Multiple Major League Baseball teams reportedly used third-party labs to secure COVID-19 tests for players amid delays from the league's official Utah-based lab that was tabbed as the testing service for baseball's return-to-play plan.
Ken Rosenthal and Zach Buchanan of The Athletic reported the news, noting the Arizona Diamondbacks and other teams that have not been identified have done so as the league dealt with delays with the scheduled July 23 start of the season approaching.
Arizona sent players—including prospect Seth Beer—to a testing site in the Phoenix area. It was announced Beer previously tested positive for COVID-19, but he was cleared Thursday.