Davey Martinez told reporters on Monday that Juan Soto, who’d tested positive for COVID-19 before the season opener last Thursday, had tested negative once, and needed to test negative again before he could be reinstated under MLB’s protocol for conducting the 60-game 2020 season amidst a pandemic.
“We got one test result back today,” Martinez said. “He tested negative, so we’re waiting on another, so we’ll see what happens.”
Soto, 21, was quarantined earlier this month when he came in contact with another player who tested positive for COVID-19, so he, Soto, missed two weeks of Spring Training 2.