Royals place P Texeira on DL

Cleveland, OH (Sports Network) - The Kansas City Royals have placed reliever Kanekoa Texeira on the 15-day disabled list with a right elbow strain.

The move is retroactive to Saturday.

Texeira is 1-0 with a 4.64 earned run average in 27 games with the Royals, who claimed the right-hander off waivers from Seattle on June 3.

In a corresponding move, the Royals activated reliever Robinson Tejeda from the 15-day DL. Tejeda missed 27 games with a strained right biceps tendon. He was 3-3 with a 3.42 ERA in 41 appearances before landing on the DL August 1, retroactive to July 30.