Stan Conte, who had been with the Dodgers for the past nine seasons, resigned on Saturday. He had been the Dodgers vice president of medical services and their head athletic trainer.
Conte, who was hired away from the Giants nine years ago, had taken some heat recently for the Dodgers propensity to see players on the DL. Obviously, not all injuries can be blamed on one person, but Dodger fans were highly frustrated with a number of potentially avoidable injuries, namely hamstring injuries, this season.
According to the Dodgers, Conte resigned so he could focus on his research on baseball injury analytics. In March, Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci wrote about the Dodgers being one of three teams to agree to use a new system called The Profiler, which uses data and not eye tests to “anticipate injuries or downturns in performances”.
Conte’s resignation might spark some more movement. As many of you may be aware of, the Dodgers have essentially gutted their prior scouting lineage and have made many changes to their minor league coaching staffs.
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