As Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association continue their back-and-forth negotiations to get the 2020 season underway, a rise in coronavirus cases in Florida has thrown another stumbling block into the equation.
According to Jared Diamond and Ben Cohen of the Wall Street Journal, 11 players from 40-man rosters of seven teams have tested positive for COVID-19 this month. The identities of the seven teams are not known, but two are reportedly in Texas, four train in Florida and one trains in Arizona.
Current negotiations between the league and the MLBPA would have the season played at teams' home stadiums without fans.