Giancarlo Stanton is a monster. Over the past five years he’s been one of the most dangerous hitters in baseball, one of the most valuable players overall, and one of the best young hitters that the game has ever seen. He’s also missed more than 20% of his team’s games and has been injured in four of his five full seasons in the major leagues (and that’s not counting his gut-wrenching, freak facial injury). His injury history calls to mind another recent superstar, the Rockies-come-Blue Jays’ shortstop, Troy Tulowitzki – is there a common pattern, and just how much value does a team lose when their superstar only suits up for 75% of their games? Read more