Yankees: 7 coaches, support staff contract virus; Gleyber Torres out of lineup as precaution
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Updated on:May 12, 2021, 9:58pm EDT
New York Yankees shortstop Gleyber Torres was kept out of Wednesday night’s starting lineup at Tampa Bay as a precaution as the number of confirmed positive COVID-19 tests among the team’s coaching and support staff reached seven.
Manager Aaron Boone said MLB s Joint COVID-19 Health and Safety Committee is waiting and reviewing a number of test results. The members of New York’s traveling party have been tested at least three times each since Tuesday.
“I know everybody is going to read into that but hopefully it’s nothing, it’s more just getting all the information,” Boone said of Torres.
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Aaron Boone announces Yankees have seven positive COVID-19 cases; Gleyber Torres being held out of lineup
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The Yankees have seven confirmed “breakthrough” cases of COVID-19 in their clubhouse, including three uniformed coaches, while shortstop Gleyber Torres was held out of the lineup for Wednesday’s game against the Rays out of an abundance of caution.
Third-base coach Phil Nevin, first-base coach Reggie Willits and pitching coach Matt Blake have all been confirmed to have tested positive for COVID-19 and are quarantining in Tampa, Fla. The Yankees also said that four non-coach support staff members have tested positive.
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New York Yankees shortstop Gleyber Torres was held out of the lineup Wednesday vs. the Tampa Bay Rays.AP
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. The Yankees still don’t know when they’ll have Gleyber Torres back.
“No,” Boone told reporters, “I don’t have anything yet.”
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Torres didn’t play in the game as the MLB-MLBPA joint committee felt it was best to hold him out of the game as it awaited clarification on his test results.
The Yankees registered another two positive coronavirus cases before the game, both of them support staff members. They had five on Tuesday, including three coaches: third base coach Phil Nevin, first base coach Reggie Willits and pitching coach Matt Blake.
Yankees confirm seven COVID-19 cases on staff, hold Gleyber Torres out of lineup May 13, 2021
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(NEW YORK) Seven members of the New York Yankees’ coaching and support staff have tested positive for COVID-19, manager Aaron Boone announced Wednesday before the team took on the Tampa Bay Rays.
Among those who tested positive are pitching coach Matt Blake, third-base coach Phil Nevin and first-base coach Reggie Willits, along with four non-coach support staff members. All seven individuals have been vaccinated for COVID-19.
Out of an “abundance of caution,” shortstop Gleyber Torres was also held out of Wednesday night’s lineup against the Rays as the Yankees were “waiting on some test results to still come back,” Boone told reporters.
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