The hits keep on coming with the Yankees’ recent weird COVID-19 outbreak. After being held out of Wednesday night’s game as a precaution, the team announced that shortstop Gleyber Torres tested positive for coronavirus this afternoon. He will be placed on the special COVID-19 injured list, and the Yankees recalled recently-demoted utility man Miguel Andújar from Triple-A to take his spot for tonight’s game against the Rays. Torres will have as much (or as little) time as he needs to recover.
The whole situation continues to be strange. It began with third-base coach Phil Nevin on Tuesday, extended to first-base coach Reggie Willits and a support staff member that night, and reached pitching coach Matt Blake and three more members of the support staff on Wednesday.