They’re hardly the only team confronting this sort of situation as Major League Baseball tries to get the 2020 MLB campaign started amidst an ongoing pandemic, but Davey Martinez’s Washington Nationals are still waiting for a number of players on their roster to get cleared to start participating in Spring Training 2.0, less than two weeks out from Opening Day, which is currently scheduled for July 23rd.
Juan Soto, Victor Robles, Howie Kendrick, Wander Suero, Roenis Elías, Luis Garcia, Joan Adon, and Fernando Abad are self-quarantining at home, with two among them having tested positive for COVID-19, while the others came in contact with someone who tested positive.