Six players from the industrial team tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday, according to various sources contacted by the journalist. The news was initially published by analyst Reiner González Jr. and confirmed by family and friends of several athletes.
DIARIO DE CUBA does not publish the names out of respect for the privacy of athletes. In the list of infected there would be two pitchers, two gardeners, a box player and a receiver. Tots would be asymptomatic.
The National Baseball Commission has not yet ruled on it, but it is an open secret that Wednesday and Friday’s games were suspended and the rest of the team is back in the capital, where the tests are repeated.
According to a source close to the athletes, tests are being carried out on all the players of Pinar del Río, rivals of Industriales this Tuesday on the field, and those of Isla de la Juventud, a team that faced the capital on Saturday and Sunday. In case of knowing any other contagion in those groups, the same source assuring that the championship would be suspended until further notice.
Industrials has been most of the season with several of its top figures on the injured list and, with a dozen games to go until the end of the regular season, is still out of the qualifying zone.