Pitcher Julio Tehran said Sunday that his delay in showing up to the Los Angeles Angels’ summer camp was due to a positive test for the coronavirus.
The right-hander said he started having symptoms two days before the start of the camp. Later it was tested and the result was positive. He made his comments in Spanish during a Zoom call with journalists.
“I tried to keep everything private because it is serious,” Tehran said, according to the Orange County Registry. “I think this virus, with all the things we hear on the news and in the media, was a difficult thing for me and I decided to keep it quiet. We weren’t out yet, and my family was still recovering.”
Tehran said his wife and son also tested positive but were asymptomatic.
He arrived at the Angels’ camp on Saturday and calculated Sunday that he is only “a week behind” other players as they prepare to open the 2020 season amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tehran, 29, is in his first season with the Angels after signing a one-year contract in the offseason.
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