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Major League Baseball players to wear electronic tracers from spring training onwards, face discipline for violations
FirstpostMLB players will be encouraged to get vaccines but are not required to get them. New York: Major League Baseball players, on-field staff and non-playing personnel who require access to them at ballparks must wear electronic tracing wristbands from the start of spring training and face discipline for violations. That was part of upgraded health protocols agreed to by Major League Baseball and the players’ association to deal with the novel coronavirus pandemic. The manual states violations of the MLB or club codes of conduct or of spring training home quarantine “are subject to potential discipline, including but not limited to suspension or forfeiture of salary for days spent away from the club while in mandatory self-isolation or quarantine resulting from the violation.” Player discipline would be subject to the just cause provisions of the collective bargaining agreement. In addition, during spring training they must quarantine at home except for baseball activities with their teams and travel, medical care, outdoor physical activity and — with permission of a joint management-committee — outdoor dining.
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