NEW YORK – Major League Baseball postponed this weekend’s Subway series to give time for more and find contacts after two members of the New York Mets tested positive for coronavirus.
The Mets played Thursday night in Miami and Friday’s first game against the Yankees postponed Thursday after the effects were unveiled. MLB postponed the entire weekend series among New York groups on Friday “out of caution and to allow for additional testing and tactile search.”
The Mets returned home Thursday night and are in New York, and the team said in a statement that the travel organization was tested at Citi Field on Friday morning before being quarantined home. The team has no plans to exercise this weekend.
The team said those who tested positive or were known as close contacts remained in Miami. He did not specify how many close contacts were known.
The league has postponed 36 games this season due to positive testing with the Miami Marlins, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and Mets. The Yankees have had their schedule interrupted twice despite the lack of positive testing since the opening day.
Positive tests are the first shown in the Mets organization since the start of the season. The right Brad Brach missed the pre-season camp and showed that he tested positive for coronavirus.
MLB said Friday that seven of the 12,485 samples collected last week from players and coaches had returned effects to COVID-19, a rate of 0.05%.
Three of the positives were players and four members. Of all the samples collected through MLB this season, 0.1% tested positive and 19 groups tested positive.
YANKEES: All-Star shortshors Gleyber Torres and left-hander James Paxton joined the list filled with New York.
Torres underwent an MRI on Friday that showed slight distension in the hamstring and left quadriceps, and Paxton underwent an MRI on Thursday that showed mild bloating in the flexor of the left forearm.
Left-hander Luis Avilon also placed himself on the disabled list after an MRI on Thursday revealed inflammation in his left shoulder.
The Yankees no longer feature star hitters Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and DJ LeMahieu, as well as left-hander Zack Britton, right-hand Tommy Kahnle and backup catcher Kyle Higashioka, all in IL. The approval trial is scheduled to be triggered Saturday after recovering from a taut right calf, but the Yankees are not scheduled to play until Monday.
INDIENS: Manager Terry Francona underwent medical surgery for a gastrointestinal illness and will most likely miss the team’s three-game series to the Detroit Tigers.
At this point, we now know when Francona, a two-time World Series winner, will return.
Baseball Operations President Chris Antonetti gave an update to 61-year-old Francona, who has already missed 14 games this season. Francona recently revealed that she had undergone surgeries during the following year due to the disease.
Antonetti said Francona still felt “really uncomfortable” before the procedure, which was conducted at the Cleveland Clinic. Hope is the last thing that will help you feel smart enough to continue administering by 2020.
NATIONAL: Pitcher Stephen Strasburg diagnosed with carpal tunnel neuritis in his hand after consulting a nerve specialist, director Dave Martinez said.
Martinez said surgery may be just an option, but he still has to talk to 2019 World Series MVP. Strasbourg placed on the disabled list on 15 August, a day after posting only two withdrawals in Baltimore. It is the 32-year-old’s first IL appearance since 2018.
After an 18-6 record with 3.32 MPM at 33 in 2019, the right-hander is 0-1 this season with 10.80 MPM in two.
“I’m going to contact him to see what his characteristics are and what he needs to do,” Martinez said before Friday’s match opposite the Marlins. “I think it’s anything that has to be fixed, so let’s see.”
REAL: Kansas City placed catcher Salvador Perez on the disabled list due to his persistent vision and reminded Randy Rosario to carry a left-handed arm in the bullpen before his three-game series against the Minnesota Twins.
ORIOLES: Chris Davis placed himself on the 10-day disabled list, and Baltimore recalled the much-vaacking hope Ryan Mountcastle and made him the starting left-back Friday night against Boston.
Davis heads to IL with a batting average of Array122 and patellar tendinitis in his left knee. Currently, in the fifth season of a seven-year, $161 million contract, the former two-time home racing champion has six hits, none of them, and one RBIs.
Selected with the 36th pick in the 2015 draft, Mountcastle, 23, was the International League’s Most Valuable Player last year after beating Array312 with 25 home runs and 83 RBIs for Triple-A Norfolk.
TRADE: The Philadelphia Phillies acquired right-hand reliever David Hale of the New York Yankees for their worst bullpen in the primary league, returning potential right reliever Addison Russ.
Hale played in 95 games in six seasons with the Braves, Rockies and Yankees. He allowed two earned runs and a save in six innings this season. He named an assignment on Monday when the closest to the All-Star Game, Aroldis Chapman, returned from COVID-19’s disabled list.
The Phillies’ relievers have combined for an MPM of 8.07 this season, the worst of the majors with just two points.
Philadelphia also placed left-hander Jose Alvarez on the 10-day list due to a testicular concussion and removed left-hander JoJo Romero from the team’s choice site.
Russ, 25, works in the Philadelphia election and has failed to double-A. He has 2.48 MPM and 50 saves in three minor league seasons, adding 2.54 MPM and 22 saves with Double-A Reading last season.
Russ was added to New York’s 60-man list and was assigned to the election site.
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