MLB Still Struggling with Coronavirus

Major League Baseball is still struggling to operate in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak.

 
 

MLB’s non-“bubble” plan is not perfect.  Just one week into the season, the Miami Marlins had their games postponed after much of the team tested positive.  The Philadelphia Phillies stopped playing for testing and precautionary reasons and the teams they were supposed to be playing have been sidelined as a result.

 
 

Over the weekend, the St. Louis Cardinals were also shut down, after several players tested positive.  It’s still unclear how big that outbreak will be.

 
 

Two players on other teams have quit the season.  Lorenzo Cain of the Milwaukee Brewers and Yoenis Cespedes of the New York Mets, who just didn’t show up to yesterday’s game.  The Mets didn’t know what happened, but later said they got ahold of him, and he was opting out.

 
 

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred vowed to continue.  He said, quote,

“We are playing.  I am not a quitter in general and there is no reason to quit now.  We have had to be fluid, but it is manageable.”

 
 

He’s previously said that if they can’t make up all the missed games, they’ll select playoff teams based on winning percentage, not their actual wins.

 
 

As of yesterday, Major League Baseball had postponed 33 games in a little over a week.

 
 

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