The Royals made a flurry of transactions on Monday, placing pitcher Zack Greinke on the 15-day Injured List, placing pitchers Gabe Speier and Matt Peacock on the Injured List, and sending down outfielder Brewer Hicklen. Replacing them on the roster will be outfielder Kyle Isbel from the Injured List, and pitchers Foster Griffin, Jose Cuas, and Arodys Vizcaino up from Omaha. No injury was listed for Speier and Peacock, and with no corresponding 40-man roster move made to add Cuats and Vizcaino, the cause is likely COVID-related.
Greinke said after his start on Sunday that he had been dealing with a sore forearm/elbow, something that Mike Matheny talked about following the game.