With games being canceled left and right, very few teams will end up playing all 60 games that are scheduled. After the Marlins outbreak and now the St. Louis Cardinals, 20% of the teams in MLB have had games canceled due to coronavirus concerns in just the first week of action.
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00:06 Another week, another Major League Baseball team hit with a COVID-19
00:11 outbreak.
00:12 This time the St. Louis Cardinals joined the Miami Marlins
00:15 with players testing positive.
00:18 The Cardinals game Friday night in Milwaukee was postponed.
00:21 The Cardinals had arrived there after playing games in Minnesota.
00:25 If there's a common denominator between the Marlins and the Cardinals,
00:29 it's that the positive tests occurred while the team was traveling,
00:33 playing road games.
00:35 As baseball tries to get through a 60 game season without the so
00:38 called bubble of playing games in one venue.
00:41 To make up lost games,
00:44 Major League Baseball is allowing double headers of only seven innings each.
00:50 But even with that allowance, getting in 60 games in only 66 days
00:55 might not happen for all teams, and it's becoming increasingly likely
01:00 that playoff spots will be decided by winning percentage
01:04 with teams not playing a like number of games.
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