The Cubs have 28 games remaining this season. Nine of those games will be against the Reds, thanks to MLB’s lockout. The final three of those nine, which will also be the last three games of the 2023 season, are games rescheduled from what was supposed to be the opening series this year.
For more on the Reds, here’s Wick Terrell, manager of our SB Nation Reds site Red Reporter.
It’s cold comfort, but at least the Cincinnati Reds had the Colorado Rockies to assuage their baseball playing ills over the weekend. Playing the Rockies has been one of the few things that’s allowed them to actually do a bit of flourishing over the last few months, as serious injuries to their purposefully depleted roster have left them about as threadbare as they’ve been in recent memory.