MLB finalizing policy to mandate vaccine for minor leaguers October Nick Vigil Jersey 6, 2021 sharefacebooktwitterredditlink Major League Baseball is finalizing a policy that will mandate COVID-19 vaccines for minor league players for the 2022 season.While the league could face legal challenges in requiring vaccination for major leaguers without the cooperation of the players a sociation, minor leaguers are not included in the big league union. It's expected that minor leaguers will have to be inoculated before arriving for spring training.Yahoo! Sports first reported the pending mandate.The commi sioner's office already has required employees to be vaccinated, as have several teams. Among them were the Washington Nationals, who parted Garrett Bradbury Jersey with vice president and senior adviser to the general manager Bob Boone when he refused to get the vaccine.Major league teams were incentivized to get vaccinated this season by the promise of relaxed COVID-19 protocols once at least 85% of players, coaches and other personnel with Tier 1 acce s were fully inoculated. A handful of teams remained short of the threshold by season's end, including the Boston Red Sox, who are the only club left in the postseason that has not reached 85%.___Follow Jake Seiner: https: Mackensie Alexander Jersey //twitter.com/Jake_Seiner___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports in this topic Major League Baseball share Believe the hype, Bellingham is lighting up the World Cup Jordan Henderson knew exactly who to thank after opening the Minnesota Vikings Polos scoring in Englands 3-0 win against Senegal 9 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Mbapp is bringing soccer to a new dimension at World Cup Cristiano Ronaldos precision 39 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Poland finds its true level at World Cup, beaten by the best Poland heads home from the World Cup as the latest team unable to resist an inspired Kylian Mbapp 39 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS World Cup fans find booze at hotels, Qatar's 1 liquor store Qatar's strict rules regarding alcohol have drawn attention as it hosts the World Cup 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Sterling leaves England World Cup camp after home break-in England forward Raheem Sterling has left Minnesota Vikings Accessories his teams World Cup camp in Qatar and returned to the U.K. after a break-in at his home 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS