There’s no doubt about it – injuries suck. Even if you make a specific point to avoid players who are labeled as injury-prone, you still can’t dodge them. Was Freddie Freeman considered injury-prone? No. Josh Donaldson? Nope. Madison Bumgarner? Not a bit. Yet all three are currently on extended trips on the disabled list and fantasy owners are helplessly floundering as a result.

How can you recover? Plain and simple, you can’t. It’s just too much this year. This switch from the 15 to the 10-day DL has been an absolute nightmare and managers are throwing every single player with the slightest issue onto it. Blister? 10-day DL. Hangnail? 10-day DL. Runny nose? Yup. 10-day DL.  

So now that everyone’s players are being treated like a wounded first-child of overly-neurotic parents, every fantasy team is running to the waiver wire to pick up any healthy body they can find. Couple that with fantasy owners also making moves just to play the hot hand (what’s that about?) and now your chances of finding anyone productive have gone from slim to none. Losing Freeman, Justin Turner, Aroldis Chapman and/or James Paxton isn’t just a bummer, it’s a death sentence for your fantasy baseball team.

So what do you do?

Easy.

You quit.

They might say “no one likes a quitter” or that “quitters never win,” but I disagree. I know lots of quitters who are doing just fine right now. My brother Mike quit smoking and he feels great. My uncle quit drinking and his whole life turned around. My buddy Drew quit his job at a law firm and he’s never been happier. Literally. He’s never been happier. So forget that negative stigma that seems to follow quitting around and embrace it. Think about how happy you’ll be.

Imagine waking up in the morning, getting ready for work and not having to sit down and check that crap-filled lineup before the games start. You could sit at the kitchen table and have breakfast with your significant other and, if you went the family route, spend some time talking to your kids. How great does that sound? A sensible breakfast and time spent with loved ones or deciding whether to start Adam Frazier or Michael Saunders in a league you have zero shot at winning? Jeez. Tough choice there, right? You can give it some more thought while you opt to take the dog out for a nice, relaxing, morning stroll through the neighborhood.

Think about how much more calm you’ll be walking into work knowing that jackass Dan from accounting won’t be coming to you first thing in the morning to report injuries to your players you already knew about. You won’t have to put up with his stupid jokes and you certainly won’t have to spend your morning coffee break deflecting stupid, lowball trade offers from him. Quit your league and you too will feel that cathartic relief Phil Connor felt after punching Ned Ryerson in the face. Bing!

Now your family is happy, your home-life is enjoyable and your stress levels have declined exponentially at work. And let’s talk about how productive you probably are now. No more annoying email chains about collusion and trade voting. No more wasted phone calls debating the sustainability of Eric Thames power numbers. No more back-and-forth with a guy who said he loves to trade but never seems to be able to ever pull the trigger. Your productivity level at the office will spike and you’ll probably be more inspired to take care of some of those home projects your wife has been nagging you about. You’re probably looking at a promotion and a return to newlywed sex within a couple of months.

And don’t forget how happy your league-mates will be. Instead of dodging every phone call or email laced with incessant whining about your injuries, they’ll actually be happy to hear from you. They won’t be tired of hearing you beg them to make a trade they don’t like just to help you out and they certainly won’t have to listen to you cry about how everyone else is trading with everyone but you. Not to mention how much happier they’ll be to have one less team making waiver claims. The player pool will open up for them a little more and they’ll be happier people to hang around with as well. It’s a win-win!

So if you just lost your biggest power hitter, your top closer and a slew of other role players, do yourself a favor and just quit. You don’t need that kind of aggravation in your life. You don’t need the negativity, the stress or the anxiety that come with successfully running a championship-caliber fantasy baseball squad. You’ll be happier, we’ll be happier and, soon enough, people will be changing their tune and saying, “I’m a quitter AND a winner!”