The Nationals brought three position players off the COVID list on Monday, making the team near whole:
Kyle Schwarber, Josh Bell and Josh Harrison were reinstated from the injured list Monday by the Washington Nationals, making the team’s roster nearly whole again after a coronavirus outbreak sidelined nine players and caused postponement of four games.
That trio had been expected to be in Washington’s opening day lineup — with Schwarber in left field, Bell at first base, Harrison at second — but they were part of the group kept away from the rest of the club because of COVID-19 protocols. Major League Baseball wound up rescheduling the Nationals’ first four games of 2021.
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Washington went 1-5 without the missing players.
Meanwhile, the Cubs got the bug:
I hope everyone is okay. Meanwhile, the Cubs need to figure out the pen:
From a roster standpoint, this is kind of a mess if the Cubs actually wanted to replace all three. The five players on the taxi squad (utility man Ildemaro Vargas, outfielder Rafael Ortega, catcher PJ Higgins, lefty reliever Brad Wieck, and righty reliever Pedro Strop) include just two pitchers, and only Wieck is already on the 40-man roster. So if the Cubs wanted, for example, to add Strop right quick for tonight, they’d still have to open up a 40-man roster spot for him. I believe that would require an official COVID list designation.
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Stay tuned.
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