Good morning, Athletics Nation!
Major League Baseball appears to have weathered its first bout with the coronavirus pandemic, knock on wood. Things looked dire a couple days ago, with two teams in two different geographic regions dealing with outbreaks, but Tuesday brought best-case news all around.
The Miami Marlins were hit hard with 18 cases among players, and the St. Louis Cardinals had seven, and that’s not including non-player personnel. Fortunately, the Marlins have reported no new cases since then and are “good to go,” per insider Jon Heyman. The Cardinals also have no new cases, and Derrick Goold of the St.