Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke receives ‘lubricating injection’ in elbow.

Zack Greinke

Zack Greinke received an injection in his right elbow Thursday. (Associated Press photo)

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Updating our previous post, Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke received something the team called a “lubricating injection” in his right elbow Thursday. He’s expected to be back on a normal routine in a few days.

“I think they wanted to have (the injection) a couple days earlier but they really wanted the doc to be here,” Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. “We had to wait a couple days.”

Mattingly said that Greinke has received the injection each of the past two years as well, a fact the team didn’t disclose until today.

“Zack had thrown like five bullpens and it’s something he’d planned on doing,” Mattingly said.

If Greinke has had the injection before, it’s worth questioning its efficacy.

In August of last year the Dodgers delayed one of Greinke’s starts for two days because of elbow soreness; he said the injury had been bothering him for a month at the time. Greinke left Camelback Ranch midway through his first camp with the Dodgers because of inflammation in the back of his right elbow.

This entry was posted in JP on the Dodgers, Spring Training and tagged , by J.P. Hoornstra. Bookmark the permalink.

About J.P. Hoornstra

J.P. Hoornstra covers the Dodgers, Angels and Major League Baseball for the Orange County Register, Los Angeles Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Torrance Daily Breeze, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News, San Bernardino Sun, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Whittier Daily News and Redlands Daily Facts. Before taking the beat in 2012, J.P. covered the NHL for four years. UCLA gave him a degree once upon a time; when he graduated on schedule, he missed getting Arnold Schwarzenegger's autograph on his diploma by five months.