The 'covid DL' is shorter than the regular 'DL' right?
Conspiracy theorist in me says this is because of those fouls off his quad/knee, as a way to make a roster move without putting him on the shelf for the full DL stint.
Big difference I've seen, is McCutchen has been hitting the ball hard (at least during the Cubs series that I saw) but they were right at people. Mind you, the evidence I have is my watching, I have no stats to back up my claim.