While Beer was unlikely to make the team’s 30-man roster, he was on the short list for depth. Beer joins starting right fielder, Kole Calhoun, reliever Junior Guerra, and injured reliever, Silvino Bracho on Arizona’s COVID-IL.
Yesterday afternoon, the San Francisco Giants became the latest team to shut down workouts due to lapses in testing results. The team, already hit by a number of positive tests, decided to shut down further workouts until the test results from the weekend testing were made available and appropriate responses made as necessary.
MLB and the MLBPA are in an aggressive search for additional testing services, but it may turn out to be too little too late.