As it turns out, the rumors about Marlins players enjoying themselves a little too freely in Atlanta may indeed be to blame for the outbreak that has now reached a total of 21 of their on-field personnel. The other 29 teams combined have registered eight total positives over the last week: two MLB players, one alternate site player, and five staff members. That’s out of 11,895 tests, so the total positive rate was 0.2% according to the numbers MLB released Friday.
Those numbers would have been a little higher had they come out a day later, as multiple reports now have the Cardinals with several additional positive cases in addition to the two reported Friday.