Several MLB Players and Team Staff Test Positive for COVID-19, per Report

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Several Major League Baseball players and team staff have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19.

It is unknown how many players or staff have tested positive, or which teams have been impacted, according to USA Today.

The news of the positive tests was released in a letter obtained by USA Today sent from MLB’s Deputy Commissioner Dan Halem to Player’s Association attorney Bruce Meyer, as the two sides work to come up with a formal agreement to get the player’s back onto the field, to salvage at least some of the season.

“The proliferation of COVID-19 outbreaks around the country over the last week, and the fact that we already know of several 40-man roster players and staff who have tested positive, has increased the risks associated with commencing spring training in the next few weeks,” Halem wrote.

MLB pitcher Joe Kuzia (R) with the Texas Rangers throws a pitch from a makeshift mound in front of Seth Blair with the San Diego Padres, trainer Seth Lintz and Danny Hultzen with the Chicago Cubs in Scottsdale, Ariz., on June 05, 2020. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

The two sides are trying to hammer out complicated issues like player compensation, quarantine measures for players, and the number of games to be played.

Several players are publicly questioning the leaking of the letter, on social media, as negotiations between the two sides have taken a turn for the worse in recent days.

Washington Nationals pitcher Sean Doolittle tweeted on June 15, “First, I hope everyone is feeling ok and recovering well. But the timing of this leak is suspicious and it feels really gross.”

New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso added, “It’s almost as if they planned it.” Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo wrote “Good timing.”

CNN has reached out to MLB and the players’ union for confirmation about this report.

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Supreme Court Denies to Review Trump Admin’s Request to Strike California’s Sanctuary Law

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected to hear the Trump administration’s request to strike down several provisions of a California “sanctuary” law that limits the cooperation between state and local law enforcement and federal immigration agents. The Trump administration appealed to the high court after lower courts refused to enjoin several provisions of the California Values Act, or Senate Bill 54 (SB 54). The top court decision to deny the administration’s petition to review the case leaves in place a federal appeals court decision that upheld portions of the Californian law (pdf). The court did not provide any reasons for the denial but noted that Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito would have granted the petition for review. The administration had asked the courts to strike down SB 54 provisions (pdf) that prohibit state and local…