Update: Aaron Judge Tests Positive for COVID-19, Ramifications for Other All-Stars

This could get ugly. The Yankees continue to learn more about their Covid situation, as Aaron Judge has now tested positive and entered the team's Covid-19 protocol. 

The three other Yankees position players who are in COVID-19 protocol are Aaron Judge, Kyle Higashioka, and Gio Urshela. Because Judge was at the All-Star Game with other players, this has triggered contact tracing questions for the Red Sox players (and presumably others).

— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) July 15, 2021

Yankees Covid list just doubled to 6 players. Gio Urshela, Kyle Higashioka, and Aaron Judge added. Judge testing positive means everyone at the All-Star Game needs to be tested now too.

— Ray Carsillo (@RayCarsillo) July 15, 2021

Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said "most, but not all" of the six players involved had been vaccinated.  

So Cashman said “most but not all” of the #Yankees who tested positive are vaccinated. But we know for a fact that Urshela, Peralta, Cortes and Loaisiga are vaccinated.

That means one or both of @TheJudge44 or @the_higster are unvaccinated. How deeply, deeply disappointing. https://t.co/4zYAUbnECh

— Chris Barca (@CBarca_) July 15, 2021

Judge having appeared in the All-Star Game this week obviously raises questions all around the league, as every player and team official at the event in Denver may now be compromised. 

Among the teams most affected would be the Toronto Blue Jays and Boston Red Sox, who each had 4 players at the game.

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