The Diamondbacks traded good news for bad on Tuesday, reinstating reliever Joakim Soria from the injured list but adding starting pitcher Merrill Kelly to it.
The club did not specify the reason for Kelly’s placement on the injured list. Based on the way teams have operated since beginning play during the pandemic, that likely means the issue is COVID-related, though it does not necessarily mean he has tested positive.
One possibility could be that he was exposed to the virus; another possibility could involve feeling side effects from receiving the vaccine, something that forced San Francisco Giants right-hander Kevin Gausman to the injured list on Tuesday.