CHICAGO -- Jed Hoyer, president of baseball operations and David Ross, Chicago Cubs manager have been positive for COVID-19.
A spokesperson for the team stated that Ross and Hoyer feel fine and are currently in quarantining. Both have been vaccinated.
Andy Green, the bench coach, will manage the team while Ross goes away. He says Ross is doing the best he can.
"Ross does not feel any emotion at all. Green stated that he feels perfectly normal during Friday's conference call. He's frustrated that he cannot manage this team. He will do his best at home.
Green said that Ross passed his positive test. However, there are no other positives at the clubhouse.
Green stated, "At the moment, all of Ross's (Ross') close contacts have been tested. We have no positive tests in the clubhouse." "We hope that all of us remain healthy and continue to test positive.
"We are going to reduce the time we spend in the clubhouse during the week and try to minimize the spread of it as far as possible."
The Cubs are one of a few big league teams that has failed to meet the 85% vaccination threshold necessary for Major League Baseball's COVID-19 protocol relaxation.
Sources told ESPN's Jesse Rogers that the team issued a COVID-19 mandate to its non-playing employees.
These employees must be fully vaccinated by October 4, the date staff will return to work for the offseason. ESPN has been informed by a source that at least 90% are currently vaccinated.
MLB players, who are members of a union are exempted from team mandates because they must be collectively bargained. The union and league are currently working to negotiate a new collective bargaining arrangement. The current agreement expires Dec. 1.
Green is hopeful that Cubs players who have not been vaccinated will see the benefits.
"I believe that everything we see from research shows that those who choose to get vaccinated have an even greater chance of being asymptomatic...I think this is the message for the guys who aren't vaccinated but have made that decision."
This report used information from the Associated Press.
