5:20pm: The Yankees have confirmed the report, issuing a statement announcing that while in self-quarantine, the still-unnamed player reported “fatigue and an elevated body temperature” to team medical personnel. The player remains in quarantine, and his symptoms have begun to dissipate, per the club.
10:59am: A second, unnamed Yankees minor-leaguer has tested positive for coronavirus infection, per Jon Heyman of MLB Network (via Twitter). The prior positive test emerged two days ago.
The Yankees and the rest of the league have already halted Spring Training, of course. But this transmission is surely the result of prior interactions between the players.
Some players are still training at spring sites. MLB players have been granted permission to do so at their own election. Most minor-leaguers have been ordered home, though some — injury rehabbers and some other ad hoc cases — have remained. The Yankees had already closed their facility after the initial positive test.
Heyman writes that some players — it’s not clear which — will remain in self-quarantine and receive testing. It’s not known just how this most recent positive test came about — presumably, the player showed symptoms — or precisely what broader testing plans the Yankees have.
There’s a broader point of controversy surrounding the apparent ability of sports teams to command tests while they still aren’t widely available. The Yankees previously indicated they had only procured one test (the previous positive).
Just the Yankees
It’s unlikely it is just the Yankees. The Yankees are merely the only we know of so far.
As testing finally gets more readily available however, it will likely expand to affect the sport more
I hope not but restaurants in my state just shut Down except for delivery drive through and take out so I’d sadly bet you are right.
Same with my town. Use delivery services. Keep social distancing.
The hospitalization rate is about 20%. That’s going to be the real killer.
It’s not like the normal flu where you don’t need to go to the hospital.
Quarantine all Yankee’s minor league players.
Not surprised.
can they ever maintain healthy work places for the kids?
Clint Frazier. Dont know why, just seems like that would happen with him
nah, probably hand foot and mouth Happ
It says minor leaguer.
i know, but Frazier isnt one either so…
Increases his trade value
So here’s the list of injuries the Yankees have:
Severino (Tommy John)
Judge (Stress fracture-rib)
Stanton (He’s got everything)
Hicks (Elbow)
Paxton (Back issues)
Two unnamed Minor Leaguers (Coronavirus)
I’m starting to feel a little sorry for the Yankees… a little.
Yo it’s me, my bad for talking bad about the rangers. They are a good team.
When did you say they were bad? I remember talking with you on another thread about it. BTW I like being the underdog, the more bad-mouthing the better lol.
Rangers are the 3rd biggest trash can in Texas, besides the Astros and Bill O’Brien.
that’s not true, and even id that’s true they’re at least a distant 3rd.
Not as distant a 3rd as you might think. Still 3rd though, but maybe the 2nd WC (yes even with the Rays and Yankees).
People say spring training stats mean nothing, and I agree. But the spring training performances that Odor and Kiner-Falefa put up were astounding. And ignoring their great spring stat line, their swings are both different this season. Odor stopped his wild leg kick that makes him get off balance and strike out, and Kiner-Falefa is now able to drive the ball further with his new insight on launch angle (working with Michael Young doesn’t hurt either). All I’m saying is that if those two are good, and if Elvis losing 30 pounds makes him have more explosiveness, expect this team to be very very impressive next season.
On the bad side, Guzman and Bird both look terrible. The Rangers will most likely move ToddFather to 1st and Kiner-Falefa to 3rd, hence plugging more holes.
Give us Lance Lynn back as a get well soon present
Deivi Garcia.
All but Severino should be fine by the time the season starts.
Should any fan really be crying about injuries right now?
As a RS fan I feel badly for the Evil Empire and their fans. They do a great job putting together a team n look at the injuries! It was only Cashman excellent work last yr that kept them a powerful team, great depth. No fan of the sport wants to see another team decimated with injuries to their fave players.
Pelota Cubana reported the first was Denny Larrondo
ridiculous they feel a need to publish the names. it was one thing that Gobert’s was given he touched the microphones, but this is a different story.
They are public figures, you nitwit. The public MUST know their names, so they know to be careful over the next 2 weeks or get tested.
Public health officials are going through that process with the infected players as we speak. That IS the protocol. Identifying those people with whom the players have had contact, contacting those people, isolating those people, etc. They don’t need your intervention. They don’t need a public witch hunt any more than they do with HIV. The officials conduct the hunt in a calm, organized manner.
Dude there are such things as medical privacy laws that state you can’t just blab the info to the public. However, it doesn’t mean that the authorities haven’t reached out to those in close contact with the infected to alert them to take a test. They let those that need to know, know.
No surprise the resident commie wants to scarlet letter everyone.
Some of the things are way out of policy on this site too (nearly every comment has something). How is it that he is permitted to continue and never banned?
Sounds pretty smart honestly. It will stop the spread most efficiently
Trade him while you can
Gotta stop kissing each other
Told my old lady idc if she has the corona; I still wanna bone ya….it didn’t work
I want the list of every person in the world who has the flu right now. I wan5 to quarantine myself from them just the same.
Just quarantine yourself. There. Done.
We got a candidate for best post of the day here!
Very cogent and concise, Mo. Best response post in the thread…..
Bulldoze the facility
Jesus H. Christ name the players, the public who might have interacted with them at any point in the last 2 weeks needs to know!
Public health officials are going through that process with the players as we speak. That IS the protocol. They don’t need your intervention.
STFU with this BS.
His middle initial is H?????!!!! How the hell did I miss that this whole time?!
Major league baseball better be careful before the New York Yankees spread the coronavirus throughout the Major leagues to other teams players. Yankees are not a clean organization, I remember going to Yankee stadium and sitting behind their dugout and all I remember was smelling stinky feet. It was like they haven’t bathed and wore the same socks over and over again. Their fans stink even more. Please stay away from Yankee stadium!
For those in their 20-30’s and otherwise healthy it is just a cold . Its the older folks among us at most risk, but then even the flu is bad news for the elderly with chronic conditions.
Don’t worry about the kids
People in their 30’s have died. Children have died. Not so sure about 20’s. People of all ages with chronic illnesses, such as diabetes, can die. You talk as if it’s nothing to worry about because it mostly affects old people. In my book old people are people too and deserve our concern; a deadly virus that affects them affects me.
Both of the people I know of who have gone into the ICU are in their 30’s.
The confusion is that the symptoms aren’t deadly in most people, and are in fact, mild. But what people must realize is that this likely originated with bats and infected livestock that was consumed by humans (University of Miami for reference).
Thus, it is not necessarily the mortality rate, rather the altered strain that somehow adapted to infect humans, for which there is no cure, no effective treatment (other than immune system) and can spread very quickly, because carriers may not have symptoms for 3-5 days while it’s contagious.
Then the contagion creates a desperate need for medical treatment and overloads the medical care personnel and hospitals, which can create a domino effect with other treatments.
Watch the Joe Rogan Podcast with Dr. Osterholm. It’s a good, objective piece on this virus.
To clarify my first sentence, symptoms are mild for most, deadly for many though.
Why the number is going up so fast? Before 5 out of million were tested. Now we are up to 25 out of every million.
Is that about 6,500 more tests completed (20 more tested per million x 325 millions of people)?
Leave it to a Yankee to test positive.
Never fails.
Damn Yankees!
“fatigue and an elevated body temperature” and the symptoms have begun to dissipate.
Ya know, I’m thinking they should just get everybody infected all at once and then play baseball again in a few weeks.
Any update on his condition?