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The underground activities were held at
Cressey's Sports Performance in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.,
according to The Athletic's Brittany Ghiroli. Games were played
at nearby Palm Beach Gardens High School.
Star pitchers Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer and Corey Kluber
and standout sluggers Paul Goldschmidt and Giancarlo Stanton are
among the reported 30-plus players who took part.
The players reportedly set down rules to avoid the odds of being
infected by the coronavirus. In addition to conducting social
distancing, sliding was banned.
According to The Athletic, none of the players involved have
tested positive for COVID-19. The publication said it didn't
know how many players were tested or how often.
Atlanta Braves right-hander Luke Jackson was occasionally
throwing pitches on a makeshift mound in his driveway in Fort
Lauderdale when he received an invitation from Eric Cressey, the
owner of the gym who was recently hired as director of player
health by the New York Yankees.
Cressey has worked with Jackson since 2011, so it didn't take
much prodding. And the 28-year-old was amazed with what he saw.
"You want to see Scherzer and Goldschmidt or Stanton go
head-to-head? And hear them go back and forth?" Jackson told The
Athletic. "People are going to pay to go to a high school field
for that."
All involved worked hard to keep the workouts and games under
wraps. And it remained hush-hush until the report from The
Athletic on Thursday.
--Field Level Media
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