Tonight’s game between the Brewers and Cardinals will be postponed due to positive testing by Covid-19 within the Cardinals organization, Jon Heyman of the MLB Network (Twitter links). Joel Sherman of the New York Post adds that the Cardinals are isolating themselves at their hotel and have not been to Miller Park.
It is a daunting development for the league, which had previously emphasized that the current outbreak within the sport was contained within the Marlins’ organization. Neither the Brewers nor the Cardinals have played (or will play) the Marlins in 2020 under the realigned schedule.
The number of positive tests will be revealing, but it’s easy to imagine widespread implications of the Cardinals’ positive tests. The Brewers will obviously be directly affected, but they are unlikely to be alone. The Cardinals just traveled to Milwaukee from Minneapolis, for example, after completing a two-game set with the Twins. Minnesota hosted the Indians last night, which means the Cleveland players and staff were in the same visiting club that had just hosted the Cardinals. Both the Twins and Indians, then, could feel the impact of the Cardinals’ testing, even if neither player on either list has tested positive yet. The Pirates, who were played by the Cardinals in their first series of the season, are likely also on the alert after today’s news. The Cards had been slated to take on the Tigers next week, but as we saw with the Marlins, the Phillies, and their upcoming opponents, that, too, could be subject to change.
More to come.
