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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1766541" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-notebook-team-is-hopeful-asymptomatic-wainwright-can-pass-covid-19-protocols-avoid-missing-start/article_ed2ebbf9-86f6-5afe-b9d1-0f9c73fdf9f5.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold" target="_blank">Derrick Goold</a></p><p>SAN FRANCISCO — Encouraged by Adam Wainwright’s lack of symptoms and the schedule’s extra day of accommodation, the Cardinals are hopeful the right-hander will be able to return from the COVID-19 injury list in time to make his next start as scheduled, on Tuesday.</p><p>The Cardinals’ creeping outbreak of the virus on this road trip extended to Wainwright on Friday afternoon when he tested positive for the coronavirus. The team placed their veteran ace on the COVID IL, though unlike Major League Baseball’s other injury lists Wainwright does have an avenue back to the active roster in less than four days.</p><p>It begins by being asymptomatic.</p><p></p><p>“Just so everyone knows, I feel great. 100% with zero symptoms,” Wainwright wrote on Twitter shortly after the team announced the move. Wainwright had COVID-19 during the offseason, he recently told reporters. “Out of an abundance of caution and following MLB protocols I have to test negative twice before I return. Which we’re hoping is very soon.”</p><p>The protocols adopted this season by MLB and the players’ union require a player to go 24 hours without a fever and be symptom-free before beginning the re-entry process. That player must then have consecutive negative tests for the virus. If those conditions are met, the team’s physician can recommend the player be placed back on the active roster, pending approval from a joint committee of two physicians, one each for the union and leagues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1766541, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-notebook-team-is-hopeful-asymptomatic-wainwright-can-pass-covid-19-protocols-avoid-missing-start/article_ed2ebbf9-86f6-5afe-b9d1-0f9c73fdf9f5.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold']Derrick Goold[/URL] SAN FRANCISCO — Encouraged by Adam Wainwright’s lack of symptoms and the schedule’s extra day of accommodation, the Cardinals are hopeful the right-hander will be able to return from the COVID-19 injury list in time to make his next start as scheduled, on Tuesday. The Cardinals’ creeping outbreak of the virus on this road trip extended to Wainwright on Friday afternoon when he tested positive for the coronavirus. The team placed their veteran ace on the COVID IL, though unlike Major League Baseball’s other injury lists Wainwright does have an avenue back to the active roster in less than four days. It begins by being asymptomatic. “Just so everyone knows, I feel great. 100% with zero symptoms,” Wainwright wrote on Twitter shortly after the team announced the move. Wainwright had COVID-19 during the offseason, he recently told reporters. “Out of an abundance of caution and following MLB protocols I have to test negative twice before I return. Which we’re hoping is very soon.” The protocols adopted this season by MLB and the players’ union require a player to go 24 hours without a fever and be symptom-free before beginning the re-entry process. That player must then have consecutive negative tests for the virus. If those conditions are met, the team’s physician can recommend the player be placed back on the active roster, pending approval from a joint committee of two physicians, one each for the union and leagues. [/QUOTE]
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