Tiger Woods caught on hot mic predicting MLB is done with another outbreak (Video)

Tiger Woods is competing in the PGA Championship but his mind is on the fate of the MLB season that has had to weather a few COVID-19 outbreaks.

NBA and NHL fans sure are happy with how their season restarts have fared thus far. MLB fans can’t say the same, due to them not following their counterparts in establishing a bubble environment and hub cities. There’s not much confidence in the baseball season concluding as scheduled, especially with the massive COVID-19 outbreaks in the clubhouses of the Miami Marlins and the St. Louis Cardinals.

As it turns out, golf star Tiger Woods is in the same boat as everyone else. During the 2020 PGA Championship on Thursday, Woods was caught on mic telling Rory McIlroy that he believes MLB is one more outbreak away from shutting down for the rest of the year.

Tiger is spot-on with his assessment of the tenuous fate of the MLB season

You can’t blame Woods for feeling that way. MLB has done everything wrong in how to have a regular season in the midst of a global pandemic.

Upon entering their bubbles, the NBA and NHL have had zero positive tests for the past couple of weeks, showing that this format is the way to go for the remainder of the year at minimum. As for baseball, their protocol was taken as optional rather than mandatory.

On July 26, a handful of Marlins players tested positive for COVID-19, but the team opted to play against the Philadelphia Phillies that day. The spread of the virus only increased, leading to 18 players having positive diagnoses, leading to the Marlins and Phillies to be sidelined for about a week. That was all because commissioner Rob Manfred didn’t step in to make the decision following the initial outbreak.

Then, there were the Cardinals, who have had 13 members of the organization test positive for the coronavirus. Yadier Molina, Paul DeJong and Carlos Martinez are among those who received the positive results. As of Wednesday, the team left quarantine in Milwaukee to return to St. Louis in time for their weekend series at Busch Stadium against the rival Chicago Cubs.

The league and MLB Players Association have since made changes to their protocol manual on Wednesday, which mandates that all players have to wear face coverings in the dugout, among other rules.

It’s better late than never, but the damage has already been done. Hence why individuals like Woods aren’t confident in Manfred’s ability to effectively run league operations during the ongoing global pandemic.