The Red Sox's COVID-19 outbreak continued Friday as Chris Sale became the 10th player since Aug. 27 to test positive for the illness.
Sale will not pitch on Sunday against the White Sox. The Red Sox, who are nine games back of the Rays in the AL East, currently lead the AL Wild Card race, but several teams are within two games of Boston.
There are still eight other players on the COVID-19 injured list, including Xander Bogaerts and starter Nick Pivetta, and two coaches were impacted by the outbreak.
The news comes a day after outfielder Hunter Renfroe claimed that MLB told the Red Sox to stop testing for COVID-19 as the club faced a rapid outbreak.