Boston Red Sox Vs. New York Yankees Game Postponed After Multiple Yankees Test Positive For COVID-19
Source: ESPN
The Yankees' post-All-Star break opener against the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night was postponed because of positive COVID-19 tests among New York pitchers Jonathan Loaisiga, Nestor Cortes Jr. and Wandy Peralta. Aaron Judge, Kyle Higashioka and Gio Urshela are also in COVID-19 protocols, sources told ESPN's Buster Olney.
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said earlier Thursday that tests for three players were still pending, but he did not name them. He said he assumes the tests will come back positive.
All the Red Sox All-Stars who were in Denver have been asked to undergo additional testing on Thursday because they were told a Yankees All-Star had tested positive, sources told ESPN's Marly Rivera. Judge, Gerrit Cole and Aroldis Chapman all participated in the All-Star festivities this week.
"It's a fluid situation that could spread. It has spread to some degree," Cashman said. "We have three positives and we have three pending that we've had rapid tests on. ... We'll wait now for the lab tests to come back, which I'm assuming is going to be positive, as well. So that would increase our number to six, but we're not at six yet. We're at three confirmed.''
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...of vaccinated people, the fact that three out of three (whose results have come back) tested positive is very worrying. It might suggest that there's a new variant that was being spread around the clubhouses, that might be highly if not totally resistant to the vaccine.
