ST. LOUIS (KMOX/AP) - An employee of the St. Louis Cardinals has tested positive for COVID-19, confirms Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak.
Mozeliak made the announcement on Thursday morning in a conference call with local media and was asked if the organization has had anyone test positive.
"To my knowledge, I think we've had one employee that did test positive, but is feeling better," Mozeliak says. "I'm not going to get into too many specifics ... But the person was located in St. Louis."
The state of Missouri has seen 1,581 confirmed cases as of Wednesday, according to the state health department, a jump of 19.1.% from Tuesday. Three more deaths reported Wednesday brought the total to 18 blamed on COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
However, the Cardinals have been retracing Edmonds' steps at their Spring Training facility since he was there recently.
"I'm thinking – and it's just a guess – that he did travel to other places since leaving Jupiter, so I get a sense that perhaps it could have been during those travels," Mozeliak says.