Friday, June 5, 2009

Astros and the DL

Incredible data available from Beyond the Box Score dissecting DL trips among Major League teams. You should check it out, but as a teaser I'll point out that...

-The Astros rank 2nd behind the White Sox in Fewest Trips to the DL
-The Astros rank 6th in Fewest Average Days on the DL
-The Astros are #1 in Fewest Days Lost to the DL

Players from Cincinnati spent five times the number of days on the DL compared to players from Houston. It was really an eye opener to see which teams seem to care about conditioning and the ones that do not.