October 28, 2020

Turner in Trouble

Justin Turner returned to the field after the Dodgers won the World Series in violation of MLB protocols and in defiance of MLB security. MLB removed him from the game in the seventh inning after testing positive for COVID-19:

“While a desire to celebrate is understandable, Turner’s decision to leave isolation and enter the field was wrong and put everyone he came in contact with at risk. When MLB Security raised the matter of being on the field with Turner, he emphatically refused to comply.

“The Commissioner’s Office is beginning a full investigation into this matter and will consult with the Players Association within the parameters of the joint 2020 Operations Manual.”

LATimes.com

If the MLBPA brings a grievance over the imposition of a sixty game season, I suspect MLB will fight back with examples of players breaking protocols and putting the season at risk.

The article also discusses the possibility of calling the game at the point of learning there was a positive test:

“They were unlikely to continue to spread it that much by finishing that game, certainly from the Dodgers to the Rays,” Binney said. “You would expect that any transmission from Turner to other people in the organization had happened both recently and already, so that playing the rest of the game arguably would not result in more spread among the Dodgers.”

I hope that Turner stays asymptomatic and has an easy time with the disease.

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