The Miami Marlins’ home opener Monday night against the Baltimore Orioles has been postponed as the Marlins deal with a coronavirus outbreak that stranded them in Philadelphia.
The postponement of the game should’ve came one game before if Major League Baseball had taken the positive tests they knew about seriously.
The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal confirmed the news of eight new Marlins players testing positive, the team opted to play over the weekend despite a string of positive tests leading up to those most recent totals, hinting that there was cause for concern.
“Multiple sources confirmed that the Marlins played despite having three players learn Sunday that they’d tested positive for COVID-19, just two days after a fourth player learned of a positive test on Friday. Two infectious-disease specialists told The Athletic on Sunday that those positive tests fit the definition of a “clear outbreak” of the virus within their team. But sources said those tests were not enough for either Major League Baseball or the club itself to give serious consideration to postponing this game.”
ESPN’s Jeff Passan and Jesse Rogers reported that at least 14 members of the Marlins have tested positive after eight players and two coaches were added to the list as of Monday morning.
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Manager Don Mattingly said Sunday, before the 10 recent positive cases, that the Marlins never considered not playing.
As a result, it was announced that the Phillies and Yankees will not play tonight:
