MLB: Dodgers' Justin Turner disregarded coronavirus protocols - ESPN

Smith says he would have not left the stadium and would have celebrated with the team with a mask from a distance if he had won his first World Series title like Justin Turner.

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Justin Turner violated coronavirus protocols when he celebrated on the field with his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates and he refused instructions from security to leave the field, behavior that Major League Baseball said risked the safety of others.

The commissioner's office said Wednesday that it is starting a full investigation of the 35-year-old third baseman.

The Dodgers won their first World Series championship since 1988 with a 3-1 victory over Tampa Bay in Game 6 on Tuesday night at Globe Life Field.

He was quarantined in a doctor's office off to the side, Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said.

"But I think for him, just being a free agent, not knowing exactly how the future is going to play out, I don't think there was anyone that was going to stop him from going out," he said.

"I think from at least my perspective and not watching it super closely with everything going on, but I think he was mindful of other people, especially other people that he hadn't already been in contact with.

"And so now I think the subsequent tests we're going to take are really important to figure out what we do and to make sure that any of us that are potentially positive do not spread it to other people.".

"Obviously there's a lot of protocols and things that we're allowed to do and not allowed to do in getting tested every day, and I would say it's been a pretty successful season getting to this point and getting to the playoffs,'' he said then.