Major League Baseball announced the Washington Nationals were approved to play their first game of the 2021 season on Tuesday. They have been in a holding since last week when a player tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19).
That number eventually grew to four players testing positive, which resulted in MLB cancelling the Nationals’ Opening Series against the New York Mets and postponing Monday’s game with the Atlanta Braves.
In addition to the four players placed in isolation, there were an additional seven and two staff members also in quarantine because of contact tracing. Nationals president of baseball operations and general manager Mike Rizzo indicated “the majority” of players impacted were on the team’s 26-man active roster.