A Red Sox minor league player has tested positive for COVID-19, the team announced Tuesday evening. The player, whose identity was not revealed, received the results of his positive test Monday and is “doing well,” according to the team.

The player was last at the team’s complex in Fort Myers on March 15 – just a couple days after the league suspended spring training – and the team believes it’s “more likely” he contracted the virus after leaving Fort Myers. The player is recovering at home after receiving the result of his positive test.

The team’s Fenway South facility is being shut down from all activity, effective Tuesday, for at least two weeks, and all players and staff who came into close contact with the player who tested positive have been advised to self-quarantine for two weeks.

While all official workouts at the Fenway South facility ended shortly after spring training had ended, some players – including those who lived in the area and those who had no better place to continue working out – were still working out on their own at the facility in the last couple of weeks.

With the facility shut down, the group of players still in the area will have to relocate their baseball activities for at least the next two weeks.

The Fenway South facility and JetBlue Park are both undergoing a deep cleaning, according to the club.

“During this pandemic, the health and safety of our players and employees and those in our community is prioritized over all else,” a team spokesman said in a statement. “The club will continue to follow recommendations set forth by health officials, Major League Baseball, and our own medical team.”

Two minor leaguers in the Yankees system previously tested positive for COVID-19. The Red Sox minor leaguer is the third professional baseball player known to have tested positive.


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