The Orioles and Marlins will make up their four postponed games next week at Camden Yards, MLB announced in a statement on Saturday. The current plan is for the teams to play four times between Tuesday and Thursday, with a doubleheader planned for one of those days; which day and all game times are yet to be announced.

All four games will be played in Baltimore, with the Marlins serving as the home team for two of them. The O’s and Marlins had four games postponed last week after a number of Miami players and staff members tested positive for COVID-19, suspending its season through Sunday. The games in Baltimore will be Miami’s first since the positive tests.

The Orioles were originally scheduled to play the Yankees three times from Monday to Wednesday and have Thursday off. Now they will have Monday off and play the Marlins four times over the following three days. Only one of the Yankees games will be made up at a later date, since Baltimore accounted for two of those initially scheduled games this past week, dropping both to New York on the days it was supposed to be Miami.

“We are trusting MLB,” said Orioles manager Brandon Hyde. “I feel really strongly that we’ve followed the protocols so well here. I know MLB is on top of it. If they feel like they’re comfortable with them playing here, then I’m comfortable as well.”

It’s the latest maneuvering for a team whose schedule has -- through no fault of its own -- been greatly impacted by COVID-19. The Orioles had two players, Anthony Santander and Dwight Smith Jr., test positive for the virus during intake screening for Summer Camp, but neither missed any regular-season games, and Baltimore hasn't had a player test positive since the season opened.

And yet, as of Saturday afternoon, the Orioles have played six games, had four games postponed and also had two other schedule changes in the early days of the season when the Marlins suffered a COVID-19 outbreak. That caused the O's schedule to be reconfigured to work in a couple games against the Yankees, who were to play in Philadelphia, where the Marlins had just played. Baltimore will make up the four-game series vs. the Marlins this week, when it was originally slated to play the Yankees.

“This year we are adjusting on the fly. It’s a dodge and weave,” Hyde said. “I wake up in the morning, I see what’s happening in the world and around sports, put on my fireman’s hat and try to put out fires until 7:35 p.m.”

Roster move
The Orioles replaced left-hander Richard Bleier on the active roster by selecting the contract of veteran catcher Bryan Holaday on Saturday. Bleier was traded to the Marlins for a player to be named later following Friday's 6-3 win over the Rays.

“He’s going to be missed,” Hyde said, stressing Bleier's departure creates opportunities for other bullpen arms. “Rich was one of our older players, and we don’t have a ton of them. Somebody that’s pitched for multiple teams and had a nice run here.“

Holaday, 32, signed a Minor League deal this winter after spending parts of the past eight seasons with the Marlins, Tigers, Red Sox and Rangers. He is a glove-first career backup and a .241 hitter with 10 homers in 268 career games.

Along with Pedro Severino, Chance Sisco and Austin Wynns, the Orioles now have four catchers on their 40-man roster.

From the trainer's room
• Expanded rosters are giving the Orioles the flexibility to hold off on a decision regarding José Iglesias, who was kept out of the starting lineup with left quad soreness for the third straight game on Saturday. But he made a pinch-hit appearance in the 10th inning of the 5-4 walk-off win over Tampa Bay, while Andrew Velazquez started in Iglesias' place at short for the second consecutive game.

• A day after returning from COVID-19 protocol, first baseman Chris Davis was scratched from the Orioles' lineup on Saturday due to knee soreness, Hyde said. Davis did not start upon returning to the team on Friday, instead going 0-for-2 with a walk off the bench. Renato Núñez started at first base in Davis' place, going 1-for-4 with a solo homer.

• Injured reliever Hunter Harvey has been cleared to start throwing again after imaging on his sore right elbow did not reveal structural damage, said O's executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias. The GM added that Harvey, who has been inactive at the Orioles’ alternate training site in Bowie, Md., since the season began, would begin ramping up this week with an eye toward returning to the active roster. That process could be measured in weeks, Elias said, and no firm timetable exists at this moment.