Red Sox pull Xander Bogaerts from game after positive COVID test as club’s outbreak grows

Early in Tuesday’s Crimson Sox-Rays bout in St. Petersburg, Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts was eliminated and it did not seem like through damage. This is the published discussing it: 

Instantly, the thought went to COVID, because the Crimson Sox have had a little bit of an outbreak. Positive sufficient, just a few innings later, the Crimson Sox confirmed that Bogaerts had examined constructive and the group was simply notified of the consequence early within the recreation. Clearly, the protocol is to right away take away the player and isolate him. 

The Crimson Sox now have pitchers Matt Barnes, Martín Peréz, Josh Taylor and Hirokazu Sawamura on the COVID injured record together with place gamers Enrique Hernandez and Christian Arroyo. Bogaerts will be a part of that group on Wednesday when the Crimson Sox make their roster transfer official. Additional, three coaches have both examined constructive or been deemed a detailed contact. 

“I am involved. I’m,” stated Crimson Sox supervisor Alex Cora earlier than the sport Tuesday (via redsox.com). “It feels prefer it’s one on daily basis. It is simply the character of the place we’re at. That is our actuality. We simply need to maintain doing what we’re doing so far as testing and see what occurs. Hopefully that is the top of it, however there are not any ensures.”

Because it turned out, it wasn’t the top. Bogaerts occurred after these feedback. At this level, it could be fairly shocking if that is the top. It looks as if it is spreading all through the group. 

In the course of all this, the Crimson Sox are preventing for an AL playoff spot. They entered Tuesday holding a two-game lead over the A’s for the second AL wild card and path the Rays 7-1 as of this writing. They’re stretched so skinny, pitching-wise, that they needed to begin a man on quick relaxation Tuesday who had a 7-plus ERA in Triple-A.