DR HQ: Positional Health Reports—OF

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Giancarlo Stanton (OF, MIA)
Risk: None/low
Injury Concern: Stanton’s season came to end in mid-September when he was hit in the face with a fastball and suffered multiple fractures of his facial bones.
2015 Outlook: Physically he’s fine this spring and is now sporting a new specially-made batting helmet. He isn’t showing any outward psychological signs from the beaning. Odds are very low he won’t suffer any adverse effects but it can’t be ruled out.

Ryan Braun (OF, MIL)
Risk: Low
Injury Concern: Painful nerve—right thumb and a cryotherapy treatment. Braun had the troublesome nerve in his right thumb treated with extreme cold therapy last fall.
2015 Outlook: The pain is gone, and he...

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