Zack Greinke has been scratched from his scheduled start due to elbow irritation and flew back to Los Angeles to be examined by the team's physician.

Greinke, who signed a six-year, $147 million contract in December, threw a bullpen session Friday and was supposed to pitch on Monday.

He was scheduled to meet with Dr. Neal ElAttrache and to return to the team's spring training facility in Arizona later Monday afternoon.

"The fact that he's not here is a little bit of a concern," Don Mattingly said. "Listening to Zack, he can pitch with this. I know we're being really cautious. As a player, it clears the mind when you know nothing is going to get hurt by doing this. I was standing in during his bullpen, and if that's him hurting with something serious going on, it would be a shocker."