Photos: Genesis Cabrera (left) and Ricardo Sanchez. Photos: Courtesy St. Louis Cardinals
The Cardinals had two pitchers test positive for COVID-19 this week during intake testing for Summer Camp, the club announced Saturday.
Having given consent to be identified by the team, left-handers Genesis Cabrera and Ricardo Sanchez had positive tests after arriving in St. Louis and going through the team’s testing process Thursday. Both players were placed in isolation. The Cardinals now have three positive tests within the organization, but the first has not been identified as either a player or staff member.
Manager Mike Shildt said that both Cabrera and Sanchez are asymptomatic. That does help in terms of how long they’ll be away, but they have to test negative twice within a span of at least 24 hours before participating in workouts at Busch Stadium.
Cabrera and Sanchez traveled to the United States from the Dominican Republic on an MLB charter plane that arrived late to Miami on Wednesday, thus delaying the players’ travel to St. Louis. They were tested early Thursday and were awaiting results Friday, which is why they were not at the first official workout at Busch Stadium.
The other players who traveled with Cabrera and Sánchez were Carlos Martínez, Elehuris Montero and Ivan Herrera, Shildt mentioned on Friday. Some of them still have pending tests, Shildt also said, but he was not able to clarify.
Reliever Giovanny Gallegos is also not in camp; he has remained in Mexico until he has received clearance to travel. Alex Reyes and Junior Fernandez have not appeared on the field at workouts.
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