July 10: In addition to Guerra’s return, first base prospect Seth Beer has been cleared to return to the field as well, The Athletic’s Zach Buchanan tweets. Manager Torey Lovullo revealed earlier this week that Beer, acquired from the Astros as part of last summer’s Zack Greinke blockbuster, recently had a positive test, though the timing of that test wasn’t clear.
July 8: We’ve covered a lot of players being held out of activities due to the coronavirus, so it’s nice to be able to begin welcoming some back to action. The Diamondbacks announced that right-hander Junior Guerra is back in camp after previously testing positive for COVID-19.
It emerged only recently that Guerra had received a coronavirus diagnosis. Since only a few days have passed, he was clearly held out based upon an earlier test. The precise details are a bit confusing — Zach Buchanan of The Athletic tweeted Guerra’s comments — but the important part is that the righty has been cleared of concern.
Given the timing, it’s reasonable to hope that Guerra will be able to ramp up in time for early-season action — if not for Opening Day itself. The 35-year-old is playing on a one-year, $2.65MM pact. He’s expected to come out of the Arizona pen, where his experience as a starter could allow him to work multiple innings as necessary.
Wow, thanks for actually reporting the eventual happy result and not just the initial problem. You don’t see that much in the media these days, particularly with COVID.
Of course, virtually every positive player will end up like this again, so these stories will continue to crowd out actual baseball stories.
I still think you should consider compiling all COVID news related to individual players and report on them once per day, like the old Transactions section from newspapers. Full articles could be reserved for key players at risk of missing games or players with a serious health issue beyond a mild or asymptomatic case.
We’re going to be sticking to full posts on each new positive COVID case, though we’ll combine if it’s the same team. We have infinite space here and I think it’s better for the website’s organization and for allowing people to comment on that specific team.
It’s not crowding anything out – this is the predominant baseball story right now. If a bunch of non-COVID baseball news happens, great, we’ll cover it like always.
It’s almost like you have a website, without the need to cut stories based on physical space in the layout… *shrug*
To start off; really good news.
Doesn’t seem like he was out very long? I think we’ll need to see more of these reinstatements (is that the term?) to begin to get a feel for how long this’ll keep guys out.
Seems encouraging to me. But… well, it’s a sample size of one.
So.
Couple other “just baseball”, if you will, observations:
– I think multi inning relievers are going to become increasingly important
– Guerra has outperformed his FIP every year besides his debut season. (I always wonder why that happens & when does it become accepted about those particular pitchers & no longer considered a fluke)
To touch on your last part, almost never. Teheran had the stigma until he declined to fit the narrativd
Yeah, I kinda thought that might be the case.
Hat tip on Teheran. I looked him up. Same kinda thing.
Chris Young was another one. Although I believe his IF Fly rate was believed to have been responsible. Which is quantifiable.
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It’s notable to me, because we see pitchers who UNDERperform their peripherals (i.e. Michael Pineda) get paid all the time. Yet, guys who OUTperform theirs seem to routinely get written off as “lucky”, or whatever.
Since he has already had it does he not have to wear a mask now?
Only when he visits Miss Fanie’s House of Pleasure in Chicago.
Very nice to seem some good news.
Good luck JG. Always liked you as a Brewer.
New headline: “Beer Might Not Have Case of Corona!”
“Beer Beats Corona!!!”
“Beer, Beats, Battlestar Gallactica”