Photo Courtesy Megan Ellis, Unsplash Baseball MLB COVID Tracker by Peter Snyder July 6, 2020 Last Updated: Saturday, August 15, 2020 Major League Baseball has had 30-plus players and staff test positive for coronavirus since early rounds of testing began. Here’s where I come in with a MLB COVID tracker. I’ll list every MLB player who has tested positive for the coronavirus thus far. This post will be updated daily. Important Note: As it currently stands, teams cannot in any way acknowledge that a player is sidelined due to any COVID-19 issues — a positive test, delayed results which require isolation, symptoms, exposure to someone who has it — without their permission due to privacy concerns and HIPAA laws, per union orders. This means that any player that is mentioned in this list has either gone public or given permission to their ball club to disclose this personal information. NL East Braves 1B, Freddie Freeman (Cleared to return) IF, Pete Kozma RHP, Touki Toussaint (Cleared to return) LHP, Will Smith Will Smith (COVID-19) cleared to rejoin Braves https://t.co/86ptsCpnnv — Rotoworld Baseball (@Rotoworld_BB) July 26, 2020 Snitker just announced both Braves catchers Tyler Flowers and Travis d'Arnaud will not be available today. They both tested negative, but have shown symptoms and are currently back in Atlanta. — Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) July 24, 2020 Marlins Four Players have tested positive, none of whom have yet to be identified. RHP, Jose Urena (Placed on IL) Marlins starter Jose Urena was scratched for start vs. Phillies today as he tested positive. He feels fine, so that’s good. — Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 26, 2020 INF, Garrett Cooper (Placed on IL) OF, Harold Ramirez (Placed on IL) INF, Miguel Rojas C, Jorge Alfaro RHP, Sandy Alcántara Just to make sure everybody is caught up, Jorge Alfaro, Garrett Cooper, Harold Ramirez and José Ureña all reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 this weekend. https://t.co/DXCLb9ZFxp — Fish Stripes (@fishstripes) July 26, 2020 OUTBREAK HAPPENING IN MIAMI Source confirms: Eight more Marlins and two coaches tested positive, as @JeffPassan and @JesseRogersESPN reported. That is in addition to the four known positives from previous three days. As two infectious-disease specialists said, “a clear outbreak:” https://t.co/7Mv4Ok1K8r — Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 27, 2020 Eight more players and two coaches with the Miami Marlins have tested positive for COVID-19, as an outbreak has spread throughout their clubhouse and brought the total of cases in recent days to at least 14, sources familiar with the situation tell me and @JesseRogersESPN. — Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 27, 2020 The latest round of testing from the Miami Marlins found four new coronavirus positives, sources familiar with the situation told ESPN. That brings the total over the last five days to 17. @Ken_Rosenthal first reported the newest COVID-19 cases. — Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 28, 2020 The Miami #Marlins' season has been officially paused, as @CraigMish reported, with the team in quarantine with 19 positive test results. They likely won't be playing again for another week. — Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) July 28, 2020 Marlins have 4 more positive Covid tests in results that are back this morning. That’s 19 in traveling party who’ve been positive since they went on first trip. — Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 28, 2020 What are the next steps for the Marlins? Figuring out where they’re going, how they’re getting there, who will be there and what they can do to put together something that resembles a major league team. Talked about it on @FirstTake earlier today. pic.twitter.com/k3ABa47gvy — Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 29, 2020 Here's Bob Nightengale on 93.7 The Fan in Pittsburgh insinuating that the Marlins COVID-19 outbreak was caused by players leaving their hotel while in Atlanta last week. "At least one guy did for sure," he says. pic.twitter.com/zTDwTrtu9M — Fish Stripes (@fishstripes) July 28, 2020 Another Marlins player has tested positive for COVID-19, but the team anticipated this result from its contact tracing, a source tells The Athletic. Latest positive case brings team totals to 17 players and two coaches, though one of the coaches has since tested negative. — Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 30, 2020 Marlins have 1 more positive test. That’s 18 out of 30 players or 60 percent @hgomez21st — Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 31, 2020 News out of Philadelphia where the Marlins have been holed up for over a week: Team is getting sleeper buses to take the infected players/personnel back to Miami. That's a long ride Rest will stay, then head to Baltimore, NY and Buffalo for what will be a really long road trip — Jesse Rogers (@JesseRogersESPN) July 31, 2020 MLB suspects Marlins broke COVID-19 protocols, but doubts nightlife to be cause. With @Ken_Rosenthal: https://t.co/7DYaM71YyF — Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) August 1, 2020 More good news: The Marlins had no new positives from tests taken yesterday — Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) August 2, 2020 Marlins are now scheduled to play Tuesday at Baltimore. They have 13 healthy players still in Philly (11 up and 2 on taxi squad), they’ve claimed 3, signed 2 and traded for 1. That still leaves room for 11 more, many of whom will come from Jupiter (the alternate site). — Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) August 1, 2020 Marlins' COVID-19 tests all negative again https://t.co/aDPAlBjOSN — Rotoworld Baseball (@Rotoworld_BB) August 3, 2020 Marlins have no new positives and they are good to go. Game tonight vs. Orioles. They do have 30 players and are excited to play. On to talk Marlins on #MLBCentral upcoming. @MLBNetwork — Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) August 4, 2020 COVID-19 destroyed the Marlins’ roster overnight. It had to be rebuilt just as quickly as it was shattered. Now, 2 1/2 weeks later, the Marlins come home as the improbable leaders of the NL East. Here’s how it was done:https://t.co/1hMz06YaUU — Marc Carig (@MarcCarig) August 13, 2020 Mets One Mets unidentified player has thus far tested positive. Marcus Stroman has announced that he'll be opting out of the 2020 MLB season: pic.twitter.com/UMfDYAvAFg — SNY (@SNYtv) August 10, 2020 Nationals Two players have tested positive, neither have been identified. Nats place Roenis Elias, Wander Suero on the IL https://t.co/4Inr4PSUZT — Rotoworld Baseball (@Rotoworld_BB) July 13, 2020 OF, Juan Soto (Cleared to return) Washington Nationals star Juan Soto has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss tonight's season opener against the New York Yankees, sources tell ESPN. — Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 23, 2020 Juan Soto has now been cleared to play for the #Nats after missing start of season after testing positive on opening day — Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) July 29, 2020 Phillies INF, Scott Kingery (Has returned to summer camp) LHP, Ranger Suarez (Placed on COVID IL) RHP, Tommy Hunter (Has Rejoined team after being cleared) RHP, Hector Neris (Has returned with team) OF, Mikie Mahtook (Has returned with team) Sources: The Phillies are quarantining their entire visiting clubhouse staff after exposure to the Marlins this weekend. Some were tested yesterday and waiting for results. Yankees brought their own clubhouse staff to Philly last night. — Matt Gelb (@MattGelb) July 27, 2020 Report: Yankees/Phillies game postponed Tuesday https://t.co/IwbAM8MWYV — Rotoworld Baseball (@Rotoworld_BB) July 28, 2020 No Philadelphia Phillies players or coaches tested positive in the most recent batch of coronavirus tests, sources tell me and @JeffPassan. — Jesse Rogers (@JesseRogersESPN) July 28, 2020 Greater cause for concern in baseball, as the #Phillies announce that a coach and clubhouse attendant have tested positive. All activities at Citizens Bank Park canceled “until further notice.” pic.twitter.com/CKJi8WmJqG — Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) July 30, 2020 BREAKING: The @BlueJays‘ weekend series against the @Phillies has been postponed after two Phillies staff members tested positive for COVID-19.https://t.co/lH2JcAMdyq — Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) July 30, 2020 For the 3rd straight day, the #Phillies have reported no positive tests for COVID-19. And Major League Baseball has said it believes that the 2 positive tests revealed Thursday – of a coach and clubhouse attendant – were false negatives. — Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) August 2, 2020 Phillies are scheduled to resume play Monday with a home and home series vs. the Yankees. They will play at Yankee Stadium on Monday and Tuesday and then Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday and Thursday. — Meghan Montemurro (@M_Montemurro) August 1, 2020 Phillies again report no new positive COVID-19 test results. Traveling to New York today to face Yankees tonight. — Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) August 3, 2020 AL East Blue Jays No confirmed player cases (to our knowledge, at least) UPDATE After a positive coronavirus test among Toronto Blue Jays players, a number remained behind in Florida while the rest of the team traveled to Toronto for training camp, sources tell ESPN. The players will remain in Florida for a few days before they are cleared to go to Canada. — Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 6, 2020 Orioles According to The Baltimore Sun, a few Oriole players are still in the intake process for COVID-19 testing, which is required to get onto the field for summer camp workouts at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. However, this does not necessarily confirm that the club has any positive cases. OF, Anthony Santander (Cleared to return) Rays The Rays have not seen full attendance during their full workouts due to “A variety of reasons,” according to manager Kevin Cash. OF, Austin Meadows 'Uncertainty' Meadows (COVID-19) will be ready https://t.co/KU3AELKpYS — Rotoworld Baseball (@Rotoworld_BB) July 17, 2020 RHP, Tyler Glasnow (Cleared to return) Manager Kevin Cash says it was good for outfielder Austin Meadows to be back on the field in his recovery from the virus as he prepares for his return to the Rays.https://t.co/ESvWXWYmGS — Sports by Tampa Bay Times (@TBTimes_Sports) July 26, 2020 Red Sox LHP, Josh Taylor LHP, Darwinzon Hernandez LHP, Eduardo Rodriguez (Has returned to team) UPDATE on Rodriguez Well, a 27-year old starting @MLB pitcher couldn't throw 20 pitches without getting exhausted after "recovering" from COVID. Now it looks like he might have permanent heart damage. American exceptionalism means something way different than I thought.https://t.co/E6MEJM54xY — Kellen Squire (@SquireForYou) July 24, 2020 Eduardo Rodriguez (heart issue related to Covid) will not return this year. The Red Sox do say they expect him to make a full recovery, and hopefully that’s the case. — Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) August 1, 2020 INF, Bobby Dalbec Yankees INF, DJ LeMahieu (Cleared to return) DJ LeMahieu (COVID-19) to rejoin Yankees this week https://t.co/ulsNCBdryL — Rotoworld Baseball (@Rotoworld_BB) July 16, 2020 RHP, Luis Cessa (Cleared to return) LHP, Aroldis Chapman Breaking: Aroldis Chapman has tested positive for COVID-19, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. Chapman has mild symptoms, according to Boone. pic.twitter.com/olqzqwnTAA — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) July 11, 2020 Aroldis Chapman is at least a week away from rejoining the Yankees. But the team won't be rushing him to return. @ByKristieAckert https://t.co/xHYYOVceCu — New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) August 6, 2020 NL Central Brewers Manager Craig Counsell said the Brewers had no positive tests during intake testing but had positives in previous weeks. LHP, Angel Perdomo (Placed on IL) INF, Luis Urías (Placed on IL) LHP, Eric Lauer Cardinals (OUTBREAK IN St. LOUIS) LHP, Genesis Cabrera LHP, Ricardo Sanchez INF, Elehuris Montero C, Yadier Molina INF, Paul DeJong RHP, Junior Fernandez INF, Rangel Ravelo INF, Edmundo Sosa RHP, Kodi Whitley OF, Lane Thomas Positive coronavirus tests with the St. Louis Cardinals have postponed their game against the Milwaukee Brewers, a source tells ESPN, confirming the @jonheyman report. Unclear how many, but to this point positives had been limited to teams in the East. Now in the Central, too. — Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 31, 2020 Hearing it may just be two Cardinals players who are positive @CraigMish on it — Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 31, 2020 The latest announcement from MLB. The entire Cardinals-Brewers series is now off. Cardinals off until Tuesday. So they’re the 3rd team that’s been shut down for at least 5 days – in a season that’s only 10 days old! pic.twitter.com/Ry0SUe8vbU — Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) August 2, 2020 Source informed me of the names of the two #Cardinals positives. The Athletic has a policy of not outing positive cases without their approval, so I will honor those players’ privacy. We feel comfortable sharing this: both are pitchers. — Mark Saxon (@markasaxon) July 31, 2020 #STLCards have no new positives today in tests today. Need another clean round before release from Milwaukee hotel but this is very good news. Possible to have full schedule Friday. — Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) August 4, 2020 Friday's series opener between the Cubs and Cardinals has been postponed after at least one more positive COVID-19 test in the St. Louis clubhouse, a source confirmed to ESPN. The Cardinals have not played since July 29 due to positive coronavirus tests. https://t.co/zAnnSpwCBp — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 7, 2020 The #STLCards learned that a five-day pause wasn’t enough, it seems. So, how long will they wait to play this time? How many games can they miss and still play a viable season? No wonder the team’s top baseball exec hasn’t slept in days. https://t.co/iOpiLVdCVV — Mark Saxon (@markasaxon) August 8, 2020 During his weekly interview on KMOX/1120 AM, #stlcards manager Mike Shildt reveals what has been asked often about: Some COVID-19 positive individuals with team have had to go to the Emergency Room due to symptoms. Team says none have remained hospitalized. Full quote: pic.twitter.com/2Yn4t3B2Gp — Derrick S. Goold (@dgoold) August 9, 2020 Two more Cardinals games postponed. This means that they’ll still have played just 5 games when they wake up Friday morning. The Reds will have played 19. They’re in the same division. And 14 games is nearly 25 percent of their season. pic.twitter.com/YL0gC1fHWh — Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) August 10, 2020 We will return to play tomorrow against the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field. Today’s originally scheduled game vs. the White Sox will be made up tomorrow as part of a doubleheader beginning at 12:10 PM CT. Additional schedule updates ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/M9T7cjFCLa — St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) August 14, 2020 Cubs No confirmed player cases (Cubs are said to be the only major leauge club remaining to not see a positive, player case.) Chicago Cubs manager David Ross and five Tier 1 members took a cautious route by electing to skip Monday morning’s workout at Wrigley Field. https://t.co/ocH72Dgbon — Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) July 13, 2020 Tonight's #Cubs-Cardinals game has been postponed. pic.twitter.com/VJIUrMvxPF — Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) August 7, 2020 Pirates In a recent statement, first-year Pirates skipper, Derek Shelton claimed: “Organizationally, we have had some positive results.” OF, Socrates Brito RHP, Blake Cederlind OF, Gregory Polanco (Activated to return) Pirates activate Gregory Polanco (COVID-19) off IL https://t.co/mGHD9Q9x5p — Rotoworld Baseball (@Rotoworld_BB) July 27, 2020 Today's game between the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates has been postponed in the wake of the positive COVID-19 test on the Reds, a source familiar with the situation tells ESPN. — Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) August 15, 2020 Reds 2 players have thus far tested positive but have not been identified. INF, Derek Dietrich INF, Matt Davidson Moustakas and Senzel both late scratches for the @Reds today after Davidson diagnosed with COVID yesterday. This could be bad for @MLB. #Reds — Bo Hussey (@BoHussey) July 26, 2020 Saturday’s game between the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates is likely to be postponed after a Reds player tested positive for COVID-19, sources tell ESPN. The fallout is unclear — will be for days. But after the Marlins and Cardinals outbreaks, avoiding another is vital. — Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) August 15, 2020 AL Central Indians INF/OF, Delino DeShields (Has returned to team) Indians pitcher Zach Plesac sent home to Cleveland after going out with friends in Chicago on Saturday night in violation of team rules and league’s health and safety protocols. With @ZackMeisel: https://t.co/46ov4QqfaV — Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) August 9, 2020 Mike Clevinger and Zach Plesac arrived in Detroit with all of their baseball gear. And then, after an open forum with teammates and staff, the Indians sent them home. What it means moving forward: https://t.co/oILn7h4IUk — Zack Meisel (@ZackMeisel) August 14, 2020 Royals C, Salvador Perez (Has returned to team) RHP, Brad Keller (Has returned to team) 1B, Ryan O’Hearn C, Cam Gallagher C, Nick Dini LHP Daniel Tillo And there it is. The problem with the (inherent and likely unavoidable) lag in test results. Now we’re going to find out how well MLB’s social distance mitigation protocols work. pic.twitter.com/TfzNd3Lrtg — Hannah Keyser (@HannahRKeyser) July 11, 2020 Tigers One player has tested positive thus far, though not identified to the public. LHP, Daniel Norris (Placed on IL) Twins C, Willians Astudillo INF, Nick Gordon RHP, Edwar Colina 1B, Miguel Sano (Has returned to camp) SS, Nick Gordon White Sox Two White Sox players have tested positive this week (7/4) but both players identities have been undisclosed from the public. White Sox place Yoan Moncada on the injured list https://t.co/yVvkRs82Nj — Rotoworld Baseball (@Rotoworld_BB) July 10, 2020 NL West Diamondbacks According to reports, one player on the Diamondbacks 60 man roster has tested positive for the coronavirus but has not been identified to the public. RHP, Junior Guerra RHP, Silvino Bracho OF, Kole Calhoun (Has been cleared to return to play) OF, Seth Beer Dodgers Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman recently confirmed that the club had seen some members test positive for the coronavirus. The Dodgers are missing at least seven players from camp: Kenley Jansen, A.J. Pollock, Pedro Báez, Gavin Lux, Tony Gonsolin, Scott Alexander, and Keibert Ruiz. Dave Roberts could not explain their absences. He said he is hopeful all seven will return “sooner than later." — Pedro Moura (@pedromoura) July 7, 2020 "I'll be ready." @kenleyjansen74 explains his late arrival to camp. pic.twitter.com/W0JNwJ65QK — SportsNet LA (@SportsNetLA) July 12, 2020 OF, A.J. Pollock Giants OF, Hunter Bishop RHP, Luis Madero Padres OF, Tommy Pham (Has been cleared to return to play) SS, Jorge Mateo Rockies OF, Charlie Blackmon (Returned to camp Monday, July 13th) LHP, Phillip Diehl C, Ryan Castellani (Has returned to team) AL West Angels Two confirmed player cases, neither name identified. Astros For reasons the club cannot disclose due to “league mandates,” reigning American League Rookie of the Year Yordan Alvarez is not in Houston, Astros manager Dusty Baker revealed on Friday. (Per the Houston Chronicle) Athletics Club is still waiting on initial results. The team has decided to push back team workouts until tests arrive LHP, Jesús Luzardo (Will Report to camp Friday, July 17th) Mariners According to Mariners general manager, Jerry Dipoto, Seattle has had “more than one” player test positive for COVID-19. Rangers LHP, Brett Martin OF, Joey Gallo (Cleared to return) Free Agents OF, Yasiel Puig (Will decide not to sign with the Braves and remain a free agent) pic.twitter.com/upWM0sdgtt — Yasiel Puig (@YasielPuig) July 17, 2020 Miscellaneous BREAKING: MLB commissioner Rob Manfred told MLBPA executive director Tony Clark on Friday that if the sport doesn’t do a better job of managing the coronavirus, it could shut down for the season, sources told @JeffPassan. pic.twitter.com/lNXpbzkHZr — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) July 31, 2020 Comissioner Rob Manfred tells me “We are playing. The players need to be better, but I am not a quitter in general and there is no reason to quit now. We have had to be fluid, but it is manageable.” — Karl Ravech (@karlravechespn) August 1, 2020 In text conversations with teammates Friday, MLBPA player reps warned that if there is a big jump in COVID+ tests over the weekend, MLB season may be canceled. While it remains unclear what the threshold is, @CraigMish is reporting the Cardinals have more than five new positives. — Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) August 1, 2020 Post Views: 1,796 The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Peter Snyder Peter Snyder is an Intern sportswriter who covers collegiate athletics as well as professional sports. 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