Cardinals finally get positive update on COVID-19 front

The St. Louis Cardinals finally get good news after a disastrous week

The St. Louis Cardinals know all about how difficult it is to be playing during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. St. Louis has been on the sidelines since this past weekend, where a COVID-19 outbreak took place in their own clubhouse. The hope was for the Cardinals to be cleared in time for their series against the Chicago Cubs on Friday, but those plans were scrapped after more players and staff members tested positive for the coronavirus.

St. Louis was in desperate need for good news, and they received it on Sunday. According to MLB insider Jon Heyman, recent test results have come back clean for the team. While their games this Tuesday and Wednesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates are still up in the air, the Cardinals are trending in the right direction.

Cardinals could be nearing a return to play…they hope

The Cardinals were set to play the Milwaukee Brewers this past weekend, but that series was effectively postponed due to a number of Cardinals personnel testing positive for the virus. They were thus forced to remain in their hotel rooms in Milwaukee. After returning home to St. Louis to prepare to face the Cubs, additional tests determined that 16 members of the Cardinals tested positive for COVID-19, which included catcher Yadier Molina and shortstop Paul DeJong.

For those individuals that downplay the coronavirus, Cardinals manager Mike Schildt provided them with some eye-opening details about the seriousness of the disease. Schildt revealed that some individuals had to go to the emergency room to receive IV’s due to complications from the virus.

Prior to the Cardinals outbreak, the Miami Marlins were the first to deal with a spread of COVID-19 in their own locker room. A grand total of 18 players tested positive, but after receiving consecutive negative tests across the board, they were allowed to return this past week.

The Cardinals can potentially return some time this week as long as they can accumulate the required negative diagnoses for every member of the team. We should get a direct answer in the coming days, but the Cardinals appear to be trending in the right direction based off this latest report.