Cardinals-Cubs Weekend Series Postponed After Additional St. Louis Players Test Positive
This weekend's Cardinals-Cubs series at Busch Stadium has been postponed after additional St. Louis members tested positive for COVID-19. The news came hours after MLB announced Friday night's game between the two teams had been postponed.
The Cardinals will go through additional COVID-19 testing and the contact tracing process after outfielder Austin Dean, reliever Ryan Helsley and an unnamed staff member tested positive for the coronavirus. According to MLB.com's Anne Rogers, Helsley began to have a low-grade fever Thursday, while Dean and the staff member have been asymptomatic.
The postponed series delivers more uncertainty for the Cardinals after they returned home to St. Louis on Wednesday. The club was quarantined at their Milwaukee hotel following a recent coronavirus outbreak that impacted a fourth of its roster. After returning to St. Louis, the team began working out before they were set to resume their schedule Friday night.
The Cardinals last played on July 29 against the Twins at Target Field and faced a tight schedule, in which they were expected to play 55 games in 52 days.
The team announced their previous series against the Brewers, which was originally set to be played on July 31-Aug. 2, will be rescheduled as part of three doubleheaders later in September. The Cardinals released additional schedule changes for games against the Tigers and White Sox.
Earlier this week, the team confirmed 13 players and staffers had contracted the coronavirus. Yadier Molina, Paul DeJong, Junior Fernández and Rangel Ravelo were among the six Cardinals players that tested positive for COVID-19, while seven staffers also reported positive.
