"I don't put this in the nightmare category."
That's Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred telling baseball fans NOT to panic over the Miami Marlins COVID outbreak ... essentially saying the league is prepared for this.
"It's not a positive thing, but I don't see it as a nightmare," Manfred told MLB Network ... "That's why we have the expanded rosters. That's why we have the pool of additional players."
As we previously reported ... 11 Marlins players and 2 coaches have tested positive over the past few days -- forcing the league to cancel multiple games.