The Oakland A’s placed pitcher Daniel Mengden on the injured list Thursday due to a positive test for coronavirus last weekend, the team announced.
The A’s have been on hiatus since Sunday after someone in the team’s traveling party tested positive for the virus, but the identity of the person was not made public at the time. This news confirms that the person was Mengden, but fortunately no other players or staff members have caught it for now as everyone has tested negative multiple times since. The right-hander is asymptomatic, reports Susan Slusser of the S.F. Chronicle.