I in the New Matrix or the Old Matrix? ENYWHEY. "Don't draft injured players" is something touts say every year and then we ogle Shane Bieber as a top 10 starter. So, what are we doing about players coming back from injury? This question matters more this year than in previous years because -- as you'll see below -- there are a metric crap ton of starters who were injured last year that are getting drafted like they're gonna throw for 600IP. Let's jump in and see what the market is already doing about some notable players, and we'll think about how we might want to manage these guys in our drafts.
