A day after pushing back the Mets’ season-opening game in Washington because of a coronavirus outbreak on the Nationals, Major League Baseball postponed the teams’ three-game weekend series on Friday. The league said it needed more time for follow-up testing and contact tracing after four Nationals players tested positive this week. The Mets now will play their first game of the season on Monday in Philadelphia, several hours after the Nationals are scheduled to host the Atlanta Braves. The players who tested positive cannot return until at least 10 days from their positive tests, and those in close contact must miss at least seven days. We like the players we have in Fredericksburg and we’re going to rely heavily on them.”

Source: New York Times April 02, 2021 17:30 UTC