Effectively Wild Episode 1679: How to Keep Players Healthy in 2021

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the seemingly building backlash to the extra-innings automatic-runner rule and Dusty Baker’s comments about anti-Astros heckling, then (19:51) bring on high performance coach Gary McCoy to discuss his epiphany about preventing player injuries, the importance of deceleration, how he helped a team in Taiwan have an injury-free season, the problems with innings limits and pitch limits, how MLB teams should be handling players in a season following a light workload, how and why teams are investing in sports science, how motion-tracking technology and artificial intelligence can help prevent injuries, and more. Audio intro : Durand Jones & The Indications, " Make a Change " Audio interstitial : Parquet Courts, " Picture of Health " Audio outro : The Posies, " Take Care of Yourself " Link to Ginny Searle on the automatic-runner rule Link to Dusty on heckling Link to Joe Lemire on Gary and the Brothers Link to Gary’s LinkedIn page Link to study on injury rates in 2020 Link to Mike Petriello on teams managing workloads Link to J.J. Cooper on innings limits Link to study on innings limits Link to second study on innings limits iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Effectively Wild Wiki Twitter Account Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source