Not again.
Just when the Marlins and Cardinals seem to have withstood massive, early team outbreaks of positive COVID-19 tests, the National League Central is bracing for another potential outbreak after a Reds player learned Friday night he had tested positive — two games into a series against the Pirates.
It’s still barely three weeks into a nine-week season during a deadly pandemic, and Major League Baseball could be on the brink of yet another significant threat to this 60-game long shot.
At least one key player for the Cubs seems to be losing patience with persistent concerns about the season, if not the persistence of an easily spread virus that has infected more than 5 million Americans in five months.