At least four members of the Mets organization will miss Friday’s home opener against the Diamondbacks after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19.
After Newsday‘s Tim Healey reported that “a bunch of players and coaches” were deemed close contacts to the staff member, Mike Puma of the New York Post reported that outfielders Mark Canha and Brandon Nimmo have also tested positive for COVID. Both starters are asymptomatic, Puma noted. They were not included in the team’s starting lineup, released ahead of this afternoon’s game.
When speaking to reporters prior to Friday’s game, Mets manager Buck Showalter confirmed there is also a “coach down today,” but did not divulge the status of Nimmo and Canha nor the identity of the coach, per Deesha Thosar of New York Daily News.