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Arizona Diamondbacks supervisor Torey Lovullo told journalists Monday that intellectual fielder Kole Calhoun tested sure for COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic.
He’s regarded as one of three Diamondbacks players to come relief a sure check.
Earlier than Calhoun can return to the team, he have to register two unfavorable assessments 24 hours apart, be symptom-free for three rotund days and acquire clearance from Arizona’s team docs.
Sure assessments had been coming in round baseball, and the trying out protocols were extra known as into put a query to Monday when the Washington Nationals, Houston Astros and St. Louis Cardinals made it now six groups to spoil workouts after now not getting check results relief in a timely formulation.
Nationals supervisor Mike Rizzo was once now not cheerful with the truth that assessments taken Friday restful hadn’t come relief with results, as he told Gabe Lacques of USA This day:
“Seventy-two hours later, we now delight in got yet to acquire the outcomes of these assessments. We is now not going to thrill in our players and workers work in distress. Ensuing from this truth, we now delight in got cancelled our team exercise scheduled for this morning. We is now not going to sacrifice the health and security of our players, workers and their households. With out valid and timely trying out it is merely now not safe for us to proceed with Summer season Camp. Major League Baseball needs to work snappy to resolve considerations with their job and their lab. Otherwise, Summer season Camp and the 2020 Season are in distress.”
Major League Baseball released the following assertion on the matter:
As for Calhoun, it is unclear when he’ll return to circulation. The 32-300 and sixty five days-ragged was once a key participant for Arizona final season, hitting .232 with 33 homers and 74 RBI.
