Will Carroll

Will Carroll (born 1970 [cite LAF|id=n2004-10473] ) is the author of two books: "Saving the Pitcher" (2004), and "The Juice: The Real Story of Baseball's Drug Problems" (2006).

Carroll is a Senior Writer for Baseball Prospectus.com, for whom he writes the "Under the Knife" column during the baseball season, makes frequent contributions to the [http://www.baseballprospectus.com/unfiltered/ BaseballProspectus.com/Unfiltered] blog, and publishes a set of "Team Health Reports" and "Positional Health Reports" during the pre-season. He also leads Baseball Prospectus's audio and video media initiatives, in particular [http://www.baseballprospectus.com/unfiltered/?p=546 "BP Radio"] . He also serves as the football injury expert for RotoWire.com. Though he has no actual medical training, he is the son of a physician.

In 2006, he was the injury expert for the short-lived The Fantasy Show on ESPN.

In 2007, Carroll has also worked as the NFL injury expert for SI.com, for whom he writes the weekly "Will Carroll's Injury Report".

Pete Rose

Carroll was the co-writer, with Derek Zumsteg, of an article in 2003 for Baseball Prospectus stating that Pete Rose had come to an agreement with Major League Baseball that would allow him to be reinstated with no admission of wrongdoing. [The Return of Pete Rose [http://www.baseball-analysis.com/article.php?articleid=2194] ] Carroll's sources within baseball had provided him with this information. The report was denied by Major League Baseball, and Rose has not yet been reinstated, even though he has since admitted to gambling on baseball. When asked in an interview in October 2007 whether he still stands behind his story, Carroll responded: "Absolutely. Rose himself has been quoted as saying he had a deal." [ [http://thestatpack.blogspot.com/2007/11/special-interview-with-will-carroll_03.html The Stat Pack] , November 3, 2007.]

Awards

Carroll won the award for Best Fantasy Baseball Article in Print from the Fantasy Sports Writers Association in 2005, 2006 and 2007 for articles he contributed to the RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Magazine. "The Juice: The Real Story of Baseball's Drug Problems" (2006) won the 2005 Sporting News-SABR Baseball Research Award.

Books

*"Saving the Pitcher". Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, Publishers, 2004; paperback 2007. (ISBN 1-56663-578-0)
*"The Juice: The Real Story of Baseball's Drug Problems". Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, Publishers, 2005; paperback 2007. (ISBN 1-56663-668-X)

References

External links

*"Special Interview with Will Carroll," [http://thestatpack.blogspot.com/2007/11/special-interview-with-will-carroll_03.html The Stat Pack, November 3, 2007] .
*Nando Di Fino, "Fantasy's Disabled List Detectives," [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120785326281105465.html "Wall Street Journal", April 10, 2008] .