Report: 4 Yankees Staffers Tested Positive for COVID-19

Four New York Yankees employees have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a report from George A. King III of the New York Post.

Per King, "Two members work at George M. Steinbrenner Field and two have ties to the nearby minor league complex. The members were not identified by name or exact job descriptions, nor was it known when they were tested."

In March, two minor leaguers in the Yankees farm system tested positive for the coronavirus. 

In the wake of other positive tests around baseball, the Yankees suspended informal workouts for players at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida, on Friday. Major League Baseball "subsequently ordered facilities to be closed for workouts and undergo a thorough cleaning process," per King. 

Other MLB teams that have seen positive tests in Florida include the Philadelphia Phillies and Toronto Blue Jays, while the Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants closed their spring training facilities in Arizona. Florida reported a record-high number of new coronavirus cases on both Friday (3,822 cases) and Saturday (4,049). 

If spring training does occur this year—an uncertainty given the battle between the league's owners and players association regarding revenue issues, among other details to be ironed out—the Yankees and New York Mets will hold it at at their home stadiums, Yankee Stadium and Citi Field, respectively, rather than in Florida. 

"I can't wait to see spring training in New York," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday, per Melissa Klein of the New York Post. "Great news."

"The Mets and the Yankees have come up with a protocol," he added. "They're putting that in place now. The state and the Department of Health will work with them."