Former Angel Jim Edmonds Tests Positive For Coronavirus

ANAHEIM, CA — Retired Angels outfielder Jim Edmonds joins the ranks of celebrities and athletes and regular folk stricken with the COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. But he is one of the lucky ones on his way to recovery.

In a video posted to his Instagram account, Edmonds revealed that he tested positive for the coronavirus but is "completely symptom-free now and doing really well." According to Edmonds, the disease snuck up on him, and he had to fight to get tested.

"I must have had it for a while before I got tested," the 49-year- oldEdmonds said in a video posted to his Instagram account Wednesday.

"Thank God I quarantined myself and listened to what everyone said and kept our curve at our house flattened. My daughter has been tested. She is waiting for results but she is symptom-free and so we are doing really well here."

Edmonds said he also tested positive for pneumonia.

Edmonds posted an Instagram message on Saturday saying he was hospitalized and been tested for the coronavirus. He warned the public on Wednesday "do not take this lightly."

"If you don't feel good, go to the doctor or go to the emergency room if you can't breathe because that's what happened to me," he said in the video. "They didn't want to test me and I forced them to take me into the emergency room. And lo and behold, pneumonia and the virus."

Edmonds played for the Angels from 1993-1999. He was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals during spring training in 2000, remaining with them through the 2007 season and was a member of their 2006 World Series championship team.

Edmonds played for the San Diego Padres and Chicago Cubs in 2008 and the Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds in 2010 after sitting out the 2009 season.

Edmonds was an eight-time Gold Glove recipient, the first two with the Angels. He was selected for the All-Star Game four times, once with the Angels.

Edmonds is now a broadcaster with the Cardinals.

City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.