The Oakland A’s placed starting pitcher Kendall Graveman on the 10-day disabled list on Monday due to a strained shoulder, the team announced. The move is retroactive to Saturday, the day after he last pitched, which means he’s eligible to return on April 25. To replace him on the roster, catcher Bruce Maxwell was recalled from Triple-A.
Graveman looked dynamite in his first two games of the season, with increased velocity and a bump in his strikeout rate, but he struggled through his third outing and exited after only five innings and 74 pitches. There is no official word on the specifics of his shoulder injury, but Susan Slusser of the S.