It appears testin🍃g positive for coronavirus may have complicated Yasiel Puig’s deal with the Atlanta 𒆙Braves.
The 29-year-old outfielder Friday afternoon, saying that he’s asymptomatic but quarantining until he gets two consecutive negative tests. Puig also alluded to ♑the fact that he is still a free agent, which
“I am sorry to share with my fans, friends and family who follow me and who really support me, that I have just been notified that I have tested positive for COVID-19,” he wrote. “Although I tested positive🐲. I am asymptomatic, and I feel absolutely fine. I will be quarantined until I receive two negative test results, which I hope will arrive shortly.”
Puig and the Braves were reportedly in the midst of “serious” contract negotiations, but things would only go through if Puig tested negative for coronav🦄irus. The Braves could choose to revisit the situation after Puig tests negative twice.
Splitting the 2019 season between the Reds and Indians, Puig hit .267/.327/.458 with 24 home runs over 149 games. He would be a much-needed offensive addition for Atlanta, which has been looking to bulk up its batting order after outfielder Nick Markakis opte𝕴d out of the 2020 season.