Blue Jays reportedly shut down spring training facility in Dunedin on Thursday after player exhibited COVID-19 symptoms.
shut down their spring training facility in Dunedin on Thursday after a player exhibited COVID-19 symptoms, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
The Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday shut down their spring training facility in Dunedin, Fla., after a player exhibited COVID-19 symptoms, sources tell ESPN. Dunedin is just up the road from Clearwater, where eight people in the Philadelphia Phillies organization tested positive.The player exhibiting symptoms is a pitcher on the 40-man roster who recently spent time with players in the Phillies’ minor league system, according to Passan, and is awaiting results from a COVID-19 test.
Multiple players working out at the Blue Jays facility said they had not yet been tested. If the player is not an isolated case, testing will ramp up. “We are being overly precautious with testing,” Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins told ESPN.
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