Major League Baseball, which had no fewer than 12 players and primary league staff tested positive for COVID-19, to close all of its spring teaching services in Arizona and Florida, a senior official with direct knowledge of the verdict was reported to USA TODAY Sports.
MLB has ordered all amenities to go through a thorough cleaning and may require all players and staff to pass through the tests before reuse them when they open.
The user spoke with USA TODAY Sport on condition of anonymity because MLB had issued an official statement.
There were five Philadelphia Phillies players and one Houston Astros player who tested this week, with three spring practice services last Friday.
“The Phillies are committed to making the physical condition and well-being of our players and staff our priority,” said phillies owner John Middleton, “and in those tests, all Clearwater [Florida] services have been shut down until the medical government is sure the virus is under control and that our comforts are being disinfected.”
The Toronto Blue Jays and San Francisco Giants closed their respective services in Dunedin, Florida, and Scottsdale, Arizona, after several players reported symptoms.
The more than two weeks have ended in positive verification peaks for COVID-1nine in Florida, Arizona and Texas, where five group play stations live. Recently, 20 states that reveled in had a new wave of positive controls.
The time of the outbreak comes at a time when Major League Baseball is expected to resume spring education in the next two weeks. Commissioner Rob Manfred is expected to schedule a season on Monday if owners and players fail to reach an agreement. Owners prefer a season of 60 games, while players have a 70-game season.
MLB is confident that they would like the normal sea to end directly on September 27, with the World Series ending before November, fearing that a wave of COVID-1nine moments may also cancel the playoffs, costing the clubs $787 million in television revenue. .
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MLB and the union are finalizing the fitness and defense protocols that MLB delivered in a 67-page manual last month. Players can undergo tests several times a week and comply with strict guidelines, which require a social distance even at the deception and canoe club, which prohibit spitting, sharing the service or adventure station outside the team hotel on the road. The schedule also includes group betting games only in their geographic regions, avoiding cross-flying.
It is conceivable that playoffs can be played in a neutral site or in a protective station in a protective bubble to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
If MLB announces a season on Monday, players are expected to show up for spring activity on June 2 at nine, with 3 days of testing, before performing activities for 3 weeks. Teams have the alterlocal to educate in their hometowns or at spring activity sites, but with COVID-1nine in Arizona and Florida, the virtuous best friend, either team will participate in their ballpark.
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