Day’s workouts canceled

es the day off after four consecutive days of work.

Some pitchers did have light “recovery” workouts at Oracle Park in the morning, before the team decided to bag the full practices.

“We really don’t believe it’s going to hurt our camp and development to miss a day, and it’s a nice mental blow for our players,” Kapler said in a Zoom session with reporters.

He also expressed confidence that the league and the lab will iron out these issues as summer camps continue.

“I understood going into this there were going to be hiccups along the way,” Kapler said. “I think the club does as well, the players and staff.”

But the current delays could have ramifications that last for days. Players who were tested Saturday were required to do so again Monday, which means the Saturday results the Giants hoped to get Tuesday already could have been obsolete.

After Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo publicly ripped the league over the issue Monday, and word leaked of a similar message that A’s GM David Forst sent to players Sunday night, Major League Baseball issued a statement downplaying the problems.

The statement said that as of Sunday night, the lab had sent results of 98% of all intake tests to the 30 clubs. Those were the tests players and staffers had to take before they begin workouts. The league also promised that the problems that caused the holidayweekend delays have been addressed, “and we do not expect a recurrence.”

The issue now is the maintenance tests that players and staff are required to take every other day in camp and during the proposed regular season.

Outfielder Alex Dickerson told The Chronicle he thought the Giants were wise to cancel Tuesday’s workout.

“I’m personally not too worried because I feel like we have been doing a good job following protocol,” Dickerson said via text. “I think we’re being rightfully cautious as a group and waiting on confirming that second wave of tests. Hopefully it’s just going to be one day off and can get back out there.”

On Monday afternoon, the Giants announced that two “individuals” had tested positive. These were intake tests, which means those people have been kept away from the ballpark and the rest of the team was not at risk of being exposed.

Third baseman Evan Longoria, asked whether he shared the frustration of other players who have spoken out, said via email, “Not frustrated. We all just want to feel safe and know that the testing is accurate and efficient.”

The Giants hope to resume workouts at 2 p.m. Wednesday, so they might have all of the results from the weekend and Monday tests before the first group of players is scheduled to stretch.

“Our expectation is that we’ll have test results (Tuesday) and we’ll have test results (Wednesday) and that will be an ongoing process,” Kapler said.

While again expressing optimism that this leaguewide hiccup will be cured, he said, “I don’t have the ability on our behalf or anybody’s behalf to see things that are uncertain right now. I hope you can respect that.”