Obviously this already puts the season in a bit of a crisis. Todays Orioles-Marlins game has been cancelled as well as Yankees-Phillies due to the fact that the Marlins just played the Phillies and also occupied the visiting clubhouse.
As of now the Phillies are still awaiting their test results.
This raises the question of why they were able to play yesterday. The Marlins already had to replace their starting pitcher and three players in their starting lineup after they tested positive. Does that not define an outbreak? Why were they allowed to play and put another team at risk?
Rob Manfred should have to answer to this, he had to have known what was going on with the Marlins and it makes no sense why they would've been allowed to step foot on that field if they were in the beginning stages of a serious outbreak.
Jon Heyman of MLB Network says that cancelling/pausing the season hasn't been seriously considered, but it's fair to question how sustainable the season is if a team is going to be allowed to play when they're having an outbreak.
The Cubs game today is still expected to go on, but it comes against a Reds team that is without Mike Moustakas and Nick Senzel who missed yesterdays game because they weren't feeling well.
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