The Oakland A’s placed relief pitcher J.B. Wendelken on the injured list Thursday, the team announced. To take his spot on the roster, fellow pitcher James Kaprielian was recalled.
The reason for Wendelken’s IL trip was not disclosed by the team, which is unusual since most injuries are explained right away. Also worth noting is that their press releases usually specify the 10-day injured list, and this one did not, merely referring to the injured list in general. All of that makes it easy to speculate that the cause might be related to coronavirus, which brings relatively unique restrictions on public announcements and also has its own separate IL.