Manager Don Mattingly and the Miami Marlins stand in the dugout during the seventh inning of an exhibition game against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park on July 21, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. | Getty Images

“If we’re able to bring sports back in the US, it’s going to be more difficult, more expensive, and more dangerous.”

Mere days after its belated beginning, the 2020 Major League Baseball season is already in a heap of trouble because of Covid-19.

On Monday, news broke that 11 of the 33 Miami Marlins players who traveled with the team to Philadelphia for the opening series that took place from Friday to Sunday tested positive for the virus, as well as two coaches. That news prompted MLB to postpone two games that were scheduled for Monday evening: the Marlins’ home opener against the Baltimore Orioles and Philadelphia’s contest