Two additional Red Sox players are being isolated with coronavirus infections, the club informed reporters including Steve Hewitt of the Boston Herald (via Twitter). Lefty Eduardo Rodriguez and infield prospect Bobby Dalbec each tested positive for COVID-19 (and consented to the public disclosure of that information).
Fortunately, there is no indication that either player is dealing with significant complications. It even sounds as if there’s still some hope for Rodriguez to be ready for the start of the season — or, at least, the southpaw is holding out the possibility in hopes of taking the honor of an Opening Day nod.
As with all the other such cases around the league, the two keys here are to ensure the health of the infected players and prevent any further transmission. Before they are able to join the Boston Summer Camp, Rodriguez and Dalbec will need to get past the disease and twice test negative.
It’s a disappointing situation for both players. Rodriguez had an impressive spring after a quality, 200-inning 2019 showing. He’s looking to lay the groundwork for his final trip through arbitration and perhaps take another step forward as a front-line starter. Dalbec reached Triple-A last year and earned a top-100 leaguewide prospect grade from Baseball America. He’s surely hoping to debut in the majors in 2020.
Thankfully, so far it doesn’t look like any players (that we know of) are showing severe symptoms. Although it sounds like Freddie Freeman may be having the toughest time. His conversation with Nick Markakis is what led Nick to sit out the season.
Attaching names to people who have caught this virus helps get information out there.
Indirectly I’ve known three people who have died. This includes a person in my neighborhood.
But if we know who catches this, and they let us know how they are doing, we can get a much better picture of how this affects people.
I’m still in the dark how bad this attacks a healthy person.
It’s truly all over the map. I know at least one healthy person that died from it., many who have recovered, and a few still battling it.
I know of three people that have contracted the covid and all were over 80 years old and have shown no symptoms and fully recovered
Brothers friend is a nurse that works front line. He showed me all Ppe he wears, masks, face shields, gloves etc. Doesn’t smoke or drink and exercise on the regular. 3 members of his 20 person unit caught it. Luckily they isolated immediately. He said it was the more mild version, he had aches and high fevers for 11 straight days. Went from 180lbs to 155lbs. Says he still doesn’t feel right and that was over 1 1/2 months ago. People don’t believe it until it hits home.
I know that I will get people that will complain that I am comparing it to the flu but II can relate to the length of time it takes to feel right. Got the flu twice in my life and both times it developed into pneumonia. It took several months to build the previous stamina back. Happened both times. Good luck to your brother’s friend and the others that work with him in the same unit.
The public wants a quick, easy solution/answer to the situation overall, regardless of what side you’re on (hoax virus or OMG it’s a killer), and everywhere in between. I think after these past 4 months, even those without medical backgrounds can discern that there is no quick explanation or convenient package that the virus, its symptom profile, the short and long-term effects, etc., can be stuffed in to. We have to get it through our heads that this virus is NEW, and regardless of how many experts and geniuses are working on studying this thing worldwide, the fact that it is NEW means that it is NEW to everyone, and it’s going to take years of data being gathered, exchanged, and studies being done before we’ll have a more complete picture as to what this virus is truly capable of.
I just want information. Putting faces to people who have caught this virus helps.
I don’t like speaking for people I don’t know anyone who thinks the virus is a hoax. Overblown, yes, but not a hoax. I don’t know anyone who thinks this kills without prejudice.
If someone tells me this is just another flu, I’ll tell them they are wrong. I don’t know what percentage that is, but it’s probably pretty close to the same percentage that think Elvis didn’t die in 1977.
“Elvis didn’t die. He just went home”–Agent K
the quick fix was a full national quarantine for a few weeks once we knew it was going to get out of hand. sadly many didnt have the foresight to think that would have been worth it.
Not much of a legal basis for that. It would take persuasive leadership, as opposed to, you know.
He could say the sky is blue and there would be push back.
johnsilver
Absolutely, Civics should be taught in school.
right with you darkside. should’ve followed the worlds lead on this one…
Hindsight is always 2020.
Logical reaction and not hysteria make more sense.
Everyone is different Halo. I too knew three who died plus the spouse of a friend (I never met her husband). All to my knowledge were overall healthy but were in their 50s or older. One was turning ninety yet until he fractured his kneecap on the court at age 85, played tennis three times a week in addition to still practicing full-time as an attorney. He was amazing. Unfortunately even young kids have died. While the number isn’t great trying explaining that to their parents.
It depends. A young actor just died of complications from Covid.
I’m thankful the overwhelming majority of these guys are not feeling ill. More testing will, by extension, net more positive test results. The more data we have on who is carrying this virus and how it affects them, the better.
our area in cali was hit with walking pneumonia in early-mid feb that affected our household. I couldn’t get up our steps without weezing a bit been healthy as a horse before that. one kid missed a week of school.. I’ve never been tested but wouldn’t be surprised if I had antibodies
Does anyone have an idea on how many players have tested positive? Seems like a couple from each team almost, so that would put it around 3% of the league’s 60 man’s?
I did a quick count and came up with 55 players that have tested positive so far. Let’s hope they all recover quickly and we are able to see some safe baseball this summer!
I love the name and picture btw
We were lead to believe they are part of the percentage that tested positive in the released statement a week ago. Something like 1.2%? Can’t remember. This included staff I believe.
That’s what I heard. The way they are releasing names makes it seem like new cases daily which I believe is inaccurate
All this realy points out how “predicting” this year’s pennant races is sheer nonsense. Sure, the Yanks look real good….how good do they look if Judge and Tanaka and Cole all need to miss 2 weeks, either alone or collectively. And you can spread that theory to just about any MLB team.
Between COVID and the shrunken schedule, I have absolutely no idea how the season (again, allowing that there IS a season) will work out.
Kinda makes it more exciting.
“All this realy points out how “predicting” this year’s pennant races is sheer nonsense.”
EXACTLY. Which is why I want to know how long players can expect to be out. If this can attack anyone, and any team. And that person will miss half a season. How can you possibly predict anything?
This can attack any person or any team. The less proactive a person is will increase the odds of you contracting this or any other viral illness. If a team has multiple members who are lax on precautions then the odds of multiple members of that team contracting the virus goes up. As far as how long a player is out would be determined by multiple factors. First and foremost, how serious the infection is. Is it mild or do they have many serious symptoms going on. A player would be out until testing negative to active virus and assuming it would have to be like the NHL and at least 2 negative results over 2 tests at least a day apart. Once that happens, the player’s health and conditioning woiuld then dictate when the player sets foot on the field again.
that’s what will be so fun about these sports seasons, baseball or otherwise. sure it sucks if your team is the one that struggles for it, but the overall potential for strange results is exciting as long as no one gets too badly sick.
Yes, the pennant races could easily turn on a handful of players on a contending team having to sit out a week or two due to a positive test.
No predicting how this will turn out, and I agree, kind of makes it exciting. But I am glad they are at least trying.
or more worthless to me. this is an extended spring training to me with a playoff money grab. I was for canceling the season but a poster brought up a trial run for next season and I’ll buy that. but if some no name hits 6 home runs in one game off a double AA guy with a juiced ball im not counting that in the record books…
Tampa, Milwaukee, Colorado, San Diego, Texas, and Seattle have never won a World Series. It would be interesting if those teams could make a run at it.
There’ll be some 60-game specific qulaities to all this; Tampa and San Diego are incredibly deep (which could be a HUGE factor). The Brewers actually look to me to better built for a sprint rather than a marathon; Hader just pitches every day (and Sterns/Counsel do great things). I said all winter the Rangers are better than most realize. But Seattle’s a bit away, and (with appologies) the Rockies just look like a trainwreck.
But I’m a big believer in looking at contract-situation makeup, and the Rays have more than half their roster playing for their arbitration payoff (or Free Agency). That can be a HUGE motivational factor. Keirmyer and Snell are on guarenteed deals, and they both seem to get conviently injured on demand. Even without them, TB is a very good team.
And again, I’m a believer in both Gore and Patino for SD; they can not only survive their first time around, they can excell. They’re both, IMHO, very, very good. And, like with TB, it’s all about the pitching in a shortened schedule.
So is this the proper forum to discuss the efficacy of implementing a value added tax on non-essentials?
Smart aleck! 🙂
Regressive taxation! Thems fightin’ words!
*quickly writes strongly worded pamphlet instead of fighting*
Wouldn’t that be called……
wait for it……
A LUXURY tax???
baseballpun
No …but it appears you might be able to make off-topic jokes about it, in moderation, without consequences.
I am feeling more and more like this “season” is going to be basically nothing more than exhibition games with a mixture of familiar and unfamiliar names in every lineup. I don’t see very high quality baseball, I see unnecessary injuries all over the place in addition to players disappearing for indeterminate amounts of time. The schedule of unbalanced home games is nothing short of ludicrous, but that’s just baseball doing something stupid to get people riled up and interested. I really don’t care what happens, but this year should have a huge asterisk and whoever comes out on top is no champion at all. I do think it’s important to play if they can, so that going forward the players will have not missed an entire season. That’s about the only value I see in this futile exercise.
Agreed! I’m just glad to be watching high competition baseball and won’t judge players/staff who sit out the abbreviated season. Even if they have to end things prematurely, which is a possibility, I’ll take what I can get as a fan.
Agreed which is why stats should be combined with next year for individual awards. Batting title won with 186 plate appearances assuming they get all 60 games in…
60 games exhibition with tryouts for 2021….all the results will have an * because it is not a full 162 game season
It will not be a normal season, but it will still be interesting
An asterisk is not enough. it really is an exhibition so why give individual awards?
MLB self rewarding….like the golden globe for actors
So these people being identified, are they part of the initial 31 positives or are they additional cases? To me, that is a big piece of information. If this is just putting names to the first 31 cases, it’s probably not as big a deal as if it was additional cases. I don’t want to see anyone sick regardless, but I believe it would ease tension a bit to know that each of these revelations each day is still part of the initial count.
There have been over 50 players diagnosed with COVID so it appears to be a combination of both.
I wonder many people players who opt out of 2020 will end up simply retiring (Felix Hernandez…)?
I just don’t see a season this year in baseball or any other sport….
My Sox should send those rubbish guys out to the mound as much as possible and go for that #1 or #2 pick. Tentatively, two great young arms waiting to be taken from Vanderbilt. Boston isn’t a tanking kind of town, this is the perfect year to do it. I have to imagine a lot of teams will feel similarly about tanking though.