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Washington Nationals Refuse To Play After 17 Miami Marlins Test Positive

UPDATE as of 7/28:

According to Bleacher Report,

Marlins will not play until Monday, Phillies until Friday after Miami’s positive coronavirus tests

Majority of the Washington Nationals players have voted against traveling to Miami this coming weekend. The Washington Nationals are scheduled to play three games against the Miami Marlins starting July 31.

Washington Nationals manager is concerned after 17 players from the Miami Marlins were found positive for COVID-19 in the past five days.

Manager Dave Martinez said,

My level of concern went from about an 8 to a 12. This thing really hits home now that you've seen half a team get infected and go from one city to another...I am not going to lie or sugarcoat anything. It's not good for them. It's not good for anybody.

The previous games that were supposed to be played in Miami with the Boston Orioles were postponed after a couple players tested positive.

According to ESPN, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred talked to MLB Network about possibly cancelling the season for a team,

A team losing a number of players that rendered it completely noncompetitive would be an issue that we would have to address and have to think about making a change. Whether that was shutting down a part of the season, the whole season, that depends on the circumstances. Same thing with respect to league wide. You get to a certain point league wide where it does become a health threat, and we certainly would shut down at that point.

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