MLB's problems with COVID-19 testing evolved into a crisis Monday when the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros became at least the third and fourth teams to cancel or postpone a workout.
But those numbers were clearly incomplete and premature, as dozens of players had not yet received results of intake testing and thus were sidelined from early workouts.Sunday, the Oakland Athletics cancelled their first full-squad workout because position players' samples had not even been shipped to the Salt Lake City lab MLB contracted with to process test samples. Nationals reliever Sean Doolittle told reporters Sunday he had not received results of a test taken Friday.
"Major League Baseball needs to work quickly to resolve issues with their process and their lab. Otherwise, Summer Camp and the 2020 Season are at risk.” “Thanks again to you all for your understanding on the need to postpone today’s workout for the position players. Unfortunately, that is not the end of this story. MLB has informed me this evening that our test samples from Friday have not arrived at the lab. They were not delivered as intended on Saturday because of the federal holiday and then were not switched to Sunday delivery in time to arrive today.
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