Frequent and timely COVID-19 testing was a big part of MLB’s plan for a 60-game pandemic season, but things have not gone smoothly just one weekend into spring training “Summer Camp.”
Oakland Athletics general manager Dave Forst is reportedly “frustrated” and “livid” at multi-day delays in shipping and processing team COVID-19 tests, delays which are now pushing back the A’s first full-squad workout since March. The Washington Nationals, Los Angeles Angels and at least two other unidentified teams are also having significant issues with testing, and a lack of communication from MLB is emerging as a common theme.