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. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said three additional tests were pending and he assumed they would come back positive. Loaisiga went on the COVID-19 injured list Saturday, when the Yankees were in Houston, and he did not travel home with the team Sunday.
The Yankees' post-All-Star break opener against the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night was postponed because of positive COVID-19 tests within New York's organization. Major League Baseball said the postponement was to allow for more testing and contact tracing. The Yankees have three positive tests for COVID-19 with three tests still pending, according to general manager Brian Cashman.
Thursday night’s game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees has been postponed due to positive COVID-19 tests among the Yankees, the club confirmed Thursday afternoon. The Athletic and ESPN were first to report the news Thursday. Boston and New York were scheduled to begin a four-game series at Yankee Stadium Thursday in Major League Baseball’s first game since the 2021 All-Star Break.
ESPN Thursday night's Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees game has been postponed due to positive COVID-19 tests within the Yankees' ranks. MLB announced the postponement less than three hours before the game's scheduled start time. This is just the eighth game postponed due to COVID-19 this year and the first since April 19 (Twins-Athletics).
Major League Baseball fans will have to wait another day to see baseball return to action. The Boston Red and New York Yankees game for Thursday night has been postponed due to positive COVID-19 tests, according to a statement released by MLB. Following positive COVID-19 tests within the Yankees organization, tonight’s game between the Yankees and the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium has been postponed to allow for continued testing and contact tracing,” the statement read, per The Boston Globe’s Peter...
Chris Sale pitched in a game for the first time since Tommy John surgery in March 2020, throwing three scoreless innings Thursday for the FCL Red Sox at the FCL Orioles Orange. The 32-year-old left-hander allowed four hits and struck out five. Sale had surgery on March 30, 2020 — his 31st birthday — with Dodgers head team physician Dr. Neal ElAttrache.
NEW YORK — The Yankees returned to the Bronx Thursday and got hit with a cold splash of reality that we are still living through a pandemic. The Yankees' scheduled game against the Red Sox was postponed because of COVID-19 issues with the Yankees, sources confirmed. In the hours before they were scheduled to open the second half of the season against the Red Sox, the Yankees not only revealed ...
The Yankees cancelled their batting practice to work through testing and the health and safety protocols, and about two and half hours before first pitch, Major League Baseball postponed the game altogether. You can read the team’s statement at the end of the article. Later, ESPN’s Marly Rivera reported that at least two position players have tested positive as well.
While the majority of the Yankees traveling party is vaccinated, they have already had one breakthrough case this season. In May, the Yankees had 11 members of the traveling party, all of whom were vaccinated, test positive for COVID-19. Breakthrough cases are considered rare by the Centers for Disease Control, which also point out that vaccinated patients generally have minimal or no symptoms.
The Yankees’ post-All-Star break opener against the Boston Red Sox has been postponed because of positive COVID-19 tests within New York’s organization. Major League Baseball said the postponement was to allow for more testing and contact tracing. New York was among the first major league teams to reach the 85% vaccination threshold to lessen coronavirus protocols, such as dropping mask use in dugouts and bullpens.
Red Sox-Yankees postponed due to COVID-19 issue originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Jarren Duran's anticipated MLB debut will have to wait at least another day. Thursday night's game between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees has been postponed due to a COVID-19 issue, the league announced in the following press release: The Yankees cancelled batting practice Thursday afternoon following the positive tests. No makeup date has been announced yet.
The next man up in the Bronx is an old friend from Trenton. The Yankees called up outfielder Trey Amburgey in a pair of moves announced Wednesday. They also activated relief pitcher Zack Britton from the injured list and placed pitchers Nestor Cortes and Wandy Peralta on the COVID-19 list.
The Yankees highly-anticipated game against the Boston Red Sox scheduled for Thursday was postponed due to issues related to COVID-19.
The Yankees’ Thursday night game against the Red Sox has been postponed because of positive COVID-19 tests on the Yankees. Earlier in the day, the Yankees announced Nestor Cortes and Wandy Peralta had been placed on the COVID-19 IL. They joined Jonathan Loaisiga on the COVID IL.
Major League Baseball said the postponement was to allow for more testing and contact tracing.
George Bissell discusses Jarren Duran’s highly-anticipated Red Sox debut and the imminent return of Jarred Kelenic in Thursday’s Daily Dose. (Ashley Green / Telegram & Gazette via Imagn Content Services, LLC)
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