The 2020 MLB season is set to kick off in 18 days, which means the league has a maximum of 18 days to figure out how to properly test for the coronavirus in a safe and responsible way.
Because what they’re doing right now isn’t working.
On Monday, just a few days after “Summer Camp” began, teams started to cancel workouts, citing that they hadn’t received the results of their team-wide coronavirus tests from Friday.
The defending champion Washington Nationals called off their Monday workout, with general manager Mike Rizzo saying that, “it is simply not safe for us to continue.