Cubs' Ross, Hoyer verify high quality for COVID-19; green ejected

“I didn’t stick round to find out. ... At this point in time, your wager is pretty much as good as mine,” he stated.

green pointed out earlier than the online game that Ross' shut contacts had been established and there were no other advantageous COVID-19 exams within the clubhouse.

Pitcher Alec Mills pointed out he heard about Ross and Hoyer when he arrived at the ballpark.

“after we acquired in, it was like ‘good day, this has came about. Let’s simply sort of be tremendous diligent about social distancing, donning our masks after we should,' type of aspect like that,” he stated. “however, at the identical time, you understand, I consider, i am vaccinated, i go to let the science work. So undoubtedly take the precautions quintessential, but simply exit and pitch and do what I need to do for my job.”

The Cubs are among a handful of large league teams that have did not attain the 85% vaccination threshold required for the rest of MLB's COVID-19 protocols.

green stated the crew is planning to make some alterations in mild of the pair of positive exams. He also referred to there were no conversations about canceling Friday's game.

“We take COVID extremely seriously around right here,” eco-friendly mentioned. “we will do a couple of issues and never simply verify his close contacts. we'll are trying to cut back our time within the clubhouse over the arrival week, to are attempting to mitigate as much as humanly possible the spread of it.”