Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich has tested positive for the coronavirus and is showing mild symptoms.
Brewers president of baseball operations David Stearns says Yelich and utilityman Jace Peterson have been placed on the COVID-19 injured list.
Yelich has been vaccinated against the virus.
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“Christian is fully vaccinated,” Stearns told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “He was vaccinated with the team as a whole right at the beginning of the season. He has taken precautions seriously and guidelines seriously throughout the season.”
Stearns said Peterson went on the list due to contact tracing and hadn’t tested positive.
OF Christian Yelich placed on the injured list (COVID-19). INF/OF Jace Peterson placed on the injured list (COVID-19 contact). OF Lorenzo Cain reinstated from the 10-day injured list. INF/OF Pablo Reyes recalled from Triple-A Nashville. pic.twitter.com/cCibxTSxQc
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) July 27, 2021
Stearns said Yelich will miss at least 10 days from the date of his positive test and that Peterson will miss at least even days.
The Brewers activated outfielder Lorenzo Cain from the injured list and called up infielder Pablo Reyes from Triple-A Nashville.
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