Major league baseball thought it was fixing the problem of 16 teams in the NL 14 in the AL when it moved the Houston Astros from the National League Central to the American League West, but the truth is it might have created another problem.

With the Astros move from the NL to the AL, each league has 15 teams, meaning there will need to be an interleague series happening somewhere in the majors on a daily basis.

For instance, the Cincinnati Reds and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim began their seasons with a three-game series against one another in Cincinnati this week. Here’s to hoping Angels ace Jered Weaver doesn’t get hurt walking up to the plate on April 1.

With the structure of the new interleague schedule, each team will play 20 interleague games during their 162 game schedules. Each team will play a particular division from the other league for 16 games with four three-game series and four games against the fifth team in that division. The four games will usually split in two, two-game series in both cities at some point throughout the season. The last four games of interleague will be against the supposed natural rival of each team. There will be two games in one park and two games in the other park.

The Cubs will face the American League West this season for interleague games besides the four games against the White Sox. The Crosstown Classic will be held May 27 ro 30 with two games at US cellular Field and two at Wrigley Field. The Cubs will begin interleague April 16 to 18 with a three-game series against the Texas Rangers. They will finish their interleague schedule with a two-game series against the LA Angels of Anaheim July 9 and 10.

The Southsiders will have games against the National League Eastern division sprinkled throughout their schedule. They begin with a series April 9 to 11 against defending division champions the Washington Nationals in the nation’s capital. They will conclude their interleague schedule on July 19 to 21 against the Atlanta Braves.

The Cubs and White Sox are lucky their interleague games will be done by the middle of July. It would have been unfortunate for White Sox fans if in the middle of September they had to sit down Adam Dunn because they had a series in a National League park where the designated hitter is not used.

This new structure is better because teams will play the same amount of games–20–instead of some teams playing 15 and others playing 18, which is what happened with the old format. However, no interleague games should be played in the month of September. The games being played mean too much to have certain teams at such a competitive disadvantage where playoff spots will be on the line.

The MLB may have just dropped the ball on this one.