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A season that started with everyone on guard now has pushed things on high alert.
The Miami Marlins are back to work this week after becoming the first team to botch MLB's health and safety protocols and have a COVID-19 outbreak. A total of 18 players tested positive after the season's opening weekend, and for their series at Baltimore this week, the Marlins added 16 players who weren't on their roster last week.
The St. Louis Cardinals were on hold, in quarantine in a Milwaukee hotel until finally being cleared to travel and return to the field by MLB on Tuesday evening, after 13 members of their traveling party—including seven players—tested positive for COVID-19
The outbreaks caused six teams—20 percent of the league—to sit idle over the weekend: St.