With the minor injuries to Zack Cozart and Jonathan Broxton recently, I started thinking about how injury prone the Cincinnati Reds have seemed so far during the 2013 season. So I loaded up a list of all the injured players across Major League Baseball to compare the Reds to their National League Central opponents.

The Milwaukee Brewers have been the unluckiest, with seven players on the disabled list. The Chicago Cubs are next with six, the Reds have five, and the Pittsburgh Pirates have four. That leaves the St. Louis Cardinals as the healthiest team, with just three players on the DL.

The Brewers have been hit the hardest by far, with two players out for the season. Aramis Ramirez, Mark Rogers, and Jeff Bianchi are on pace to be back in the next few weeks, but Corey Hart and Chris Narveson aren’t expected back until May.

None of the Cubs players are listed as being out for the entire season, but they are the Cubs. Historically, no one is as unlucky as them.

That brings us to the Reds. Like the Cubs, no one is out for the year, although at this point it’s easy to wonder if Nick Masset will ever pitch again. He hasn’t pitched since 2011. Ryan Ludwick is the most severely injured and isn’t expected back until the All Star Break. The rest–Sean Marshall, Johnny Cueto, and Ryan Hanigan–are all expected back in May.

The Pirates have been healthy during the season. All of their four players started the season on the DL.

The Cardinals are similar to the Pirates. Two of their three players were placed on the DL during spring training. Those two–Chris Carpenter and Rafeal Furcal–were big potential parts of the team and will be missing the entire season. Jason Motte is the only one to be injured during the season.

Overall, the Reds seem to be in the middle of the pack. Sure, all but one of their disabled players have occurred in the first month of the season. But with the exception of Ryan Ludwick, those injuries appear to be minor and the players are expected back in May. Assuming the rash of injuries stops, then the earliness of the season almost insures that these injuries won’t have a major impact on the team’s overall performance.

Milwaukee Brewers (7)

Updated	Player	Pos	Injury	Expected Return
04/20/13	Mark Rogers	SP	Shoulder	15-day DL. Expected to make Double-A rehab start April 23
04/19/13	Taylor Green	1B	Hip	15-day DL. Out for season
04/13/13	Jeff Bianchi	SS	Hip	15-day DL. On Double-A rehab assignment
04/09/13	Chris Narveson	RP	Finger	15-day DL. Out until at least early May
04/08/13	Corey Hart	1B	Knee	60-day DL. Out until at least late May
04/06/13	Aramis Ramirez	3B	Knee	15-day DL. Out until at least mid-April
03/20/13	Mat Gamel	1B	Knee	60-day DL. Out for season

Chicago Cubs (6)

Updated	Player	Pos	Injury	Expected Return
04/22/13	Matt Garza	SP	Elbow, lat	15-day DL. Expected to make Double-A rehab start April 24
04/14/13	Steve Clevenger	C	Oblique	60-day DL. Out until at least mid-June
04/13/13	Kyuji Fujikawa	RP	Forearm	15-day DL. Out until at least late April
03/31/13	Scott Baker	SP	Elbow	60-day DL. Out until at least late May
03/27/13	Arodys Vizcaino	RP	Elbow	60-day DL. Out until at least early August
04/14/13	Ian Stewart	3B	Quadriceps	15-day DL. On Triple-A rehab assignment

Cincinnati Reds (5)

Updated	Player	Pos	Injury	Expected Return
04/22/13	Sean Marshall	RP	Shoulder	15-day DL. On Triple-A rehab assignment
04/21/13	Ryan Hanigan	C	Thumb	15-day DL. Out until at least early May
04/21/13	Nick Masset	RP	Shoulder	60-day DL. Out until at least late May
04/15/13	Johnny Cueto	SP	Triceps	15-day DL. Out until at least late April
04/15/13	Ryan Ludwick	LF	Shoulder	60-day DL. Out until at least early July

Pittsburgh Pirates (4)

Updated	Player	Pos	Injury	Expected Return
04/22/13	Charlie Morton	SP	Elbow	15-day DL. Expected to make Double-A rehab start April 23
04/20/13	Francisco Liriano	SP	Arm	15-day DL. On Double-A rehab assignment
04/10/13	Jeff Karstens	SP	Shoulder	15-day DL. Out until at least mid-April
03/20/13	Chase d’Arnaud	SS	Thumb	60-day DL. Out until at least early June

St. Louis Cardinals (3)

Updated	Player	Pos	Injury	Expected Return
04/12/13	Jason Motte	RP	Elbow	15-day DL. Out until at least early May
03/30/13	Chris Carpenter	SP	Neck, arm	60-day DL. Out for season
03/23/13	Rafael Furcal	SS	Elbow	15-day DL. Out until at least early September