The weekend is leaving to a rough start for Major League Baseball.
In the span of 2 hours, the Houston Astros canceled a complete days worth of workouts after a personnel member reported potential direct exposure to somebody who is COVID-19 favorable and the Kansas City Royals announced that catcher Cam Gallagher had tested favorable after getting involved in Friday nights instrasquad game at Kauffman Stadium.
These most current advancements even more highlight the uphill– possibly even difficult– battle MLB is facing in hopes of completing a 60-game season.
Astros cancel workouts
Its the 2nd time today the Astros have actually canceled workouts due to coronavirus issues.
General supervisor James Click revealed Saturday that the contaminated person is not part of the Astros organization, and that the choice to cancel was constructed out of an “abundance of caution.”
It is genuinely a wonder how MLB will survive 3 months of actual baseball seeing how simple it is for direct exposure to fly under the radar, and likewise just how much time is lost when the leagues procedures are triggered.
The Astros have currently lost 2 complete days of exercises for two different problems related to coronavirus issues. In just 13 days, they are set up to open the season at house against the Seattle Mariners. Losing 2 days may not have a huge effect two weeks from now, however theres no informing the number of more days could be eliminated for similar reasons.
And what should the Royals do now that a gamer who was on the field Friday night has tested positive?
” As part of MLBs testing and reporting plan, we were alerted that an employee was potentially exposed to a COVID-positive private outside the organization. Out of an abundance of caution, we have actually cancelled todays exercise,” James Click said in a statement. “We are working closely with MLB and our group doctors to follow the established testing and cleaning protocols so that we can securely bring our players and personnel back to the field as soon as possible.”
When Minute Maid Park would be deemed safe for the group to return and resume holding workouts was not instantly clear. The Athletics Jake Kaplan reports that the Astros alternate training site at the University of Houston would be readily available for use on Sunday, though holding a full team exercise would likely need group workers returning to Minute Maid Park to recover devices.
The Astros was among a number of teams to cancel workouts on Monday as they waited for the results of COVID-19 testing from the previous week. Houston was finally provided the all clear to practice on Tuesday. The team was able to complete workouts scheduled through Friday.
On one hand, its great to understand individuals are following the security guidelines and that teams are taking proper and speedy precautions.
On the other hand, its worrying to think of how about numerous comparable cases arent being reported, or the number of players or staff members may not even understand they have COVID-19 or know they are being exposed to it.
Webcam Gallagher checks positive
Case in point: The positive result for Cam Gallagher came as a shock to the group and to Gallagher himself. In a declaration, Gallagher states hes experienced no signs and felt terrific during Fridays game.
Its starting to feel like the greatest threat to the season is scheduling. Should the Royals wait to resume exercises up until everyone who came in contact with Gallagher has time to be evaluated and get results? Even if thats << 48 hours, how does that deal with games?-- Hannah Keyser (@HannahRKeyser) July 11, 2020 If teams cant survive a three-week summer season camp in their house ballparks without surprise possible exposures and favorable tests, what takes place when we enter the season when groups begin taking a trip and theres little time to spare for extensive ballpark cleansings? The risks will only multiply, and the hill MLB is wanting to climb will only get steeper. More from Yahoo Sports: "We are working carefully with MLB and our group physicians to follow the established screening and cleaning protocols so that we can securely bring our gamers and personnel back to the field as soon as possible." The Astros were one of numerous groups to cancel workouts on Monday as they awaited the results of COVID-19 screening from the previous week. The team was able to complete exercises arranged through Friday. The Astros have actually currently lost 2 complete days of exercises for two various problems related to coronavirus concerns. Should the Royals wait to resume exercises till everybody who came in contact with Gallagher has time to be tested and get results?
