MLB: Teams Shut Training Camps After Players Test Positive for COVID-19

The return of major league sports is being complicated by the coronavirus.

In baseball, players for the Philadelphia Phillies and Toronto Blue Jays now have tested positive. In hockey, the Tampa Bay Lightning have been affected, and the Toronto Maple Leafs’ biggest star has tested positive. So has a pro golfer.

The Phillies closed their spring training complex in Florida on Friday after tests came back positive for five players and three staff members.

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The Blue Jays closed down their training camp in Florida on Friday after a player developed symptoms consistent with the virus.

Baseball hopes to resume spring training on June 26.

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