Let’s address the elephant in the room.
It’s difficult to have any conversation about baseball without acknowledging the recent developments with COVID-19. The state of Baltimore’s rotation does not matter if there are no games to pitch in.
Major League Baseball’s handling of the pandemic has left space for this elephant in the room to transition into a traveling circus. Well, here we are.
All aboard.
With the benefit of hindsight, the Orioles never should have traveled to Miami. After four Marlins players tested positive over the weekend, Major League Baseball should have called for an immediate hiatus.