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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1765468" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/covid-hits-cardinals-mostly-in-training-room-yepez-replaces-sosa-on-roster/article_0c47623c-1a3e-5758-98ba-b893c1478901.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel" target="_blank">Rick Hummel</a></p><p>KANSAS CITY — The Cardinals were operating shorthanded both on the field and in the training room Tuesday night against the Kansas City Royals as the organization was fighting a strain of COVID.</p><p>President of baseball operations John Mozeliak said one player and four club employees, three of them medical personnel, had tested positive for the virus. Mozeliak did not name the player but shortstop Edmundo Sosa was placed on the injured list, with no determination, and Juan Yepez, who homered for Memphis Tuesday morning in a game at home, was set to join the Cardinals Tuesday night, but not until after the game.</p><p>Earlier in the day a Cardinals tweet said that Sosa had been placed on the COVID injured list but it was deleted.</p><p></p><p>Additionally, catcher Yadier Molina was scratched from his start because he was not feeling well, manager Oliver Marmol said. But Marmol said that Molina had tested negative for COVID “and as of right now, (Molina playing Wednesday) is not in question.”</p><p>Mozeliak said on Tuesday morning he had been made aware “that we had a couple of employees test positive for COVID. The current number now is at four and we also have one player, to a total of five. Right now, we’re just assessing where we are. Obviously, we’re going to bring in some extra staff to handle the day-to-day.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1765468, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/covid-hits-cardinals-mostly-in-training-room-yepez-replaces-sosa-on-roster/article_0c47623c-1a3e-5758-98ba-b893c1478901.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel']Rick Hummel[/URL] KANSAS CITY — The Cardinals were operating shorthanded both on the field and in the training room Tuesday night against the Kansas City Royals as the organization was fighting a strain of COVID. President of baseball operations John Mozeliak said one player and four club employees, three of them medical personnel, had tested positive for the virus. Mozeliak did not name the player but shortstop Edmundo Sosa was placed on the injured list, with no determination, and Juan Yepez, who homered for Memphis Tuesday morning in a game at home, was set to join the Cardinals Tuesday night, but not until after the game. Earlier in the day a Cardinals tweet said that Sosa had been placed on the COVID injured list but it was deleted. Additionally, catcher Yadier Molina was scratched from his start because he was not feeling well, manager Oliver Marmol said. But Marmol said that Molina had tested negative for COVID “and as of right now, (Molina playing Wednesday) is not in question.” Mozeliak said on Tuesday morning he had been made aware “that we had a couple of employees test positive for COVID. The current number now is at four and we also have one player, to a total of five. Right now, we’re just assessing where we are. Obviously, we’re going to bring in some extra staff to handle the day-to-day.” [/QUOTE]
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