In addition to Fridays opener being postponed, the rest of this weekends Subway Series between the New York Yankees and New York Mets has actually been called off due to favorable tests for the coronavirus.
Two members of the Mets organization– one player and one team member, according to ESPNs Jeff Passan and numerous reports– have tested favorable. Major League Baseball stated the weekend series at Citi Field has been delayed “out of an abundance of care” and to allow extra testing to be carried out.
1 RelatedThe Mets game against the Miami Marlins on Thursday likewise was held off. The Mets flew home Thursday night and remain in New York. The 2 who checked favorable remained in Miami.
The positive tests are the very first validated within the Mets organization because the season began. Right-hander Brad Brach missed preseason camp and confirmed that he had evaluated positive for the coronavirus.
The league has actually now held off 36 video games this season due to the fact that of favorable tests with the Mets, Marlins, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds. The Yankees have actually twice had their schedule disrupted regardless of reporting absolutely no favorable tests since Opening Day.
MLB said Friday that 7 of 12,485 samples gathered over the previous week from players and coaches returned positive COVID-19 outcomes, a positive rate of 0.05%.
Three of the positives were gamers and 4 were employee. Of all the samples collected by MLB this season, 0.1% have returned positive, and 19 groups have had a gamer or team member test favorable.
Info from The Associated Press was used in this report.
