Twins utilityman Willians Astudillo has actually evaluated positive for COVID-19, the Twins revealed today. Dan Hayes of The Athletic was amongst those covering the news on Twitter.
Theres also a fourth, unnamed player who, like Astudillo, checked favorable at intake. Seemingly, that gamer has not assented to public disclosure, as did Astudillo.
It would certainly be regrettable must the Twins open the season without Astudillo. Astudillo is not just bemusing however also legally fascinating as a player, owing to his blend of positional versatility (including catcher, his primary position) and uncommon predisposition to put the ball in play (career 2.3% walk rate, 3.7% strikeout rate).
It does not appear as if Astudillo has actually had a worrying reaction to the illness to this point. Hes said to be symptom-free at the minute.
Both are in the 60-man gamer swimming pool; Gordon is on the 40-man. Neither gamer has to this point debuted in the majors.
