12
2012
Collins On Rash Of Injuries, Updated Injury Report
An article by Craig Lerner
The outbreak of injuries at Mets Spring Training camp has become quite alarming. Terry Collins is very concerned as he bemoaned the number of players he’s had to scratch off his lineup cards of late.
“You better believe it’s troubling,” Collins said. “And we have no answers.”
Collins is taking immediate action and has mandated that the players cut down the number of swings they take in batting practice each day in an attempt to reduce strain on their core muscles.
Collins has also urged his players to take their morning stretching more seriously, and is looking into the effects of coffee and energy drinks on their hydration.
“I think it’s a combination of everything. This didn’t happen 20 years ago. I never knew anybody who had an oblique issue 20 years ago.”
Here is a current updated list of Mets who are dealing with injuries or ailments:
RHP Pedro Beato: Suffering from right shoulder inflammation, but there may be a chance can return on Wednesday in Lakeland against the Tigers. Still, he has yet to return to a mound.
LHP Tim Byrdak: Suffering from a sore left knee and is en-route to New York for treatment and a more intensive examination. He is the lone key lefty in the bullpen and the Mets can ill afford to lose him.
1B Ike Davis: Diagnosed with Valley Fever, but not showing any ill effects from it yet. Davis said the issue could take a year to get out of his system.
RF Lucas Duda: Duda has now been out for four days since he was sidelined because of back stiffness.
OF Scott Hairston: Already has had three cortisone shots since arriving to camp, but still no improvement. He strained the same oblique that landed him on the DL at the end of last season, and could open the season on the DL.
2B Reese Havens: He can’t stay healthy, and continues to be hampered by back issues and has been idle for most of camp.
RHP Jenrry Mejia: Mejia is still trying to come back from Tommy John surgery and won’t be ready to pitch in minor league games until May at the earliest.
CF Kirk Nieuwenhuis: Added to injury list on Sunday with a right oblique strain.
3B David Wright: Has yet to appear in a Grapefruit League game because of a left rib-cage issue. On his way to New York for more advanced testing and a cortisone shot.
About the Author: Craig Lerner
I'm a data analyst and researcher for a leading news agency who loves life and is hooked on the Mets. I love following the Amateur Draft and have a particular fondness for the Mets Minor Leagues who I follow each day. Give me a cold beer, a summer day, and a Mets game, and I'm good to go.
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Is this normal?
How does this compare, for example, to ST of 40 or so years ago?
Are players working out too hard nowadays? Years ago, the expression was that the daisies and dandelions worked harder to come up than the ballplayers during ST.
What’s going on?
These guys are doing too much core strengthening excercises these days. I’ve never seen so many oblique strains like there’s been over the last 10 or so years. Too many guys are spending too much time in the weight room. Oblique injuries rarely ever happened years ago, they take forever to fully heal.
Keith talked about this some last week one day in the SNY booth.
He said same thing you did – oblique injuries were hardly ever heard of back in his playing days.
He also said it’s the ‘over training’ going on nowadays. He went on to joke (or maybe he was serious?) it’s got to be all the situps they’re doing. He said he never did one in his life.
The problem is they are all swinging for those moved in fences trying to impress each other!
They are ALL overswinging!
When you do that Rib and Oblique injuries are what you get instead!
What did they do the second day of ST?
They moved them all to that field that was supposed to be like the new fences at Citifield and all they did was try to hit HRs and now they can’t even hit a single because of it!
Maybe Terry should think about that when he wonders why he is having all these oblique and Rib issues and stop trying to turn Line Drive hitters into Kingman and Howard!
Maybe, just maybe they need a whole new approach to exercising to include, dare I say Yoga and Pilates (whick I admit I don’t know what that is other than seeing the infomercial). All I am saying is maybe they should consult with the best trainers they can find and evaluate everything and go from there. I remember an athlete years ago who started taking ballet lessons and he said it helped enormously with his foot work. I don’t think David Wright would look good in a Tu Tu (wouldn’t be as cute as my little 4 year old granddaughter) but we’ll skip the tu tus. All I am saying if what their doing now is not working, try a new approach.
I’ll say it’s awfully funny to compare the physiques of BB players up till the mid-1980s and then till present.
You would think you cannot be a successful athlete and MLBer unless your are a bodybuilder. Idiocy.
Looks like Herrera is making the opening day roster.
I remember hearing in an interview with former wrestler Mick Foley a while back where they asked how he was able to avoid injury for most of his career. His answer, “No muscles, no muscle pulls.”
probably carson’s job to lose for now, only because he won’t require someone to be dropped off the 40 man roster (unless they manage to open with someone on the 60 day DL, always a possibility with this team.
I wouldn’t mind Herrera having a shot. I mean you can’t kill a guy for doing as well as he did last season even if it was a very small sample of 8 innings.
lol, I wouldn’t say he’s the “real deal” like someone said after 8 innings – that’s just crazy. But for what he showed? Give ‘em a shot, why not?
What have we got to lose – for the first time in my life following this team winning isn’t really the objective here anyway.
Last year when I posted some positive comments about Herrera as an athlete and as a good human being, some MMO posters ridiculed him, apparently because of his size. This kid is the real deal and is a great kid. I don’t know if he’ll make the team, but we need to get behind Torres and Herrera. We could do a lot worse. Neither of these guys presents a character issue and both may surprise a lot of fans with their play on the field.
I agree Des. Two very upstanding guys with tons of character. They fit right in with Dickey and Wright in that regard.
I believe I read that a lot of guys swing in the cage during the game. I assume that was just bench guys trying to stay ready. But I wonder. Enough is enough, after all.
These guys are still using body building protocols in the weight room. Such protocols are not appropriate for baseball players.