Yankees staff has 7 COVID-19 positives

New York Yankees shortstop Gleyber Torres was kept out of the May 12 starting lineup at Tampa Bay as a precaution as the number of confirmed positive COVID-19 tests among the team’s coaching and support staff reached seven.

Manager Aaron Boone said MLB’s Joint COVID-19 Health and Safety Committee is waiting and reviewing a number of test results. The members of New York’s traveling party have been tested at least three times each since May 11.

“I know everybody is going to read into that but hopefully it’s nothing, it’s more just getting all the information,” Boone said of Torres.

Boone said the Yankees expected to receive an update about Torres later May 12. He added that Torres tested positive for COVID-19 in December and has been vaccinated.

OLADIPO SRUGERY » Victor Oladipo’s season is over, and the two-time All-Star and former AllNBA selection may be looking at another long rehabilitation before he can return to the court. The eat announced that Oladipo has elected to have surgery on his right quadriceps tendon. There is no timetable for recovery, but such a surgery typically comes with a rehab time of several months — meaning his status for the start of next season, at minimum, seems uncertain at best.

HARDEN RETURNS »

James Harden had 18 points and 11 assists in his return from an 18game absence to help the Nets beat the Spurs, 128-116. Harden also had seven rebounds after the longest layoff of his career, missing more than a month because of a strained right hamstring.