Yankees-Mets Subway Series called off after positive tests
Major League Baseball postponed this weekend’s Subway Series to allow time for more testing and contact tracing after two members of the New York Mets traveling squad tested positive for the coronavirus.
The Mets had their game Thursday night at Miami as well as the opener Friday against the Yankees postponed on after the results were reported.
MLB postponed the rest of the weekend series between the New York teams on Friday “out of an abundance of caution and to allow for additional testing and contact tracing.”
The Mets flew home Thursday night and are in New York, and the team said in a statement the traveling party was tested Friday morning at Citi Field before being sent home to quarantine. The team does not plan to work out this weekend.
The team said those who tested positive or were identified as close contacts remained in Miami. It did not specify how many close contacts had been identified.
The league now has postponed 36 games this season because of positive tests with the Miami Marlins, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and the Mets.
Yankees
All-Star shortstop Gleyber Torres and left-hander James Paxton joined New York’s crowded injured list. Torres had an MRI that revealed mild strains in his left hamstring and quad, while Paxton had an MRI Thursday that showed a lowgrade strain in his left forearm flexor. Left-hander Luis Avilan also was placed on the injured list after an MRI Thursday revealed left shoulder inflammation.
Royals
Kansas City placed catcher Salvador Perez on the injured list with lingering vision problems and called up Randy Rosario to add a left-handed arm in the bullpen ahead of their three-game series against the Minnesota Twins. Perez woke up with vision problems Sunday and called Royals trainer Nick Kenney. He wound up visiting a specialist Monday and was good enough to return to the lineup, but he has been out with continued blurry vision the rest of the week.
Indians
Manager Terry Francona had a scheduled medical procedure for a gastrointestinal ailment and likely will miss the team’s three-game series against the Detroit Tigers. At this point, it’s not known when Francona, a two-time World Series winner, will return.
Orioles
Slumping Chris Davis was placed on the 10-day injured list by Baltimore, which called up highly touted prospect Ryan Mountcastle and made him their starting left fielder against Boston. Davis headed to IL with a .122 batting average and patellar tendinitis in his left knee.