Keone Kela remains shut down from throwing after another bout with shoulder soreness resurfaced last week, and fellow right-hander Tony Barnette has assumed the spot vacated with Kela on the disabled list.
Barnette doesn’t offer the same power stuff as Kela, but he has been in more tight spots in his career and has a mix of pitches to help him wiggle out of trouble.
“One a guy goes one time, two times, a third time, let’s make sure he feels comfortable with it before we get him out there on a throwing program,” Banister said of Kela, who went on the DL in early July.