How Important is Availability as an Ability?

With all of the discussions of the potential, and now long-rumored, return of Kieren Tierney, as well as the uncertainty surrounding Greg Taylor’s long-term future, I thought it worthwhile to do a fairly simple review of each player’s historical track record of minutes played.

While the related data is simple, the potential decisions that are related, may not be. The obvious angle for this review is the injury history of Tierney, and what impact that could have on his future availability, and the potential implications for the degree of prioritization for depth at the position.

Let us begin with the most basic of data - minutes played by season/age beginning with 2015-2016: