The Marlins’ 2020 season hasn’t started, but their 2021 schedule is already here
The Miami Marlins don’t begin their 2020 season until July 24 when they travel to face the Philadelphia Phillies to start a shortened 60-game season put in place due to the coronavirus pandemic.
But that hasn’t stopped Major League Baseball from already unveiling its 2021 schedule.
The Marlins, like they were originally supposed to this year, will both open and close the 2021 season at Marlins Park. The season begins April 1, 2021, with a six-game homestand that features the Tampa Bay Rays (April 1-3) and the St. Louis Cardinals (April 5-7). They end the year with three home games against the Philadelphia Phillies on Oct. 1-3.
The schedule, back to its full 162-game form, will have the Marlins facing the American League East for a second consecutive season. Miami was originially supposed to play the AL West in 2020 before the 60-game schedule was reconstructed to a geography-based schedule where teams only faced their division rivals and those in the corresponding division in the opposing league. With regard to the AL East, Miami plays six games against the Rays (three home, three road), two home games and two road games against both the Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays, three road games against the Boston Red Sox (May 28-30) and three home games against the New York Yankees (July 30-Aug. 1).
No homestand is longer than two series or seven games and three road trips feature three teams, two of which are 10 games in 11 days and a third eight games in eight days.
The full schedule is below. Times and TV broadcasts for each game have not been announced.
April 1-3: Vs. Tampa Bay Rays
April 5-7: Vs. St. Louis Cardinals
April 8-11: At New York Mets (April 9 is an off day)
April 12-15: At Atlanta Braves
April 16-18: Vs. San Francisco Giants
April 20-21: Vs. Baltimore Orioles
April 22-25: At San Francisco Giants
April 26-28: At Milwaukee Brewers
April 30-May 2: At Washington Nationals
May 4-6: Vs. Arizona Diamondbacks
May 7-9: Vs. Milwaukee Brewers
May 10-13: At Arizona Diamondbacks
May 14-16: At Los Angeles Dodgers
May 18-20: At Philadelphia Phillies
May 21-23: Vs. New York Mets
May 24-27: Vs. Philadelphia Phillies
May 28-30: At Boston Red Sox
June 1-2: At Toronto Blue Jays
June 3-6: At Pittsburgh Pirates
June 8-10: Vs. Colorado Rockies
June 11-13: Vs. Atlanta Braves
June 14-16: At St. Louis Cardinals
June 18-20: At Chicago Cubs
June 22-23: Vs. Toronto Blue Jays
June 24-26: Vs. Washington Nationals
June 29-July 1: At Philadelphia Phillies
July 2-4: At Atlanta Braves
July 5-8: Vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
July 9-11: Vs. Atlanta Braves
July 16-18: At Philadelphia Phillies
July 19-21: At Washington Nationals
July 22-25: Vs. San Diego Padres
July 27-28: At Baltimore Orioles
July 30-Aug. 1: Vs. New York Yankees
Aug. 2-5: vs. New York Mets
Aug. 6-8: At Colorado Rockies
Aug. 9-11: At San Diego Padres
Aug. 13-15: Vs. Chicago Cubs
Aug. 16-18: Vs. Atlanta Braves
Aug. 19-22: At Cincinnati Reds
Aug. 24-26: Vs. Washington Nationals
Aug. 27-29: Vs. Cincinnati Reds
Aug. 31-Sept. 2: At New York Mets
Sept. 3-5: Vs. Philadelphia Phillies
Sept. 7-9: Vs. New York Mets
Sept. 10-12: At Atlanta Braves
Sept. 13-15: At Washington Nationals
Sept 17-19: Vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Sept. 20-22: Vs. Washington Nationasl
Sept. 24-26: At Tampa Bay Rays
Sept. 28-30: At New York Mets
Oct. 1-3: Vs. Philadelphia Phillies
