Report: White Sox requiring booster shots for minor leaguers

Posted February 11, 2022 12:00 am

Scot Gregor

While the major-league season is in doubt as owners and players try to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement, there will be a full minor-league schedule this year.

As prospects prepare to report to training camps in Arizona and Florida later this month, the White Sox are the first team to require all minor leaguers to have COVID-19 booster vaccines, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan.

"The Chicago White Sox are requiring all of our employees to be up to date on their Covid-19 vaccination status, and this requirement extends to our minor-league players as well," the Sox said in a statement. "We believe this is the right thing to do to protect the heath and well being of all of our players and staff across the organization."

MLB is not requiring minor-league baseball players to be vaccinated for the upcoming season. The White Sox reportedly mandated coronavirus vaccines last spring and had 100% compliance.

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