Early results reveal 31 MLB players tested positive for COVID-19A face mask sign on the door is the first thing visitors to the Texas Rangers training facility in Dallas see as they enter Globe Life Field. LOS ANGELES: A total of 31 players tested positive for the coronavirus in Major League Baseball's first round of mass testing to prepare for the start of the delayed season. The 31 players, and seven additional staff members, make up 1.2% of the 3,185 samples collected in the first set of results. The 1.2 percent positive rate compares favorably to the NBA which saw 5.3% (16 of 302) of its people test positive in announced results on June 26. MLB is not officially identifying individual players who test positive but the Cleveland Indians said Friday that American outfielder Delino DeShields tested positive.

Source: Bangkok Post July 04, 2020 00:56 UTC