St. Louis Cardinals: The 2020 schedule has been released

It may seem early to look this far forward, but the St. Louis Cardinals’ 2020 schedule has been released. What sticks out for next year?

The 2020 schedule for the St. Louis Cardinals has been released and while many fans are still rightly focused on this year, there is nothing wrong with looking forward to what is to come when the calendar reads 2020.

It seems like each year the schedule starts earlier and earlier, and 2020 isn’t going to be any different. As they have the last few years, the team will open up the season on the road, this time in Cincinnati on March 26th. That opening three-game series will be followed with a series on the road against the other NL Central rival Brewers.

The homer opener is going to be on Thursday, April 2nd against the former St. Louis Browns, the Baltimore Orioles. For those of you who don’t know, the Orioles used to be the American League team in St. Louis until they moved to Baltimore in 1953.

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An interesting note there, when the Browns moved, they immediately made the largest trade in the history of baseball, a record 17-player deal with the Yankees. Talk about a brand change…

Nevertheless, it’ll be fun to have the former team back in St. Louis for a weekend series for just the second time since relocation and the first since 2003.

The home opener is followed by one of my least favorite things in the world, a Friday off day, which is one of thankfully just two on the season, but then things go on like normal for a while.

Looking at interleague matchups, other than the Orioles, the Cardinals will play a home series against the Yankees and away series against the Red Sox and Rays as well as a home/road split series against the Royals and Blue Jays.

Another series of note that many have heard but should be brought up again, but in the middle of June, the team will travel to London to play a series against the Cubs. Other than having to wake up early to watch the games, it should be fun to see how well Cubs/Cardinals fans travel internationally.

As it happens normally, the Cardinals end the season with interdivisional matchups against the Reds, the Brewers, then the Cubs to finish the season.

Nobody knows how things will go next season or what the team will look like when it begins, but it should be fun to play in London and to see the Orioles and Yankees in St. Louis. Hopefully, there will be leaps forward in personnel by the time next year starts.