SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The novel coronavirus has reached the baseball world as a New York Yankees minor league player was reportedly the first in affiliated ball to test positive on Sunday.
According to a report from ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the unidentified player only participated in workouts on the minor league side of the Yankees’ spring training facility, located in Tampa, Florida.
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Unlike the NBA, Major League Baseball did not wait for its first positive test to occur to suspend operations, but the news will likely have a trickle-down effect that impacts camps in both Florida and Arizona.