John From Albany - Syracuse Mets Pre-Game Zoom Call with Manager Chad Kreuter 6/24/2021

 

Before tonight’s double header, Mets loss, Chad Kreuter met with the media on a Zoom call. 

Here are some of the highlights:

The player that tested positive earlier in the week was a false positive.  Chad: “In the last three days there was a lot of erroneous things going on about what happened here.  We had a player here that came in with symptoms, common cold symptoms.  Like everyone that comes into the clubhouse and all the locations, they are asked screening questions.  They do the self-test.   When a player reported Tuesday with a sore throat and cold like symptoms, they received a rapid test which was positive.  The player was then given the more inclusive MLB approved test which was shipped to Utah.  We quarantined the player and sent him home under MLB protocols.  The MLB test came back it was a negative. I know they were talking about Conforto being held out…that’s not why.  We had a false positive. …we had four players that came in close contact with that player…we only had 9 players plus Nimmo who was scheduled to go 6 innings…just a matter of not having enough players (for Tuesday’s game).”

“Most of the players are vaccinated…vaccinated players do not need to be tested.”

On additional pitchers for Syracuse: Vance Worley has been signed and will pitch game two of tonight’s double header.  Robert Stock will pitch Saturday.

The plan for Dellin Betances is to pitch Friday or Saturday, then two days back to back next week and see how he feels.

Cameron Maybin tweaked his calf when he was first sent to Syracuse.  He is very close to coming back.