By Field Level Media-Reuters A second player within the New York Yankees’ minor league system tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), the organization confirmed Tuesday.

George M. Steinbrenner Field stands empty as MLB’s spring training remains suspended. (Mary Holt / USA TODAY Sports)

The unidentified player’s diagnosis comes on the heels of another Yankees’ minor-leaguer testing positive on Friday.

The Yankees confirmed the latter player’s status on Sunday, telling MLB.com that he had spent time only at the team’s minor league facility and was never at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla.

Regarding the latest player to test positive, the team stated Tuesday in a press release, “While under self-quarantine, the player reported fatigue and an elevated body temperature to Yankees medical personnel. The test was administered on Sunday, and the player returned to self-quarantine following the positive results. We can also report that within the past 48 hours his symptoms have dissipated.”

The Yankees were among the teams whose major league players elected to stay in camp amid the coronavirus pandemic, however Major League Baseball on Sunday encouraged teams to disband and leave camp. Manager Aaron Boone left the team’s complex in Tampa on Tuesday and said he was driving home to Greenwich, Conn., per ESPN.

“Again, it’s starting to hit home more every day, it seems like,” Yankees left-hander J.A. Happ told ESPN on Tuesday. “So we’re just preparing and trying to be smart if we can and paying attention to the news.”

Major League Baseball suspended spring training and delayed the start of the 2020 regular season last week due to the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, MLB announced Opening Day would be pushed back in accordance with the recommendations made Sunday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to restrict events of more than 50 people for the next eight weeks.

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