Good morning, Athletics Nation!
In the baseball world this week, all eyes are on the situation surrounding the Miami Marlins, who have seen an outbreak of positive coronavirus tests on their team that has led to games being postponed for further testing. Miami’s home opener against the Orioles wasn’t played Monday, and even Philadelphia will sit out again Tuesday as well after the Phillies played the Marlins over the weekend and were thus exposed.
In the purest baseball terms, leaving aside the obvious primary human element of people’s lives and health, the presence of the pandemic hanging over this season brings with it the fear that any particular player could suddenly test positive and be lost from competition for two weeks — nearly a quarter of the short schedule.