Although MLB is exploring the possibility of establishing multiple bubbles for the postseason, their weekly monitoring testing continues to yield encouraging results. The latest period, which was from Aug. 28 through Thursday, Sept. 3, found just one positive test for coronavirus (COVID-19).
A total of 12,780 samples were collected, and the one positive was a player. Even with that, there were no new positives for five consecutive days and the 10th time in the past 12 days. Last week’s MLB monitoring testing produced two positive results — both being staff members.
The total number of monitoring samples collected and tested during the 2020 season is now up to 103,668. Of those, 85 have been new positives — a mere 0.08%. Further broken down, 55 of the 85 new positives have been players and the remaining 30 were staff members.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are not believed to be among the 21 different clubs who have had an individual test positive during the monitor screening phase.
Scott Alexander, Tony Gonsolin, Kenley Jansen, AJ Pollock and Keibert Ruiz revealed they were late to Summer Camp because of contracting the virus. Though, Gonsolin maintains he was a false positive as every subsequent test came back negative and he never experienced symptoms.
Friedman proud of Dodgers
Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman once feared the postseason was at significant risk to be completed because of the ongoing pandemic, but he is now more confident and pleased with how the team has taken to guidelines.
“I can really only to speak to it from our perspective, but our guys have done an awesome job of adhering to the protocols and taking it really seriously,” Friedman said. “I’m way more confident and I fully expect there will be a World Series champion this year.”
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