Next man up. No one cares about the injury issues your team is dealing with in the majors, because there are games to be played every day-ish no matter who’s available.
But that doesn’t mean you can’t talk about overcoming those issues to stay competitive while you wait for your expected everyday players to get back in the lineup.
“I think we’re second in all of baseball in roster moves and players on the roster,” GM Mike Rizzo told 106.7 the FAN in D.C.’s Sports Junkies this past Wednesday, when he was asked about Washington’s injury-filled first two months of the season, “and the injuries have been really — there’s not a lot of cramped calves and stuff like that, we’re getting breaks and tears and surgeries, and season-ending stuff.