Injury risk assessment is only part of the reason why players like Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw can't get insurance for the World Baseball Classic
The company that owns Bally Sports is expected to file for bankruptcy, a move that could result in a huge financial hit for the Angels and 13 other MLB teams.While Major League Baseball and the players’ association want the WBC to thrive, believing a star-studded tournament produces substantial long-term benefits for the sport, teams are understandably more concerned about the short term. There’s a 162-game season to play after the event.
Insurance softens the potential blow. Players are paid their guaranteed salaries no matter what, whether they miss the entire season or a few games because of an injury sustained in the WBC. The insurance coverage — which has always gone through Team Scotti, a Pittsburgh-based broker recently bought by NFP — protects teams from having to pay a player for time missed because of an injury stemming from the tournament. If an injury is determined to have happened in the WBC, then the team is reimbursed for the time the player misses. WBC participants are required to undergo entrance and exit physicals to help glean injury information.
MLB has compiled injury data from the first four WBC iterations, according to a league official. The data aren’t publicly available, but the official maintained “there is no correlation between being hurt and playing in the WBC.” It’s also in MLB’s best interest to say that without sharing the data.A study conducted by Washington University in 2017, days after the previous WBC was held, determined that tournament participants missed an average of 2.35 more days because of injury after the WBC.
“So, I’m just going to kind of keep my fingers crossed and hope for the best. But as long as you’re playing baseball, there’s always a chance of injury. “
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