The Mets have two positive coronavirus tests within the organization and are postponing Thursday’s game against the Marlins and Friday's game against the Yankees, the team announced Thursday evening.
"Following two positive tests for COVID-19 in the New York Mets’ organization, tonight’s game between the Mets and Miami Marlins at Marlins Park, as well as tomorrow’s scheduled contest between the Mets and New York Yankees at Citi Field, have been postponed out of an abundance of caution and to allow for additional testing and contact tracing to be conducted," MLB said in a released statement. "Major League Baseball will continue to provide updates as necessary."
According to Newsday’s Tim Healey, one of the cases is a player and the other is a staff member.
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The Mets and Marlins were previously scheduled to play the final game of their four-game set at 6:05 p.m. on Thursday.
"The team will fly back home to New York tonight with recommended safety precautions in place and conduct testing with the entire traveling party," the Mets said in a team-issued statement. "The team is currently conducting contact tracing and the two members that tested positive along with those traced to be within close contact will remain in Miami tonight."
The Mets and Yankees were also scheduled to hold their first Subway Series of the season beginning on Friday. Nothing has been determined just yet as far as Saturday and Sunday's games.
"One of the unfortunate things about this season (is that) these things are possible," said Yankees manager Aaron Boone following the postponement of Friday's game. "I’m sure they’re trying to get their arms around it. We’ll have to see.’’