Chris Bassitt is back in the Mets’ clubhouse after being placed on the injured list on July 1 following a positive COVID test. Bassitt expressed extreme frustration with his situation, and even the decision to test himself in the first place, as he feels it unnecessarily took him out of the rotation and caused him to miss a start.
“I tested myself,” Bassitt said before the Mets’ game on Thursday. “The only so-called symptom I had was in the second game against Houston. I was way more sluggish and tired than I usually am. Having a little girl at home, if I can somewhat be safe, I will. When I tested myself and I was positive, I basically had the choice to tell them and protect my teammates or not say anything and put my teammates at risk a little bit.”
The crux of Bassitt’s argument is that he never felt sick or displayed any extreme symptoms beyond the sluggishness, meaning that in his mind, everything was fine. Because of that, in his opinion, it doesn’t make sense to continue worrying about the virus that has done irreparable damage to the world over the past two years and change.
