Red Sox identify some players who tested positive for COVID-19

DUKE: WE KNOW THE RED SOX HAD MULTIPLE PLAYERS TEST POSITIVE -- THAT’S IN ADDITION TO THE PLAYER THEY TOLD US ABOUT A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT TESTED POSITIVE. THEY SAY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PREVENTS THEM FROM GIVING US THE NAMES OF THE PLAYER OR NUMBER OF POSITIVE TESTS. AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL BASEBALL ON THE FIELD, LET’S SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED TODAY -- THIS WAS THE FIRST SUMMER CAMP WORKOUT. THEY TOOK THE FIELD JUST AFTER 10:00 AND FOR THE MOST PART, IT WAS A NORMAL WORKOUT. HOWEVER, THE QUESTION STILL LOOMS -- WITH ALL OF THE POSITIVE TESTS WE HAVE SEEN HIM HOW CONFIDENT ARE THE RED SOX THEY WILL EVEN HAVE A SEASON? >> IT’S HARD TO SAY WHETHER I’M CONFIDENT. I THINK THE PROTOCOLS THEY PUT IN PLACE WITH TESTING, WITH HOW WE COME INTO THE BALLPARK EVERY DAY, ANSWER QUESTIONS, TAKE OUR TEMPERATURE, GO THROUGH THE TESTS THAT GOES TO THE FACILITY IN UTAH THAT THEY HIRED, I FEEL CONFIDENT WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN. DUKE: THIS WE KNOW FOR SURE -- EDDIE RODRIGUEZ WAS NOT HERE TODAY. HE’S BACK HOME BECAUSE HE WAS AROUND SOMEONE THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. THE RED SOX ARE AWAITING HIS TEST RESULTS TO COME BACK. THE RED SOX WON’T WORK OUT HERE TOMORROW AND S

Boston Red Sox manager Ron Roenicke announced Saturday two pitchers have tested positive for COVID-19.Roenicke says pitcher Josh Taylor tested positive during team intake testing and was being isolated. He said Venezuelan-born pitcher Darwin Hernandez tested positive at home.Pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez was not at Friday's practice because he was recently around someone who tested positive for the virus and the team is awaiting his test results.The announcement from the Red Sox comes after Major League Baseball announced 31 players and seven staff members tested positive for COVID-19 during intake for the resumption of training, a rate of 1.2%.MLB and the players' association announced the results Friday as teams resumed workouts for the first time since the coronavirus interrupted spring training on March 12, two weeks before the season was to start. Opening day has been reset for July 23, the latest in baseball history, and the regular season has been reduced to 60 games in the shortest schedule since 1878.The positive tests occurred among 19 of the 30 teams, according to results of the samples sent to the Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory in South Jordan, Utah. There were 3,185 samples collected and tested through the first week of intake testing.MLB and the union established a COVID-19 related injured list with no specific minimum days. There are three reasons specified for placement on that IL: a positive test, exposure to coronavirus or symptoms that require isolation or additional assessment.The Associated Press contributed to this report.

BOSTON —

Boston Red Sox manager Ron Roenicke announced Saturday two pitchers have tested positive for COVID-19.

Roenicke says pitcher Josh Taylor tested positive during team intake testing and was being isolated. He said Venezuelan-born pitcher Darwin Hernandez tested positive at home.

Pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez was not at Friday's practice because he was recently around someone who tested positive for the virus and the team is awaiting his test results.

The announcement from the Red Sox comes after Major League Baseball announced 31 players and seven staff members tested positive for COVID-19 during intake for the resumption of training, a rate of 1.2%.

MLB and the players' association announced the results Friday as teams resumed workouts for the first time since the coronavirus interrupted spring training on March 12, two weeks before the season was to start.

Opening day has been reset for July 23, the latest in baseball history, and the regular season has been reduced to 60 games in the shortest schedule since 1878.

The positive tests occurred among 19 of the 30 teams, according to results of the samples sent to the Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory in South Jordan, Utah. There were 3,185 samples collected and tested through the first week of intake testing.

MLB and the union established a COVID-19 related injured list with no specific minimum days. There are three reasons specified for placement on that IL: a positive test, exposure to coronavirus or symptoms that require isolation or additional assessment.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Red Sox identify some players who tested positive for COVID-19

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