Phillies' Visiting Clubhouse Staff Now Reportedly Being Quarantined
John Clark and Matt Gelb both reporting this:
Sources: The Phillies are quarantining their entire visiting clubhouse staff after exposure to the Marlins this weekend. Some were tested yesterday and waiting for results. Yankees brought their own clubhouse staff to Philly last night.
— Matt Gelb (@MattGelb) July 27, 2020
So to be clear, these are the staffers who worked with the Marlins this weekend. The Phils also reportedly disinfected the visitors’ clubhouse ahead of tonight’s Yankees’ visit, and I assume the process resembled Bill Murray cleaning the pool in Caddyshack.
On a more serious note, the Marlins/Orioles game is reportedly off tonight, and if we’re taking this thing seriously, everything points to Yanks/Phils also being postponed as MLB tries to limit the spread of this COVID-19 outbreak.
Jon Heyman:
Discussions about whether to play Yankees-Phillies game are ongoing. Not canceled yet but seems like strong chance it will be. Phillies players aren’t reporting symptoms but they are awaiting test results (as of now they’ve had no positives since some on intake)
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 27, 2020
Jeff Passan said earlier on ESPN that he “would be shocked” if Phils/Yanks is played tonight. Heyman also reported that the Phils clubhouse is being “fumigated 50 different ways,” whatever the hell that means.
The next 5-6 hours will be critical. Need Rob Manfred to surface and say something.
