{"id":13235,"date":"2022-05-13T02:07:06","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T02:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/cleveland-guardians-have-no-new-covid-19-cases-pitching-coach-carl-willis-to-manage\/"},"modified":"2022-05-13T02:07:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T02:07:06","slug":"cleveland-guardians-have-no-new-covid-19-cases-pitching-coach-carl-willis-to-manage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/cleveland-guardians-have-no-new-covid-19-cases-pitching-coach-carl-willis-to-manage\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Guardians have no new COVID-19 cases;  pitching coach Carl Willis to manage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Cleveland Guardians reported no new COVID-19 cases Thursday, a day after an outbreak inside their clubhouse caused a postponement in Chicago and sent manager Terry Francona and five coaches home from a road trip.<\/p>\n<p>The team said pitching coach Carl Willis will serve as the club&#8217;s acting manager for a three-game series this weekend in Minnesota.  Willis pitched for the Twins from 1991 to &#8217;95.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland was off on Thursday.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/photo\/2022\/0506\/r1008991_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&amp;w=130&amp;h=130&amp;scale=crop&amp;location=center\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Guardians president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti said in a statement that the team will continue to test personnel and conduct contact tracing.<\/p>\n<p>Antonetti said Willis &#8220;will be supported by other individuals throughout the organization until the members of our coaching staff are able to rejoin the team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To this point, no players have tested positive for the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Francona learned he was positive on Wednesday about two hours before the scheduled first pitch.  Soon after, Major League Baseball scrapped the Guardians&#8217; series finale against the White Sox &#8211; the first postponement in the majors by coronavirus-related issues in 2022 &#8211; so more testing could be done.<\/p>\n<p>The 63-year-old Francona, who has dealt with major health issues the past two seasons, bused back to Cleveland on Thursday with coaches and members of the team&#8217;s traveling party who also tested positive.<\/p>\n<p>The team said Francona has been placed in health and safety protocols along with bench coach DeMarlo Hale, first-base coach Sandy Alomar, third-base coach Mike Sarbaugh, hitting coach Chris Valaika, assistant pitching coach Joe Torres and hitting analyst Justin Toole.<\/p>\n<p>Hale filled in when Francona stepped away last July, and Alomar served as the team&#8217;s acting manager for most of the 2020 season.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardians are expected to bring up some minor league coaches and instructors to fill out the major league staff in the interim.<\/p>\n<p>The team said an additional update will be provided on Friday before the team&#8217;s clubhouse opens in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday&#8217;s postponement &#8211; the game will be made up as part of a split doubleheader on July 23 &#8211; raised questions about whether teams should return to some of the stricter protocols that MLB put in place in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardians, who had a smaller outbreak earlier this season, had discussed the mask policy on Wednesday before Francona&#8217;s positive test triggered the team to conduct more testing and contact tracing.<\/p>\n<p>After playing three games against the Twins, the Guardians will be off on May 23 before hosting the Cincinnati Reds for two.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cleveland Guardians reported no new COVID-19 cases Thursday, a day after an outbreak inside their clubhouse caused a postponement in Chicago and sent manager Terry Francona and five coaches home from a road trip. 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