The gloves have barely been worked in, and this week already saw the unfortunate news of Luis Severino having to go through Tommy John surgery and being forced to miss the 2020 Season, and murmurs of Giancarlo Stanton dealing with a calf injury that has his ability to be ready for Opening Day in-doubt.

Considering the enormous success of the Yankees last year: 

We conspire to think that the Yankees have manipulated the rules of injuries to get dynamic teams on the field as the season progresses.

The MLB even had to change the rules for what constitutes a 10-day or 15-day injured list if it is a pitcher or a batter because the Yankees were fielding amazing teams where players kept coming back from their at the right moment.

Also, you can manipulate lineups when injuries are in play and mitigate the potential risk of disillusionment with the players if the management likes to have you out of the lineup.