While Major League Baseball works to salvage its 2020 season, many players are scattered in different countries — and some of them are dealing with dire circumstances.
The Dominican Republic, home to White Sox players like Edwin Encarnacion, Kelvin Herrera and Nomar Mazara, is one of those places. According to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, the Dominican Republic had 8,807 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 362 deaths as of Wednesday afternoon.
“It's not good,” Encarnacion said. “It's getting worse.”
In a country with over 10 million people, the confirmed case/100k population might not be near the rate of 872.