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Yankees Suffer COVID Resurgence As 8 Fully-Vaccinated Players, Staff Test Positive
Published: May 14, 2021
In an unsettling reminder that COVID-19 is still spreading, even as a scandal-scarred Gov. Andrew Cuomo pushes ahead with reopening the Empire State - and even as practically everybody in the organization has already been vaccinated - the Yankees have seen their starting lineup crippled (shortstop Gleyber Torres was kept out of Wednesday s starting lineup during a game against Tampa Bay) and a number of coaches and staff sidelined due to a sudden flareup of COVID-19.
But the surprising thing is that the Yankees have essentially required players and staff to get vaccinated, so this latest outbreak is afflicting staff and players who have already been fully vaccinated.
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New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone has seen eight members of the organization test positive for COVID-19.AP
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It was a start.
“Maybe it’s slowing down,” general manager Brian Cashman told reporters via Zoom from his Connecticut home.
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Number of cases: The total reached eight Thursday night.
Who are they? Shortstop Gleyber Torres, third base coach Phil Nevin, first base coach Reggie Willits, pitching coach Matt Blake and four unnamed support staff members.
How are they? Nevin was the only one to test positive and show symptoms, but manager Aaron Boone said was finally asymptomatic as of Thursday. All the other cases were asymptomatic. Every person who tested positive had received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Torres’ case was especially confounding, since he also tested positive for the virus in December.
Hill strikes out nine, Rays beat COVID-19 impacted Yankees
Rich Hill joined Cy Young and Nolan Ryan as the only pitchers to strike out nine against the Yankees at age 41 or older, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat coronavirus-impacted New York 9-1 Thursday night to avoid getting swept in a three-game series.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Rich Hill joined Cy Young and Nolan Ryan as the only pitchers to strike out nine against the Yankees at age 41 or older, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat coronavirus-impacted New York 9-1 Thursday night to avoid getting swept in a three-game series.
Five more major league teams are allowed to relax coronavirus protocols after 85% of their players and other on-field personnel completed vaccination for COVID-19, raising the total to 12 of the 30 clubs.