Paired with the Kansas City Royals earlier move to put Chien-Ming Wang on the 15-day DL and bring up Scott Alexander, the team has added two fresh arms.
Colon hasn’t hit well in a reserve role for Kansas City this season, slashing a mere .228/.295/.268. There’s no reason to keep the 27-year-old Colon on the roster when he’s hitting no better than Raul Mondesi Jr. While the Royals will have to wait 10 days to recall Colon after sending him down, they can easily bring up the more versatile Whit Merrifield when rosters expand on Friday.