Ben Solomon for The New York Times
Health is paramount, of course, and not the usual kind of health we talk about with the Mets. Two members of their traveling party tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday — one player and one staff member — and Major League Baseball has paused their season in an effort to prevent the spread.
Instead of hosting the Yankees this weekend for the first game of their annual interleague series, the Mets reported to Citi Field for testing on Friday morning. They are off until Monday at the earliest. Contact tracing, additional testing, waiting anxiously for results — all have joined pitching, hitting and fielding as essential parts of the game.