Here’s a quick and dirty view of Nick Johnson’s injury history via Fantasy Pitch F/X.
During the course of his 8-year career, Johnson has spent roughly 589 days on the bench due to medical issues.
However, he has never been a team’s designated hitter for a full season. Perhaps the change will alter his fortunes.
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Certainly not pretty, but it does not seem like he has a chronic issue that should hamper him into this uear. Hopefully the Dh role will keep him fresh, but I would like to add one more bat just in case, preferably Xavier Nady (assuming Damon is really off the table).
Maybe the reason that he has not played much DH is that he has been in the NL excpt when he came up with the Yanks.
Astute, Steve…
Seriously, though, nobody ever wondered why he hasn’t been a DH. Merely, all that was said was that by becoming a DH full-time, hopefully it will resolve his fragile tendencies.
[...] Chris at The Yankee U pulls up Johnson’s injury history, noting that he’s missed 589 season days to injury over his career. That seems like a staggering number, though it gets skewed because of Johnson’s 2006 and 2008 injuries. Following an otherwise healthy 2006 season, Johnson broke his femur after colliding with teammate Austin Kearns. He missed the final seven days of the season and then the entire 2007 campaign, totaling 193 days. Then, 38 games into his 2008 return, he tore a tendon sheath in his wrist while swinging. That adds another 137 days. The two injuries cost Johnson 330 total days on the disabled list, or 56 percent of his career total. [...]
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