The Pittsburgh Pirates hired a cleaning crew to conduct a deep clean of its Spring Training facility in Bradenton, Fla., on Tuesday, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan, less than a day after a man in nearby Manatee County was confirmed to have coronavirus.
Per Passan, a team spokesperson said the organization did not undergo the cleaning as a response to any concerns about employees or others near the team carrying coronavirus.
"In an effort to be as proactive as possible and perhaps in an overabundance of caution, we took advantage of our scheduled off-day to professionally sanitize and deep clean LECOM Park," said Brian Warecki, the Pirates' vice president of communications.