Miami Marlins Home Opener Canceled After 12 Players Test Positive for COVID

12 Miami Marlins players — and 2 coaches — have tested positive for coronavirus … and now their Monday night game has been canceled.

The Marlins were scheduled to play the Baltimore Orioles in their home opener on Monday, but now that’s off according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan.

We already knew 4 players had tested positive over the weekend — but the team and Major League Baseball were all hoping it wouldn’t spread.

But now, seems everyone’s worst fears were realized — the team is dealing with a medical crisis and MLB is scrambling to figure out what to do next.

The 2020 season only began on Thursday — and already one team has a major COVID issue. Not a great start.

The Marlins played the Phillies in Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon — so now, ya gotta wonder if that team is dealing with an epidemic as well!

Besides the players and coaches, MLB must be concerned about umpires, reporters, staffers and others who were at the stadium interacting with the team.

Basically, this is a doomsday scenario for MLB.

MLB ratings have been way up since the season kicked off on Thursday — in fact, the opening day games on ESPN scored the network its biggest numbers for an MLB regular-season game since 2011.