You can talk about the sheer volume of Pirates players who landed on the injured list this year — more than 25 in all. That's an entire gameday roster.
You can talk about the key figures who have missed significant time — Jameson Taillon with a strained right flexor tendon, Francisco Cervelli with a concussion, Trevor Williams with an abdominal strain. The list goes on.
But behind the competitive element of it all sits another issue. While the trainers focus on getting players healthy and back into game action, they're still dealing with human beings.