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With a Change in Vaccine Mandate, Baseball Avoids the Issue for Now

An exemption allows unvaccinated Yankees and Mets players to play in home games, but the Yankees will still have to contend with unvaccinated players being barred from Canada.

The Yankees will not have to comply with a vaccine mandate for private sector employees in New York City. The team will, however, have to comply with a mandate barring travel to Canada for unvaccinated players.Credit...Lynne Sladky/Associated Press

The Yankees and the Mets will not have to contend with having unvaccinated players barred from home games after a change in New York City’s private sector vaccine mandate was officially announced on Thursday by Mayor Eric Adams at Citi Field.