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Due to testing delay, Oakland A’s full squad report day postponed

The Oakland Athletics’ position players should be cleared to train by Monday

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The Oakland A’s expected to have 42 players at the Oakland Coliseum on Sunday for their first full-squad workout. Due to a holiday delay in COVID-19 test results, the position players scheduled to arrive for their first day of training camp may not get to take the field until Monday.

The A’s position players underwent testing on Friday. Because of the Fourth of July holiday on Saturday, there was an unexpected stall in result turnaround from the testing lab in Utah.

“We all know that being flexible and adjusting to the unknowns is going to be part of everything we do this season,” general manager David Forst said in a text. “Our players and staff have done an excellent job getting to this point and they understand that we will get them on the field as soon as we possibly can.”

Pitchers, catchers, coaches and staff due to report on Saturday all tested on Thursday with results reported by Friday. Their Sunday workouts will continue as scheduled. Forst says there is a chance, pending results, that A’s position players could squeeze in their first workout on Saturday evening.

Per the truncated season’s health guidelines and protocols, players, coaches and staff must undergo testing every other day for the duration of summer camp, the regular season and postseason.

 

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