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Reports: Phillies, Yankees postpone all of this week's games amid coronavirus concerns

The Phillies series opener against the New York Yankees on Monday night had been postponed due to coronavirus concerns in the visitors' clubhouse.

Update, 2 p.m.: The Phillies' two road games in New York have also been postponed. The team is scheduled to return to action on the road against Toronto (in Citizens Bank Park, even though they will play as the road team) Friday night.

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The Philadelphia Phillies Tuesday night match up against the New York Yankees has been postponed due to coronavirus concerns.

According to Joel Sherman, the Yankees are expected to travel back to New York and practice in Yankee Stadium tonight.

Sherman also reported that no Phillies have tested positive as of now.

The Phillies just hosted the Miami Marlins who appear to be in the middle of a coronavirus outbreak on the team.

On Monday, ESPN reported that 14 people within the Miami Marlins' organization have tested positive for the coronavirus, after two positive tests were reported on Sunday.

Ken Rosenthal, an MLB insider and senior writer for The Athletic, also reported four Marlins learned they were positive for COVID-19 in the span of three days. 

According to Rosenthal, two infectious disease experts say the positive results fit the description of "a clear outbreak" within the club.

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As a result, the Marlins have postponed the team's home opening series in Miami against the Baltimore Orioles, and have stayed in Philadelphia.

The Marlins, of course, spent time in the visitors' clubhouse of Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies' home stadium.

According to ESPN, that clubhouse has been fumigated several times.

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