Matt Barnes of the Red Sox tests positive for COVID-19. This is not the news the Sox or MLB wanted to see with Opening Day just five days away. Matt Andriese was supposed to start today’s spring training game but has been scratched due to possibly being exposed, and this just may be the start of what could be several Boston players placed in the protocol. Barnes is not experiencing any symptoms, but there is still no word when he might return to Boston.
Barnes had pitched well this spring, throwing 5.1 scoreless innings and striking out eight along the way.