What felt like an inevitable outcome for the Cubs earlier in the week has now become an unfortunate reality.
The Cubs’ series opener against the Cardinals was postponed Friday after at least one Cardinals player tested positive for COVID-19. The latest positive comes just a week after St. Louis was hit by MLB’s second outbreak, with 13 members of its traveling party testing positive for coronavirus.
“There have been two outbreaks. I think the goal for everybody is that there are none going forward,” president Theo Epstein said on Tuesday. “I have no idea how realistic that is.