Washington Nationals don’t want to play Miami Marlins after COVID-19 outbreak

Nationals players are against traveling to Miami due to the Marlins’ growing number of coronavirus cases 

With things getting worse and worse for the Miami Marlins and their players/staff members testing positive for the coronavirus, Washington Nationals players have decided the time has come to take a stand.

On Tuesday, MLB insider Ken Rosenthal is reporting the majority of the Nats players inside the clubhouse have voted against flying down to Miami this weekend for the upcoming three-game series against the Marlins.

The decision as to whether or not the series will take place or not will come down to the league, but the Nats have made it quite clear they don’t want to make the trip. What will end up happening?

UPDATE: According to USA TODAY’s Bob Nightengale, the Marlins will pause their season for at least one week.

The Miami Marlins now have 17 positive coronavirus cases in their organization

While the Nats players don’t want to take the trip to Miami, what if Major League Baseball says they must honor the schedule and still play? We won’t speculate on what Washington would then do, but you could end up seeing them forfeit the games if the players are adamant they don’t want to travel.

On Tuesday, it was also announced the Marlins had four more positive coronavirus cases confirmed in the organization, bringing their total to 17. They’ve had recent games postponed due to this, while the Phillies and Yankees also have postponed games this week after Philly and Miami faced off last week.

In a bit of good news, the Phillies reported zero positive coronavirus cases in their latest round of testing.

While that’s certainly good news, it doesn’t take away from the fact that Miami is closing in on 20 positive tests. It’s understandable why Nationals players are concerned right now about potentially flying down to Miami for a three-game set.

We’ll have to wait and see what Major League Baseball ultimately decides to do here.