The COVID outbreaks in the Marlins’ and Cardinals’ camps leave us with some wonky numbers in the MLB standings.

Some teams, like the Cubs and Reds, have already played 13 games, while the Cards have played five and Phillies seven. As such, Major League Baseball is trying to get everybody as close to 60 games as possible, to erase these big discrepancies in total games played, and on Thursday night they revealed the revamped schedule that includes the following tweaks for the Phils:

Blue Jays games:

“The Toronto Blue Jays will host the Philadelphia Phillies for a doubleheader on Thursday, August 20th at Sahlen Field in Buffalo beginning at 1:05 p.m. (ET). These games will make up the games originally scheduled for Friday, July 31st and Saturday, August 1st.”

“The Blue Jays and Phillies will also play a doubleheader on Friday, September 18th at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia beginning at 4:05 p.m. (ET). This has been changed from the originally scheduled 7:05 p.m. (ET) start. The Blue Jays will be the home team in Game 1, which will be a make-up for the game originally scheduled for Sunday, August 2nd. The Phillies will be the home team in Game 2, which will be the originally scheduled game for that day.”

Marlins games:

“The three-game series between the Phillies and Marlins, which was originally scheduled for August 4th-6th, will be rescheduled during the Clubs’ scheduled four-game series in September. The teams will play seven games against one another in a five-day span.”

Red Sox games:

“The two-game series between the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on Tuesday, September 8th and Wednesday, September 9th has been changed to a doubleheader on Tuesday, September 8th beginning at 4:05 p.m. (ET). The second game of the doubleheader will not begin any earlier than 7:05 p.m. (ET) since it is an FS1 national telecast. Both Clubs will have Wednesday, September 9th as an off-day.”

Hope you like seven-inning doubleheaders, because the Phillies are now scheduled to play five more of them. Between now and October, there will only be four off days total, and with those games being smushed together it’s going to make for some interesting rotation and lineup decisions moving forward. The GOOD thing about playing those shorter games is that it provides fewer opportunities for the Phils’ bullpen to blow it.

Thank you to the (first place) Miami Marlins for causing this unnecessary nonsense.