Juan Soto tests positive for COVID-19

[GuidoSarducci]

https://www.faketeams.com/2020/7/23/21336058/juan-soto-tests-positive-for-covid-19

He played in both our exhibition games, correct?

[backwardsk]

He did.  Not a good way to kick off the season.

[weams]

We've spent a good deal of time with him this last week. Interesting to see how our precautions hold up.

[Ruzious]

No Rendon and no Soto - the Nats could start out just as poorly as they did last season.  They did have a fairly good comeback when the season was a marathon.  

[Yardball85]

21 minutes ago, GuidoSarducci said:

https://www.faketeams.com/2020/7/23/21336058/juan-soto-tests-positive-for-covid-19

He played in both our exhibition games, correct?

Really really bad news.  This is the danger of playing this season.  One person gets it, and his teammates and opponents are all in danger.

[wildcard]

Catchers did not socially distance from Soto as a batter.

[Yardball85]

8 minutes ago, wildcard said:

Catchers did not socially distance from Soto as a batter.

Nor did Davis when Soto was on base.  

[wildcard]

2 minutes ago, Yardball85 said:

Nor did Davis when Soto was on base.  

I thought Soto only hit doubles and homers.

[Yardball85]

2 minutes ago, wildcard said:

I thought Soto only hit doubles and homers.

I seem to remember a walk or two. 

[weams]

 

[MurphDogg]

[JR Oriole]

That is a nice break for the Yankees and Gerrit Cole.  Soto destroyed him in the World Series last year.

[Brooks The Great]

1 hour ago, Yardball85 said:

Really really bad news.  This is the danger of playing this season.  One person gets it, and his teammates and opponents are all in danger.

 

1 hour ago, wildcard said:

Catchers did not socially distance from Soto as a batter.

When Rudy Gobert tested positive, he had played a full game against the Toronto Raptors. None of the opposing players (including the ones guarding him the whole game) contracted the virus, and they were playing indoors, in much closer quarters than baseball players get to each other. Anything is possible, but baseball being played outdoors should greatly prevent transmission to opposing players in general. 

Soto's Nationals teammates obviously may be at risk, but the O's players should be fine. Guess we'll find out.

[Yardball85]

15 minutes ago, Brooks The Great said:

 

When Rudy Gobert tested positive, he had played a full game against the Toronto Raptors. None of the opposing players (including the ones guarding him the whole game) contracted the virus, and they were playing indoors, in much closer quarters than baseball players get to each other. Anything is possible, but baseball being played outdoors should greatly prevent transmission to opposing players in general. 

Soto's Nationals teammates obviously may be at risk, but the O's players should be fine. Guess we'll find out.

Fair point.  Hope you're right.

[SteveA]

3 minutes ago, Yardball85 said:

Fair point.  Hope you're right.

Infection likelihood is based on:

   -- distance

   -- time duration of contact (this is a big one a lot of people miss)

   -- outdoors is less likely than indoors; indoors is worse in more confined areas that bigger indoor areas, and worse in areas with poor ventilation than good ventilation)

   -- less transmission if the person transmitting has a mask

So any contacts Soto had with Orioles were short duration and outdoors = pretty low risk.