⁍ The Miami Marlins were scheduled to return home on Sunday ahead of their scheduled Monday home opener but put off traveling.
⁍ The Philadelphia Phillies were scheduled to host the New York Yankees on Monday but that game also was postponed.
⁍ MLB said in a news release the games were postponed while it ‘conducts additional COVID-19 testing’
Eight Miami players and two coaches tested positive after the latest round of testing on Sunday, according to ESPN.
– Major League Baseball has postponed games in two cities—Miami and Philadelphia—after players from both teams tested positive for a respiratory disease that has delayed the start of seasons and pushed the Summer Olympics back by a year, Reuters reports. The Miami Marlins, who opened their season Friday in Philadelphia, were scheduled to return home on Sunday ahead of their scheduled Monday home opener but put off traveling after a number of their players tested positive for the virus. The Philadelphia Phillies were scheduled to host the New York Yankees on Monday but that game also was postponed as the Marlins players were recently in their stadium. MLB said in a news release the games were postponed while it “conducts additional COVID-19 testing” and that members of the Marlins team traveling party were self-quarantining in place while the league awaits the results. COVID-19 is the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus. MLB had originally planned to open its 162-game regular season in late March but decided to postpone it because of the health threat posed by the pandemic, eventually opting for a condensed 60-game schedule that kicked off last Thursday. According to MLB’s operations manual for the coronavirus-delayed season, team members who test positive must have two negative tests taken at least 24 hours apart before they are allowed to return to team facilities.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/healthcoronavirus-baseball-mlb/update-1-baseball-mlb-postpones-games-in-miami-philadelphia-due-to-covid-19-idUSL5N2EY4YG