WASHINGTON, D.C. — The New York Mets will have to wait through the weekend to play ball.
Their series against the Nationals was postponed, Major League Baseball announced on Friday, due to continued follow-up testing and contact tracing involving members of the Nationals organization.
The Mets are scheduled to open the regular season against the Phillies on Monday in Philadelphia.
The Nationals, as of Friday morning, had three players who tested positive for COVID-19 with one more player expected to test positive. The entire team, even those who did not test positive, was in quarantine on Thursday out of precaution, per Nats GM Mike Rizzo.
MLB has not yet announced when the Mets’ three games against the Nationals will be made up. The two division rivals play each other frequently throughout the 162-game season, with their next scheduled matchup later this month on April 23-25 at Citi Field.
