New York Yankees have seven cases of COVID-19 among FULLY VACCINATED coaches and staff - but manager Aaron Boone says the injections kind of blunt the effects of the virus
The New York Yankees now have seven confirmed cases of coronavirus among coaches and staff all of whom have been fully vaccinated
Pitching coach Matt Blake was the latest to be diagnosed, following third-base coach Phil Nevin, first-base coach Reggie Willits, and four unidentified staffers
All seven received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which has only one injection
New York shortstop Gleyber Torres has not tested positive, but was held out of Wednesday s 1-0 win in Tampa out of an abundance of caution
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New York Daily News | Kristie Ackert: The Yankees’ strange COVID outbreak continued on Wednesday, as pitching coach Matt Blake and three other support staff members joined Phil Nevin, Reggie Willits, and another part of the support staff among the seven who have tested positive for COVID-19 despite the J&J vaccine. All but one are asymptomatic, so that means that the vaccine is doing its job. As a precautionary measure, the Yankees also held Gleyber Torres who had COVID-19 in December out of the lineup in place of Tyler Wade. To monitor the issue, the Yankees have been tested three times since Tuesday and will continue to test frequently.
The Yankees have placed Gleyber Torres on the COVID-19 injured list after the shortstop tested positive for the coronavirus for the second time in less than a year.
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What’s gotten into him? A few days ago he told ABC that it was time to think about lifting indoor mask mandates, not just outdoor ones. Within the past 24 hours he’s told two national TV hosts that it’s time to “transition” and start tearing off the masks outdoors (unless you find yourself for some reason in a very densely packed crowd).
Could be he’s just recalibrating the need for precautions in light of the increasingly encouraging COVID data, but that wouldn’t be like him. He’s said all along that he’s eyeing 10,000 cases per day as the benchmark in which we return to full normalcy and we’re nowhere near that yet. Did the feds maybe get some data showing that the relentlessly hypercautious messaging from their science bureaucrats was turning vaccine holdouts off from getting their shots?
Yankees SS Gleyber Torres out again due to health and safety protocols By Zac Wassink | Last updated 5/13/21
The New York Yankees confirmed ahead of Wednesday s game at the Tampa Bay Rays that at least seven coaches and support staff members tested positive for COVID-19 and that shortstop Gleyber Torres wouldn t play in that contest out of an abundance of caution.
ESPN s Marly Rivera reports Torres won t participate in Thursday s series finale at the Rays. Manager Aaron Boone told reporters before Wednesday s victory in Tampa that MLB and the MLB Players Association were reviewing the results of Torres coronavirus tests and that more information was required before the shortstop could return to the lineup.