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March 8, 2009 Team Health ReportsLos Angeles Dodgers
Head Trainer: Stan Conte Trend: Neutral. Conventional wisdom would suggest that the Dodgers have declined from a health standpoint over the past three seasons, and when looking at days lost, they have. But you need to consider some of the guys they'd been nursing to health that are no longer a part of the team as the organization finally made a commitment to its younger players in 2008. Gone are injury-prone players like Nomar Garciaparra, Brad Penny, Andruw Jones, Jeff Kent, and Takashi Saito. Jason Schmidt has been a disaster from the outset, and it's a miracle that Conte and his staff even have him throwing this spring. As the personnel shifts, so do the challenges in LA. Sure, Rafael Furcal is veteran priority number one, but Conte and his staff must now focus more on the careful development of young players like Chad Billingsley, Clayton Kershaw, Russell Martin, and Jonathan Broxton, than they do on trying to keep aging players from completely falling apart. The Shape of the Season:
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Any clues from the algorithm as to WHY martin rates as green? I'm surprised by it too...
Low attrition rate, no ill effects from the past workload which jacks up his baseline, and athleticism. He's also in a small peak area for catchers just below 27.