PHOENIX -- Instead of meeting his former Brewers teammates in an exhibition game in Maryvale on Monday, Zack Greinke was in Los Angeles meeting Dr. Neal ElAttrache, who concluded the Dodgers pitcher's right elbow is inflamed but nothing worse.

The team doctor gave Greinke an injection of platelet-rich plasma and anti-inflammatory medication. The pitcher has been prescribed rest for two to three days and then a return to a progressive throwing program.

"It sounds really positive," manager Don Mattingly said after receiving results of Greinke's examination.

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