LEADING OFF: Yanks' outbreak, Miley chases Vander Meer

A look at what's happening around the majors today:

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COVID CONCERN

The virus-stricken Yankees are set to open a series in Baltimore a day after revealing shortstop Gleyber Torres tested positive for the coronavirus despite being fully vaccinated and having previously had COVID-19.

Torres is among eight so-called breakthrough positives among the Yankees — people who tested positive despite being fully vaccinated.

“Certainly unexpected,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said of Torres. “Obviously everyone, Major League Baseball, that’s in charge of testing is looking into that. The variants that could be out there if that is the case.”

The Yankees also have three coaches and four traveling staffers who have tested positive. Boone said all eight are asymptomatic but continue to test positive.

The Yankees said the team is undergoing additional testing and contact tracing, with the assistance of the baseball commissioner’s office and its medical experts. The New York State Department of Health is advising the team.

The San Diego Padres are also dealing with an outbreak after Fernando Tatis Jr. and Wil Myers tested positive this week, with Eric Hosmer, Jurickson Profar and Jorge Mateo also going on the IL for contact tracing. The club is set to host St. Louis after getting Thursday off.

MILE-HIGH MILEY

Wade Miley starts for the Reds at Coors Field in his first mound appearance since pitching the season's fourth no-hitter last week.

Cincinnati shuffled its rotation this week to get the left-hander an extra day of rest after he threw 114 pitches while no-hitting Cleveland last Friday. Johnny Vander Meer, another Reds lefty, in 1938 is the only big leaguer to throw no-hitters in consecutive outings.

Miley (4-2, 2.00) is set to...

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