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Mike Trout Joins the Long List of Player on the IL

SI's Tom Verducci shares his insight into the recent influx of injuries in Major League Baseball.
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Mike Trout is only one of the recent MLB stars that have been placed on the IL due to injury. Players like Corey Seager, Cody Bellinger, Joey Votto, Noah Syndergaard, and Jacob deGrom have all been placed on the IL lately. SI's Tom Verducci shares his insight into the recent influx of injuries in Major League Baseball.

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Tom Verducci
TOM VERDUCCI

Tom Verducci is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated who has covered Major League Baseball since 1981. He also serves as an analyst for FOX Sports and the MLB Network; is a New York Times best-selling author; and cohosts The Book of Joe podcast with Joe Maddon. A five-time Emmy Award winner across three categories (studio analyst, reporter, short form writing) and nominated in a fourth (game analyst), he is a three-time National Sportswriter of the Year winner, two-time National Magazine Award finalist, and a Penn State Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient. Verducci is a member of the National Sports Media Hall of Fame, Baseball Writers Association of America (including past New York chapter chairman) and a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 1993. He also is the only writer to be a game analyst for World Series telecasts. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, with whom he has two children.

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