Red Sox Prospect Chih-Jung Liu Quarantined over Coronavirus Concerns

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The Boston Red Sox have quarantined right-handed pitching prospect Chih-Jung Liu out of "an overabundance of caution" in response to worldwide concerns about the Wuhan coronavirus, per Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe.

Liu, who traveled from Taiwan to San Francisco before arriving in Boston's spring training home of Fort Myers, Florida, wrote on his Facebook page that the team is providing three meals per day and that he is passing time by reading and "watching information about the team."

He is also doing weight training and has gone on the "occasional run," per Abraham.

The 6'0", 185-pound pitcher signed with the team on Oct. 22, 2019,…