Collateral Damage Daily for April 24

The Mets have gone through their troubles with injuries in the past, but 2012 has been kind to them thus far. Even with Ronny Cedeno being placed on the disabled list yesterday, they only have four total trips to the disabled list. Not many teams are doing as well as the Mets are from an injury standpoint, something I didn’t believe I would ever say.

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• Ronny Cedeno became the latest Mets casualty when he was placed on the disabled list with a left intercostal strain. He hasn’t gotten too many starts this year, coming in mostly as a defensive replacement. It doesn’t mean that the Mets won’t miss him, though. Intercostal strains don’t tend to linger as long as oblique strains, but they nonetheless can take more than the minimum. The reason why it’s difficult to get back quickly is because there’s no way to fully rest the muscles. The act of breathing continually stretches and contracts the muscles just enough to extend the time needed for healing. Jeremy Hefner took Cedeno’s place on the roster for the first game of the doubleheader, but Jordany Valdespin ultimately took Cedeno’s roster spot.