# Sports Injury Report: Who Is Out and What Just Changed (`scrapemint/sports-injury-tracker`) Actor

NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, WNBA and college football injury reports with player, position, status and the analyst note. Remembers the last run, so you get the status changes, not just the list. Keyless, no login, no browser. Pay per player.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapemint/sports-injury-tracker.md
- **Developed by:** [Ken M](https://apify.com/scrapemint) (community)
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## Pricing

Pay per event

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Sports Injury Report: Who Is Out and What Just Changed

Injury reports for **NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, WNBA and college football** — player, team, position, status, and the analyst note explaining the injury and expected return.

The list is the easy part. This actor **remembers what it saw last time**, so you get the thing that actually matters: *Travis Kelce moved from Questionable to Out fourteen minutes ago.*

No API key, no login, no browser. One row per player.

### What you get for each player

| field | example |
|---|---|
| `player` | `{ name: "Isaiah Adams", position: "G", jersey: "74", id: "4432773" }` |
| `team` / `teamAbbrev` | `Arizona Cardinals` / `ARI` |
| `status` | `Out` · `Questionable` · `Doubtful` · `Day-To-Day` · `Injured Reserve` · `15-Day-IL` |
| `statusType` | `out` |
| `reportedDate` | `2026-09-14` |
| `shortComment` / `longComment` | the analyst note on the injury and expected return |
| `change` | `{ changed: true, changeType: "status-change", previousStatus: "Questionable", previousSeenAt: "..." }` |

### Getting only what moved

```json
{
  "leagues": ["nfl"],
  "onlyChanges": true
}
```

That returns only players whose status shifted since your last run, plus anyone newly added to the report. Run it on a schedule through the afternoon and you have an injury alert feed.

**The first run records a baseline.** Nothing has "changed" when there is nothing to compare against, so run one returns everyone at the cheaper rate and run two starts reporting movement.

### Watching a specific roster

```json
{
  "leagues": ["nfl", "nba"],
  "players": ["Mahomes", "Kelce", "Jokic"],
  "onlyChanges": true
}
```

`teams` works the same way and takes either a name or an abbreviation (`Chiefs` or `KC`).

### A note on "Active"

Injury reports list cleared players as **Active** — that is most of the NFL report, 610 of 800 entries the day this was built. `includeActive` is **off by default**, so you get real absences and are not charged for players who are fine. Turn it on if you want return-to-play confirmations too.

### Pricing

| event | price | what it is |
|---|---|---|
| `player_row` | $0.003 | a player currently on the injury report |
| `status_change_row` | $0.012 | a player whose status moved since your last run |

A player is charged once, under one or the other. Players excluded by your filters cost nothing, as do note rows. The baseline run charges nothing at the change rate. Every row you receive is charged — there is no per-run free allowance to work around.

### Leagues

`nfl` · `ncaaf` · `nba` · `wnba` · `mlb` · `nhl`

NFL carries by far the most entries. When a league has no report published, you get a short note row explaining it — **never an empty dataset with no reason, and nothing charged**. College basketball and soccer are not published by this source.

### Related actors

- [DraftKings Odds: Line Movement, Spreads and Totals](https://apify.com/scrapemint/draftkings-odds-tracker) — opening line beside the current one. Injuries move lines; run both and you can see it happen.
- [Betting Odds Comparison: Best Price & Arbitrage Finder](https://apify.com/scrapemint/sports-odds-scraper)
- [Player Prop Bets: Odds by Player, Stat and Line](https://apify.com/scrapemint/sportsbook-player-props)

# Actor input Schema

## `leagues` (type: `array`):

Which injury reports to read. NFL carries the most entries by far; college basketball and soccer are not published by this source.

## `onlyChanges` (type: `boolean`):

Return only players whose status moved since your last run, or who were not on the report before. Players you skip are never charged. The very first run has nothing to compare against, so it returns everyone and records a baseline.

## `includeActive` (type: `boolean`):

Injury reports list cleared players as Active, which is most of the NFL report. Off by default so you get actual absences and are not charged for players who are fine.

## `statuses` (type: `array`):

Leave empty for all. Matching ignores case and hyphens, so "day to day" also matches "Day-To-Day".

## `teams` (type: `array`):

Team name or abbreviation, for example "Chiefs" or "KC". Leave empty for every team.

## `players` (type: `array`):

Partial names work. Useful for watching a fantasy roster or the players you have bets on.

## `includeCommentary` (type: `boolean`):

The short and long commentary explaining the injury and expected return. Turn off for a smaller payload.

## `trackChanges` (type: `boolean`):

Stores each player's status so the next run can report what moved. Turn off to treat every run as a fresh snapshot with no change detection, which also means nothing bills at the higher change rate.

## `maxRows` (type: `integer`):

Cap on players returned across all selected leagues. You are charged per player returned.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "leagues": [
    "nfl"
  ],
  "onlyChanges": false,
  "includeActive": false,
  "statuses": [],
  "teams": [],
  "players": [],
  "includeCommentary": true,
  "trackChanges": true,
  "maxRows": 500
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `rows` (type: `string`):

Player, team, position, current status and reported date, plus a change block naming the previous status and whether it moved since your last run.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "leagues": [
        "nfl"
    ],
    "statuses": [],
    "teams": [],
    "players": []
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapemint/sports-injury-tracker").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "leagues": ["nfl"],
    "statuses": [],
    "teams": [],
    "players": [],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapemint/sports-injury-tracker").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "leagues": [
    "nfl"
  ],
  "statuses": [],
  "teams": [],
  "players": []
}' |
apify call scrapemint/sports-injury-tracker --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapemint/sports-injury-tracker"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/NlZ6nSbyb4aoG1dcF/builds/Hzvfvedcag3xosUoW/openapi.json