Rather than wait for the season to begin, we'll provide some insight on players who look to start the season on the Injured List (IL), so that you can better prep for your drafts.

BaseballHQ health scores are great and are a good estimator of risk, but they don't always tell the whole story. We'll dig in to a few players whose risks might not be best reflected in their health scores. We'll include a couple of players, too, whose risks may be mis-perceived by GMs.

We'll kick off our 2019 injury coverage by setting our 2019 expectations for several players who were hurt in 2018.

Cobb, Springer, Bryant and Gregorius all could be done or close. Earlier: An in-depth look at Manaea. Possible season ends for Asdrubal, Rosario, Gallo and Story. The story on Story is potentially the most ominous. Plus, bad news for Triggs.

Reading the tea leaves on Schwarber, plus Cahill and Fletcher. Earlier: G. Polanco will likely miss the start of 2019. News on Wright, Strop, Cashner, and Belt. Is Sano done? Jose Iglesias? Manaea gets some terrible news. Plus, an update on Corey Seager.

M. Franco may return soon. G. Polanco is done. Update on J. Nelson. Earlier: What can we expect from Ohtani in 2019? Plus, Mesoraco, Avisail, Jansen, Duffy, and J. Abreu. Even earlier: Aaron Judge watch. Also, E. Rosario, M. Franco, and a Marwin.

Chapman like likely done. Earlier: Manaea and Duggar, too. Plus, Heyward and J. Iglesias. Even earlier: Marco Gonzales, Kolten Wong, and an update on Posey.

Manaea out and K. Hererra is back on the injury schneid. That follows: Posey, Hellickson, Bour, Villanueva, Judge, Leonys, Chapman, Ozuna, and {breath} Jose Abreu. Earlier: Archer, L. Garcia and A. Sanchez.

Trumbo and Gregorious could be headed to the DL. Darvish has a setback. Sale to miss some time. Earlier: Hellickson to miss some time, plus Mercer, Paxton, Hardy, and more on A. Beltre. Even earlier: Madson, Bauer, more muscle woes for A. Beltre, B. Dozier with a possible heart issue, plus updates on L. Martin and Solarte.

The latest update is All-AL: Skaggs (again), JaCoby, Marisnick, Solarte, and EEE. Earlier: updates on Trout and McCullers, plus Jansen, Barraclough, and Leonys Martin; O'Neill and Springer; Ellsbury done for season; an initial look at Trout.

A bevy of injuries now! We've got McCullers, Robertson, Fowler, Swarzak, Wood, Skaggs, and Myers. Earlier: the Mets, er, Matz injured. Plus, Kinsler, Naquin, Pham, and a little (Jake) Lamb. Even earlier: Sale, Lourdes Gurriel hurting, C-Mart, more Lamb, and Ross Stripling.