Cincinnati Reds: Schedule changes could mean autumn trips to Milwaukee

No one yet knows what the future holds for the 2020 baseball season, but the Cincinnati Reds could be making some late-season trips to Milwaukee.

As of right now, no one knows when the 2020 Major League Baseball season is going to start. The commissioner suggested mid-May as the earliest date, but an early-June start to the 2020 season appears to be the most reasonable timeframe right now. If that’s the case, the Cincinnati Reds may see some late season baseball in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Initially, the 2020 season was pushed back by two weeks. Recent recommendations from the CDC caused Commissioner Rob Manfred to delay the start of the season even further. While mid-May is the earliest we’re likely to see any return to normalcy from Major League Baseball, every ball club will undoubtedly need a second-round of spring training.

With that said, I think early-June is the current target date for MLB. With that in mind and clubs and players wanting to play as many games as possible, the schedule makers are going to have to get creative. The majority of ballparks are not enclosed, and if more games are tacked onto the backend of the season, it’s going to get quite cold in Cincinnati, Ohio come October and November.

Miller Park could be a popular stop for the Brewers’ National League Central Division rivals near the end of the season. Because of its retractable roof, the Brewers home ballpark could be a destination for colder weather teams if the season is pushed into the month October.

Currently, the Reds make three road trips to Milwaukee. The Reds and Brewers are slated to play a three-game set at Miller Park on the second week of June, a four-game in late August and wrap up their road games in the Cream City with two scheduled for September 8th and 9th.

The Cincinnati Reds are scheduled to play six home games against the Milwaukee Brewers before June 1st. Perhaps the Redlegs and the Crew can swap Cincinnati’s August and September road trips into six games at Great American Ball Park and tack on six games worth of road games in the climate-controlled confines of Miller Park during the month of October.

Teams like the Milwaukee Brewers, Miami Marlins, Toronto Blue Jays and Houston Astros may find their enclosed stadiums to be used early often should the MLB regular season spill over into October. For now, it’s a game of wait and see, but I’m sure that Major League Baseball is turning over every rock, looking for ways to play as many games as possible.