With the Yankees camping out in Tampa for the duration of the Corona Virus shutdown, news and updates are hard to come by, but we will do out best to ensure you are up to date.
However, on Sunday, a Yankees minor league player was diagnosed with the Corona Virus illness, the team confirmed to multiple reporters. The unknown player will remain quarantined until the virus has run its course, but his entire team has been isolated to a hotel as well. The players will receive meals for the next two weeks until they’re allowed to depart.
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The Yankees will be quarantining all their minor leaguers for two weeks, and Cashman on Sunday told reporters that the club’s minor league facility would be closed through March 25. Cashman also said the team’s major-league facilities will remain open for players, at least for the time being, on a limited basis.
Yankee players are preparing to wait out the pandemic, but one starting pitcher is unsure what he will do.
For now, though, players like Masahiro Tanaka will stay and wait. Newsday’s Erik Boland spoke to Tanaka outside George M. Steinbrenner Field, where the veteran said he will stay in Tampa “for now” after tossing a bullpen.
Staying in Tampa is the safest move, as the warm weather helps to prevent the spread of the virus through touch, but Tanaka is still weighing his options.
Taking a look at why Clint Frazier’s spring explosion was the real deal and what he’s done to improve himself.
“It’s just that Clint is getting more weight back behind the baseball,†hitting coach, Marcus Thames said. “In the past, you’d just see Clint swinging and and everything would just be going this way (pointing left) — more of a dead pull hitter.