After multiple members of the Texas Rangers organization tested positive for COVID-19, some employees told ESPN that they “fear for their health and hope the organization will allow employees to work from home after feeling pressure to come into the office,” per ESPN’s Jeff Passan. That’s a troubling revelation coming out of Texas, and a reminder of the power that employers yield over their workers during this difficult time. The Rangers, of course, will have the opportunity to reassess their work-from-home policies in light of these positive tests – and hopefully do so. Given unemployment rates around the country, those with highly-coveted positions within sports franchises are in a difficult position should they disagree with their employers in terms of readiness to return to work. None of the Rangers’ positive tests belonged to players, coaches, or baseball personnel, per Jeff Wilson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Teams generally face less public scrutiny with how they handle non-baseball-personnel staff, so let’s see how a couple other teams are handling confirmed positive tests…
- The Brewers are newly among those clubs with positive COVID-19 tests within the organization, writes Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Many of those who tested positive were asymptomatic, but apparently not all of them. It’s unclear at this time if those positive tests were from staff members or players. Regardless, the Brewers are forging ahead, set to bring a group of 45 players to compete for the eventual 30-man regular-season roster. The rest of the 60-man roster will train at the team’s Class A facility in Appleton, Wisconsin. Players will face intake testing for COVID-19 as they arrive at team facilities.
- The Indians have had players test positive from their homes, the team facility in Arizona, and from the Dominican Republic, per The Athletic’s Zack Meisel. Team President Chris Antonetti says that the cases have been isolated and there have not been any large-scale breakouts. Interestingly, some staff members have decided to sit out the season, though no players within the organization have as of yet decided to abstain from play. Clearly, the concerns are real across the league, and it’s up to teams to work with their staff and players to make sure everyone feels safe heading into this truncated season. The players face the most visibility, but there are obviously many more employees from every team who will face increased risk in the coming months now that baseball is coming back.
This is not news.. more tests, more cases .. still less than 1/2 % will pass away.. stop the constant fear monger bs.. geez
Yes, stop these posts unless there is Hospital admission
See above why
You’re right, the sheer number of positive tests are attributable to additional testing. The yardstick that Governor Abbott of Texas spoke about yesterday, is that the percentage of positive tests had increased to 11%+ in Texas. Hospitalizations in Dallas county have increased 80% since June 1. The main focus is the rise in hospitalizations, as positive tests and hospitalizations are indeed mutually exclusive.
The focus is on moving the goalposts.
> the sheer number of positive tests are attributable to additional testing… positive tests had increased to 11%+ in Texas
In Ontario, Canada (14.7 million people), expanded testing has resulted in positive tests of less than half a percent.
Didn’t mean to come off as denying the seriousness at all. If people would just follow a few simple rules, masks, distance, etc, the economy could safely get back up to speed. Glad to hear the success Ontario is having.
turns out they aren’t run by massive tools like texas and florida are, so they got past this way sooner than we will.
yea heaven forbid people take it upon themselves to be safe….sad way of thinking you have there
Exactly.
Wait until an older manager, coach, clubhouse person gets it or until the virus gets passed on to an older relative/friend or a friend’s relative/friend, etc. never mind that group of youngsters who developed unique symptoms a few of which died. We also are just assuming there is no latent issue down the road awaiting those already exposed. Sadly many will feel the concern has been exaggerated until it affects someone they know. In NY, I personally knew of four deaths ranging in ages from 57 to 90+. One was a mentor, another a spouse of a friend and the other two business contacts.
And unfortunately….that’s life. Happens every….single….day. Just because it is personal doesnt mean it changes a thing as far as numbers, probability, statistics, logic and reason are concerned. Sorry if that’s harsh….it’s reality.
start listening to doctors not druggies on radio!
Over 100,000 people in the us dead with lots more coming but it’s just trying to scare people
Ignorance at its finest
Lots more coming….that’s fear mongering at its finest. People die every da6 and you’re acting like it’s doomsday.
And that’s EXACTLY what should be focused on, not someone who either has zero symptoms or few. Precautions for those more susceptible….period.
People without symptoms are still contagious.
You are a monster. You make it sound like that 0.5% is expendable solely so you can be entertained. 0.5% doesn’t sound like that much until you realize that is actually a 1 in 200 chance of death and that doesn’t include the people that are being permanently disabled due to the disease. And you say fear mongering, when you consider how contagious this disease is, a 1 in 200 chance of death is pretty scary in and of itself.
Careful. To the deniers being called a monster is a compliment.
They think being a monster is “strong.”
@BlueSkies_LA , hey Blue, you live in the desert or did you used to?
You remind me of a guy that was on the Dodger site way back when.
I’m MVP_63.
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Stfu trumper.. more people are getting it and the moron in charge has no plan. This is out of control. trumps done, he is going to lose huge
one can only hope that’s the outcome
Yeah they said that last time
The thing not being talked about are the often long term effects of covid on those with underlying conditions. Conditions that many have. Even if nobody dies, what happens if a player, coach, or staff member contracts covid and has their career deterred because of it?
With cases continuing to spike (and hospitalizations on the rise) playing sports seems like an awfully bad idea.
Of course, the reason we’re in this dilemma is because so many people were like MLBTR commenters and were willfully in denial of a real problem, and didn’t take the necessary steps to curb the virus.
Well said! Amen
not disagreeing with you there, but where are you seeinv the long term part of this? I havent seen a source mentioning long term effects yet.
Lung damage
Long-term effects are nearly impossible to detect right now and this is so new, but there’s already reports out with continued cases of mostly lung issues, also kidney complications, PTSD, and now neurological issues ranging from: headaches, loss of smell; to strokes, seizures and aphasia (ability to speak).
The main thing to understand is that even surviving this it will most likely wreak havoc on your organs, possibly irreparably. But again, these are from continued cases and new reports are coming out every week globally.
You wouldn’t see this on fox news or trumps news network
nope but you would support tens of thousands of protesters that caused a huge spoke right?
I refuse to be terrified of the fear of maybes. Those who aren’t buying into the fear tactics do believe it’s real. They’re also taking common sense measures while still living their lives. Every day we will face risks in life but most aren’t non stop in the news.
Oh, really? What steps are those? You know, since they keep changing what the, “correct” precautions to take, are.
Teams and umpires will do a mass protest before the game, stand close together, then play. Science shows protesting without social distancing can’t spread the virus.
Looting, vandalizing and taking down statues outside the stadium is possible. We’ll have to ask the experts on that.
you forgot about rusted tin boxes.
You’ve been spewing the same hate on other threads. Maybe you’re the problem? I’d also avoid agreeing with vizionaire. He’s admittedly slow.
If this is what you believe, then contact sports are over. Forever. No questions asked. As are all sorts of other forms of daily activity because even a vaccine does not prevent exposure and/or complications from any virus. Your reactionary and quite naive beliefs on this are asinine.
Just about everyone will eventually test positive. That does NOT correlate in any measurable manner to deaths. A huge % of deaths can be attributed to sheer stupidity by governors and of people themselves. Be smart and follow the guidelines we’ve all heard a zillion times, but live your life.
You’re missing the obvious point. Not everyone will necessarily turn positive. If a vaccine is found this year or next, a huge portion of the population will still not have contracted the disease. The more people you can delay getting it prior to having cures, vaccines, and other effective support systems in place, saves substantial number of lives.
The sheeple are so easily led…….that’s the most frightening part of this.
Yes I agree. The sheep that are so easily manipulated that they scream there is nothing going on and follow politicians by not wearing masks, refusing to social distance and behave like nothing has happened over the past 6 months.
im thinkin you guys (and gals, if you have any under your pay/volunteer) should just change the site to MLBHR. major league baseball health rumours.
The problem with MAGAts is the old saying:
“It’s much easier to fool a person than to convince them they have been fooled.”
It matters not how much evidence you show them, they’ll just scoff it off as “fake news”.
That’s them EXACTLY.
Sarasm, right?
Cardinals? Orioles? Blue Jays?
Just because an employee feels pressured to be in the office doesn’t mean pressure was applied. Maybe it was or maybe it wasn’t. Some people feel guilt when there isn’t a reason. I told my employees they could work from home or come to the office. Some feel guilty for not coming in. That’s their choice.
“That’s a troubling revelation coming out of Texas, and a reminder of the power that employers yield over their workers during this difficult time.” That statement is a massive leap and generalization.
You make it sound like those employees have the same amount of information YOU do. You can comment on your little fiefdom but don’t make it sound like you have any idea why they are concerned or whether there is valid reason for them to be.
There is a deadly pandemic going on right now in case you’ve forgotten.
Uh…very aware there is a pandemic thank you. I’m saying don’t blanket everyone. Don’t blanket employees, don’t blanket employers.
Look I’m assuming you’re not naive. It’s a news article. You want them to focus on every specific detail and special circumstance. Like you would even read the 1000+ pages that would produce.
I’m simply say that the “That’s a troubling revelation coming out of Texas, and a reminder of the power that employers yield over their workers during this difficult time.” is a bit of a stretch and poorly written. It’s pretty simple.
What part of it is troubling for you? I’ve worked for a baseball owner and have seen baseball administration behind the scenes. There is no job (apart from players and on field staff) that can’t be done at home.
Employers have immense power at all times. And the stress and anxiety is just that much more with all that’s going on. Once again, this is a LIFE AND DEATH matter.
LIFE AND DEATH…got it.
Good, cause I wasn’t sure based on your earlier comments.
My comment is merely that you don’t blanket all employers or employees. Period. Oh…before you jump in with LIFE AND DEATH I get it. Just wanted to save you a little time.
The problem isn’t remotely with the wording. It’s entirely with your own sensitivity based on what YOU think should be okay. Step back and look at the bigger picture and stop being so silly focusing on trivial and meaningless semantics. Leave that to The Orange Loser and his contingent of MAGAts.
No sensitivity. You’re looking for something that isn’t there.
No, you have been. You stated that clearly with your own words on here.
You can say something, but it doesn’t make it true. Maybe go back to uppercase so we can hear you louder.
I think you hear me JUST FINE. You know you had nothing to say from the get go. There was never even anything wrong or opinionated about the language to begin with unless you are an unnecessarily hyper-sensitive uber pro business supporter.
Reading over all your comments here I can only assume you love the sound of your own voice and all I’ve been doing is feeding and angry little troll. Good luck in your continuing trolling efforts.
2020 America …. where even viruses are political now
according to johns hopkins hospital, 2,467,554 infections in u.s. and 125,039 deaths. that’s 5.1% death rates. teatraitors are willing to ruin u.s. for their political gain!
For most people until they have somebody close to them that gets the virus they won’t believe it which is a shame and it shows true selfishness of a lot of people. People’s health means more than sports and if you’re going to comment against this
you’re an a******
Stop being a sissy
false bravado is often the cause of having a black eye or two!
You’re already too far gone and been programmed to even talk about this with. “He did it as a trade war, not to contain COVID”. LOL beggers can’t be choosers. So your just fine with all the people coming in from China by the thousands?? Please. Wake up. Im not going to talk any further because I dont want my account banned.
we won’t play without full pay it’s too risky. oh we get full pay, we want more game then. ummmm..
that is beyond stupid!