A comprehensive view of a main Major League Baseball with a surgical mask placed on it sitting on the dugout during the Detroit Tigers Summer Workouts at Comerica Park on July 5, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan.
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The MLB also said the Utah laboratory “is operating on a seven-day-a-week schedule from July 5th through the end of the World Series.” The league will likewise test players and staff “every-other-day till completion of the 2020 World Series.”
Less than a week after Major League Baseball clubs invited back gamers in preparation of an abbreviated season, the league has actually experienced a delay in getting Covid-19 test results because of the Independence Day holiday.
FedEx, which has a special agreement with the MLB to provide and recover screening packages to the facility its using in Utah, wasnt functional over the vacation weekend. According to the companys published schedule, FedExs express-delivery unit had actually customized service on July 3, and was closed on July 4 and July 5. With FedEx not running, MLB utilized a service from another airline, which provided a few of the test results to teams.
The MLB said it does not “expect a recurrence” and applauded “the affected clubs that responded effectively by canceling exercises.
MLB summertime camps opened on July 1, after the league and the Major League Baseball Players Association finally came to terms on pay structure and overall video games. The celebrations settled on a 60-game routine season with prorated pay.
The MLB said all players and staff must go through “medical screening and screening processes prior to getting in club facilities.” Full workouts are underway with Opening Day games scheduled for July 23 and July 24.
Some MLB clubs temporarily suspended summertime camps due to postponed screening results for gamers and personnel. The San Francisco Giants said on Tuesday that its suspending workouts “pending the outcomes of tests performed this previous weekend.” The Houston Astros made a similar statement on Monday, while the Washington Nationals halted practices on Monday but returned on Tuesday.
The league said on Monday it gathered more than 3,700 samples from June 27 to July 30, with all 30 clubs involved. As of July 5, the Utah lab had reported outcomes for 98%, leaving a few of them pending as of Monday.
The MLB, which suspended Spring Training on March 12, acknowledged the vacation mishap in a declaration, saying the matter has been “addressed with the company that are necessary to the execution of the protocols.”
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— CNBCs Leslie Josephs contributed to this report.
Some MLB clubs briefly suspended summertime camps due to postponed screening results for players and personnel. The Houston Astros made a comparable statement on Monday, while the Washington Nationals stopped practices on Monday but returned on Tuesday.
With FedEx not running, MLB utilized a service from another airline, which delivered some of the test results to teams.
