The St. Louis Cardinals may want to invest in more pitchers soon. In an effort to make up for lost games, MLB added seven more doubleheaders to the Cardinals’ schedule.
The Cardinals will play again on Saturday in a doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox. The Cardinals would initially have to start their series against the White Sox on Friday, but that game was moved to Saturday.
The Cardinals have played just 5 games this season due to a coronavirus outbreak. They have not played since July 29, when the team lost 3-0 to the Minnesota Twins. During that time, the Cardinals have missed games against the Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirates.
To do that, MLB had to get creative. The Cardinals’ three-game series against the Cubs, which was scheduled to take place August 7 through August 9, will now be transformed into three double buyers. The first will take place on August 17, the second will take place on August 19. And the last one will take place September 5. The Cubs will act as the home team during Game 1 of each doubleheader. The Cardinals will serve as the home team during Game 2 of each doubleheader.
The series with the Pirates will be treated the same way. The Cardinals and Pirates will play double buyers August 27 and September 18.
The seventh new doubleheader added to the Cardinals’ schedule will come against the Twins on sept. MLB added that doubleheader to give the Cardinals an extra off-day.
The Cardinals have already outlined other doubleheaders
What about the Brewers series that the Cardinals miss? That series has already been re-posted as three doubleheaders. They will take place September 14, September 16 and September 25.
That makes for … a pretty rough scheme in the region.
Cardinals will play 21 games in August, including four doubleheads, and 32 games in September, including seven doubleheads. https://t.co/5eDP47Ze8X
– Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) August 14, 2020
Will the Cardinals actually play 60 games in 2020?
To reach the team 60 games in 2020, it will need to ensure that no other outbreaks of coronavirus run around the team. In addition, the Cardinals will have to hope that all their opponents are able to avoid positive tests that result in more delayed games.
Even if that happens, the Cardinals could still struggle to reach 60 games. The doubleheader of the team with the Tigers that should take place on Thursday has not yet been relegated by the league. Currently, the Cardinals are only scheduled to play 58 games in 2020.
MLB could eventually add another doubleheader to the Cardinals’ schedule, but the league is fast on time – and days … and potential Cardinals pitchers – to do just that.
