Texas Rangers center fielder Joey Gallo's COVID-19 tests show mixed results. Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

Rangers' Joey Gallo tests both positive and negative for coronavirus

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Jul 7, 2020 8:20 PM ET

On Monday, outlets such as the Associated Press (h/t ESPN ) reported that Texas Rangers All-Star Joey Gallo was missing the start of spring training 2.0 sessions after he tested positive for the coronavirus.

Confusion arose, however, when the 26-year-old outfielder returned a negative result in between multiple positives.

According to Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News, Gallo tested negative again on Tuesday:

Joey Gallo tested negative for COVID-19 today via nasal swab at private lab in Dallas. Must test negative again in 24 hours to be cleared to return to field. Nasal swabs have twice been negative, but there was positive saliva test by MLB Lab inbetween. More protocol confusion
— Evan Grant (@Evan_P_Grant) July 7, 2020

Per safety protocols, Gallo must test negative once more in 24 hours before he returns to official team gatherings. If he tests positive, he'll have to begin the process again and provide two negative tests more than 24 hours apart and be cleared by a doctor before he's allowed to rejoin teammates.

Multiple entities around the sports world have claimed "false positives" during testing periods. Premier League teams Arsenal and Norwich City, Major League Soccer side Sporting Kansas City, the PGA, NWSL club Orlando Pride, and the UFC have, at one time or another, questioned the accuracy of coronavirus tests and if they determine whether or not a supposed "infected" person is also contagious.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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