The Miami Marlins on Thursday had another gamer test favorable for the coronavirus, bringing the groups overall to 19, a source confirmed to ESPN.
In all, the Marlins have actually had 17 players and two coaches test positive over the previous week, sources confirmed to ESPN. All games for the team have actually been postponed through Sunday by Major League Baseball.
The team is evaluating how to submit a lineup with a mix of players: those already in the organization and training at its alternate site in Jupiter, Florida; complimentary representatives; and waiver-wire claims.
2 RelatedSwitch pitcher Pat Venditte, who was with the Marlins throughout spring training, consented to a small league deal with the team on Thursday, his agent, Marc Kligman, informed ESPN. He might join major league club quickly.
Starting pitchers Jose Urena and Sandy Alcantara, very first baseman Garrett Cooper, ideal fielder Harold Ramirez and catcher Jorge Alfaro are simply a few of the players who have checked positive for coronavirus.
The Marlins remain in Philadelphia, where they played last weekend and have been going through everyday testing. The prospect of the groups season rebooting Tuesday in your home versus the Phillies stays in question.
If, instead, the Marlins play that series in Philadelphia, they might bus to New York to face the Mets, then bus to Buffalo, New York, where the Blue Jays plan to play their home video games this season. Because circumstance, the Marlins would not return house until their Aug. 14 series versus Atlanta, though Miami-Dade County currently needs a 14-day quarantine for people coming into the area from New York, further making complex matters.
Miami might make up the three video games against Washington that have been delayed this weekend by scheduling two doubleheaders during future series and playing on their shared Sept. 17 off day. How to make up the four lost video games against Baltimore, an interleague challenger, could prove tricky, leading to the possibility the Marlins wont play a full 60-game schedule.
Because of the Marlins outbreak, MLB is motivating players not to leave hotels in roadway cities except for games, mandating making use of surgical masks instead of cloth masks throughout travel and needing every team to take a trip with a compliance officer who ensures gamers and personnel correctly follow the leagues procedure, sources informed ESPN on Wednesday.
ESPNs Jeff Passan contributed to this report.
