Angels pitcher Patrick Sandoval didn’t report to Angels camp until July 9, and now we know why. Sandoval said Monday that he tested positive for COVID-19 on June 22.
“Honestly, the first three days were a little rough. I had body aches, chills, a fever,” Sandoval said via Zoom on Monday from the Angels’ alternate training site at Blair Field in Long Beach. “My back just had a bunch of pressure on it. It was unlike anything I’d ever felt before. It was pretty heavy for a few days.”
Per MLB protocols, in order to be activated, Sandoval needed to have two negative diagnostic tests at least 24 hours apart, which he said were his first two tests taken, about two weeks after testing positive.