Yanks minor leaguer tests positive for coronavirus

A minor league player in the New York Yankees system has tested positive for coronavirus, sources tell ESPN.

He is the first known case in baseball.

The player was quarantined Friday morning after saying he was running a fever.

The Yankees player who tested positive for coronavirus was only on the minor league side of the team’s facility in Tampa. Still, that distance alone does not necessarily protect those who are nearby from contracting the virus.