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Tommy Pham Tests Positive For COVID-19

By Jeff Todd | July 3, 2020 at 6:25pm CDT

The Padres announced today that outfielder Tommy Pham has tested positive for the coronavirus, as AJ Cassavell of MLB.com was among those to cover on Twitter. Pham authorized release of his personal medical information. Fortunately, he’s said to be asymptomatic at the moment.

Pham, 32, has yet to suit up for a regular season game with the Padres. He was a key offseason acquisition for the San Diego organization, which is hopeful that Pham will continue to perform like the under-the-radar star he has been in recent years.

It’s good that the Padres were able to catch Pham’s condition before he entered the clubhouse and came into direct contact with all his teammates. He’ll be quarantined for the time being to avoid any possibility of transmission.

Hopefully, Pham will continue to experience no or limited symptoms. But in order to get into Summer Camp and get ready for the season, he’ll have to register negative for COVID-19 in two consecutive tests. That could well delay his availability for the coming season.

The Friars are also awaiting the arrival of closer Kirby Yates, another key piece of the picture in 2020. He is said to be dealing with a “non-COVID-related family issue,” but the expectation is that he’ll be able to get to work in the coming days.

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44 Comments

  1. Nohrz71

    5 years ago

    Hey well buddy, we need you for the playoff push hopefully.

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    • AngelDiceClay

      5 years ago

      Its not 2025 yet. Plenty of time

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      • PutPeteRoseInTheHall

        5 years ago

        lol

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      • Nohrz71

        5 years ago

        How bout them angels when does their playoff run start… ?

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      • All American Johnsonville Dogs

        5 years ago

        Angels apparently are shooting for 2025 as well with the rosters they build around Trout.

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      • nowheretogobutup

        5 years ago

        Padres are picked to make the wild card this year, what about the Angels? if trout doesn’t play no chance.

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      • nowheretogobutup

        5 years ago

        Like the Angels with one SP this year look up to Texas, Angels picked to finish third LOL

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    • nowheretogobutup

      5 years ago

      He’ll miss all of ST and probably the first two weeks of the season not good news, do we bring in Puig? as DH

      Reply
  2. reflect

    5 years ago

    Best wishes to him and his pham

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    • SoxRewl

      5 years ago

      The like button doesn’t fully capture just how much I enjoyed this comment.

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      Reply
    • yogineely

      5 years ago

      Well done and still sympathetic

      Reply
  3. User 3617846742

    5 years ago

    Get well Tommy!

    Reply
  4. kreckert

    5 years ago

    Sigh.

    Reply
  5. Daver520

    5 years ago

    MLBTR would like to send our heartfelt condolences to Tommy’s Family and teammates on his positive test result .

    Reply
  6. gogiantsyanks

    5 years ago

    I thought that each player with a positive result would remain anonymous?

    Reply
    • windycitykid89

      5 years ago

      They can choose to remain anonymous. It’s stated in the article that Pham gave the team consent to release the news.

      Reply
    • AngelDiceClay

      5 years ago

      If you play for The Pads you are anonymous

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      Reply
      • Javia

        5 years ago

        Just like the Angels are when you compare them to the Dodgers.

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        Reply
      • All American Johnsonville Dogs

        5 years ago

        You wanna play for the Angels? They’ll pay you 200+ mill to help Mike Trout miss the playoffs, again.

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        • padreshave32yrstobestdodger1stwswin

          5 years ago

          Hey RumpPullee: You wanna play for the title of Bridesmaid? Play for the Dodgers. They’ve paid out $4.7 Billion from 1989 through today to get to the playoffs often yet manage to miss out on a WS title. They’re Baldy’s reincarnation of his equally choker Atlanta girls. $300,000,000 per year since 2014 and still can’t buy WS love. That’s what you call losers. Angels will win a WS decades before the Doyers do.

          Reply
        • padreshave32yrstobestdodger1stwswin

          5 years ago

          Hey rabid: Your Dodger have NOT had a WS winner since 1888.

          Reply
  7. TheLawAbides

    5 years ago

    They should just cancel the season

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  8. radzyfsu

    5 years ago

    Herd immunity

    Reply
    • raisinsss

      5 years ago

      White blood cells.

      Reply
      • padreshave32yrstobestdodger1stwswin

        5 years ago

        The weak-minded are the first to turn to the Orange Orangutan from the jungles of Sumatra as grand poobah.

        Reply
    • Javia

      5 years ago

      Do you even understand what “herd immunity” means and how it works? Because it doesn’t sound like you do.

      Reply
  9. bklynny67

    5 years ago

    Every player that is positive is asymptomatic. Lol

    Reply
    • herecomethephillies2018

      5 years ago

      Not requiring hospitalization and asymptotic are two different things.

      Reply
      • bklynny67

        5 years ago

        Don’t understand the point of your post… The article says he’s asymptomatic, which is what I said.

        Reply
    • nowheretogobutup

      5 years ago

      What then would you call it? daaa

      Reply
  10. VegasSDfan

    5 years ago

    Hopefully, he recovers fast and tests negative in a couple weeks.

    Reply
    • Javia

      5 years ago

      If they didn’t test him in the first place he wouldn’t be positive now, would he?

      Reply
  11. MikeEmbletonSmellsBad

    5 years ago

    I blame Padres2019ha

    Reply
    • Padres2019ha

      5 years ago

      Word. You been on my veena for a minute now. Never seen your profile before til recently. I assume you have several profiles or have been banned previously. WCR or RR I presume

      Reply
      • MikeEmbletonSmellsBad

        5 years ago

        I have been on your weird Indian guitar for a minute now? That makes no sense but then again you never do.

        Reply
  12. Dorothy_Mantooth

    5 years ago

    It’s going to be interesting to see how the players treat ‘recovered’ teammates who tested positive and have subsequently beaten the virus and are allowed back on the field. There are so many unknowns about this disease; there are even reports of people in Asia who have supposedly caught it twice. We’ll just have to see if teammates welcome him back with open arms or if he (and others) are treated like a leper.

    Wishing Tommy a quick and healthy recovery!

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    • DarkSide830

      5 years ago

      that would be pretty terrible and stupid of them

      Reply
  13. jim stem

    5 years ago

    It’s pretty much common knowledge that a positive test means a two week quarantine “in the real world”. Does this also hold true in baseball THEN test negative twice?

    Reply
    • nowheretogobutup

      5 years ago

      Tommy will have at least a two week to three week hold back, missing all of ST, not good. He is the guy we are counting on to get on base. DO we go after Puig now?

      Reply
  14. Rich Hill’s Elbow

    5 years ago

    Only a matter of time until Trout gets sick…

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    • Ironman_4life

      5 years ago

      Hes healthy. Why would he get sick?

      Reply
  15. sdryder278

    5 years ago

    I mean does “spring training” really even matter at this point? You know Pham is throwing and getting cage time away from the team. I don’t see a guy like Pham missing games over this minor setback

    Reply
  16. Mrtwotone

    5 years ago

    Was he the one that was complaining about the season being postponed and him loosing out on money? Genuinely curious I thought I read something about that but I might be wrong

    Reply
    • padreforlife

      5 years ago

      It was true washed under the rug by local hacks who only write about vanilla topics

      Reply

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