MLB didnt offer information on the status of the Yankees Tuesday night game versus the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. If the clubs would play a doubleheader or one game or no video games, it wasnt clear. Certainly, the strategy would be connected to the Phillies test outcomes.
PHILADELPHIA– Instead of getting ready for Monday nights video game against the Phillies by undergoing saliva tests for COVID-19, watching and participating in meetings video of their at-bats at the group hotel, the Yankees invested the day locked down waiting to see how the same tests taken by the Phillies previously in the day ended up.
Obviously, considering that the Yankees and Phillies are playing 2 games in The Bronx on Wednesday and Thursday currently, they might stage a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium to offset Mondays postponement. It wouldnt be likely to play back-to-back doubleheaders at the Stadium if Tuesday nights video game isnt played.
The Yankees were still at the team hotel at 5:30 p.m., so it was highly most likely their itinerary were contingent on the Phillies test results.
Aaron BooneGetty ImagesWith the Phillies scheduled to play the Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday and Thursday, those video games likewise might be in jeopardy depending upon the Phillies test outcomes.
The Phillies anticipated the outcomes later at night. It wasnt clear when the Yankees would get their tests back.
MLB announced Monday morning the Yankees-Phillies game at Citizens Bank Park, and the Orioles-Marlins video game in Miami, were held off while the league carried out additional COVID-19 testing after 11 Marlins players and 2 coaches evaluated favorable over the weekend when they were in Philly for three games.
J.A. Happ was slated to make his season launching Monday night and Coles start Tuesday night would be his second of the year. If a game is played Tuesday, Happ could start it and that would move Cole to Wednesday nights video game against the Phillies in the Yankees home opener. Jordan Montgomery, the initial home-opener starter, could then pitch his first game of the year on Thursday in The Bronx or Boone might start James Paxton on normal 4 days rest and bump Montgomery. Paxton didnt make it out of the second inning against the Nationals on Saturday night in Washington where the Yankees were damaged, 9-2.
With Phillies staffers who operate in the checking out clubhouse sent to quarantine and not able to unload the Yankees devices truck Sunday night, the Yankees sent several clubhouse employees from Yankee Stadium to Philly on Monday. However, due to an ultra-cleaning procedure the devices wasnt inside the clubhouse since late Monday afternoon.
Before the video game was delayed, the Yankees had actually Zoom calls established with Aaron Boone, Masahiro Tanaka and Geritt Cole. Those were canceled and the team didnt permit anybody to speak about how it felt to follow the Marlins into a clubhouse or their sensations on playing Tuesday evening in the exact same park where Mondays game was held off.
According to NBC Sports Philadelphia, the Yankees called the Phillies on Sunday wanting to move Mondays game to Yankee Stadium however the conversation didnt lead to a relocation.
MLB didnt provide information on the status of the Yankees Tuesday night video game versus the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. It wasnt clear if the clubs would play a doubleheader or one video game or no games. If a video game is played Tuesday, Happ could start it and that would move Cole to Wednesday nights game versus the Phillies in the Yankees home opener.
