TAMPA — With 9 video games in Toronto this season, Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone shall be keeping track of Canada’s border restrictions on the subject of COVID-19 vaccination standing.
As a result of if the present guidelines stay in place, the Yankees might be lacking gamers any time they play the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.
Boone mentioned Sunday that his staff nonetheless has “a couple of guys no less than” who're unvaccinated, that means they might not be allowed to play in Toronto.
“It’ll be attention-grabbing, to say the least, how that scenario unfolds,” Boone mentioned as his gamers went by means of physicals upon arriving at camp. “I believe we nonetheless have a couple of guys no less than that aren’t vaccinated. So we’ll be monitoring that scenario carefully and see how that performs out.
“However yeah, it’s a priority.”
The Yankees are scheduled to make their first journey north of the border Might 2-4, so there's just about no likelihood the restrictions shall be lifted by then. They head again June 17-19 and once more Sept. 26-28.
Final season, the Yankees completed one recreation forward of the Blue Jays — who've bolstered their rotation by including Kevin Gausman and Yusei Kikuchi whereas shedding MVP candidate and All-Star infielder Marcus Semien — within the American League East. However they have been capable of have their full roster accessible when taking part in in Toronto due to a nationwide curiosity exemption for skilled and beginner athletes that allowed unvaccinated gamers to cross the Canadian border.
That exemption has since been revoked, although, that means unvaccinated main leaguers must go on the restricted listing — shedding pay and repair time in the course of the sequence — when their groups play in Toronto.
Boone was requested if he would contemplate urgent his unvaccinated gamers to get the jab as a result of now they're susceptible to lacking key video games.
“It’s undoubtedly a private resolution,” Boone mentioned. “Now, if it’s one thing that turns into a difficulty, yeah, I'd have conversations with guys. However finally it’s one thing that I do have a look at as a private selection. I've individuals in my life which have made selections on either side. I perceive it’s a kind of issues that’s form of polarized us sadly, as a nation, as a world. So yeah, I’ll actually talk with our guys, however in the long run, it’s a private resolution.”
The Yankees had greater than 85 p.c of their Tier 1 personnel vaccinated final season, however not all of their gamers. It stays to be seen whether or not lowering COVID-19 instances could lead on Canada to loosen up its border restrictions in some unspecified time in the future in the course of the season.
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