MLB notebook: Reds’ Votto out after positive COVID-19 test
Joey Votto is placed on the injured list and gave the team permission to announce he was sidelined because he had tested positive for the virus.
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GOODYEAR, Ariz. Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto is out for an indefinite period after testing positive for COVID-19 at spring training, the team said Wednesday.
The Reds put Votto on the injured list and he gave the team permission to announce he was sidelined because he had tested positive for the virus.
The 36-year-old Votto has played in four spring training games, going 4 for 9 at the plate. Last season he hit .226 in 54 games, with 11 home runs and 22 RBI.
Blake Cullen, an executive for the Chicago Cubs and the National League who went on to own minor league hockey, baseball and soccer teams, has died. He was 85.
Cullen worked for a Chicago hotel after college and was the Cubs’ traveling secretary from 1965-75. He moved to New York and became the National League’s administrator under league president Chub Feeney.