MLB should heed warning signs from the KBO on injury risk

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports An MLB baseball season is finally back, and the biggest oddity of this season will be the limited number of games. I’ve seen some people are saying that teams with poor depth will have little problems due to short season, while teams with strong depth are losing an advantage. But my thoughts are little different.

Let’s take a look at the situation in the KBO, which started its season before MLB. Until June 23, KBO teams had each played about 42 games. And there are 174 batters that had more than 20 PAs for that games. This figure is the largest in the last five years.

If you average out the plate appearances in the KBO across 10 teams, you can see the following…