Garrett Whitlock is headed to the 15-day injured list with left oblique tightness after being pulled from Tuesday’s game after just 54 pitches, but Alex Cora doesn’t anticipate he’ll miss much time.

“This one it feels like it’s going to be a short stint,” Cora said.

Cora said head trainer Brandon Henry noticed the issue during Tuesday’s game and urged Whitlock be removed to avoid a potentially more serious injury. Despite Whitlock’s lengthy track record of getting hurt, Cora said they aren’t concerned about his long-term availability and made the move to play it safe.

“Actually he kind of fought it because of that, I’m like you don’t have to prove to people you can stay healthy, this is on us. We actually took it out of his hands, it’s early enough that it doesn’t make sense to push him then something worse might happen,” Cora said. “We’ll take care of him the next hopefully 15 days and he’ll be ready.”

The trip to the injured list is another bump in the road for the right-hander, who has gotten off to an outstanding start this season. Through his first four starts Whitlock has posted a 1.96 ERA over 18.1 innings while demonstrating a much improved pitch arsenal, including two new pitches and a drastically improved changeup.

To fill Whitlock’s spot on the roster, the Red Sox are calling up left-hander Joe Jacques from Triple-A.