With workouts canceled across baseball due to problems with MLB’s coronavirus testing procedures over the holiday weekend and more players testing positive for the virus or deciding not to play because of it each day, Orioles players and coaches are presenting a picture of a relative oasis from the issues of restarting the game in a pandemic that seem to be jeopardizing the season elsewhere.
Down the highway in Washington, the World Series champion Nationals canceled Monday’s workout because Friday’s set of COVID-19 test results were never returned from the league. Same goes for their World Series opponents, the Houston Astros, who along with the Oakland Athletics had to adjust their plans because test results weren’t processed in a timely manner.