Maybe They'll Play on Saturday. Maybe.

Since Sunday's humiliating loss to the Miami Pandemics, the Phillies have (check notes) not played because of said Pandemics. Which means they haven't lost. Silver linings, people.

A four-game home and home series against the Yankees postponed to make sure no Phillies players tested positive for COVID-19. And none have so far, according to published reports. And today, we learned that Friday's away game at Citizens Bank Park against the and temporarily homeless Toronto Blue Jays has also been scrubbed because of virus concerns. So the next time you can hope to see the Phillies in action is Saturday, when they'll be the visitors at home in a double-header against the Jays.

The Phils will be at a distinct disadvantage, for reasons other than having a terrible, awful, bullpen. Players were summoned to the ballpark on Monday for COVID testing (which they received in their cars) and were given their gloves and told to go home. They were finally able to resume practice Wednesday afternoon at the ballpark.

The good news is they missed four games against the powerhouse New York Yankees. The bad news is they'll probably have to make them up and have zero days off in the last month of the season.

And whoever decided it was a good idea to let the Marlins players decide if it was OK to play on Sunday should be suspended and or fired. That decision has put the health of multiple teams in jeopardy and threatened the continuity of an already screwed-up season. How screwed up? I ended watching a Flyers exhibition game yesterday because there was no Phillies game. 2020, man. You can't make this crap up. (Photo at top from The Philadelphia Inquirer)