The Cubs were supposed to finish the 2022 season at Wrigley Field against the Reds, but the lockout rescheduled quite a few games, including what was to have been the season-opening set in Cincinnati. Those three games will immediately follow the three at Wrigley, so I’m treating this like a six-game series, played in two ballparks.
For more on the Reds, here’s Wick Terrell, manager of our SB Nation Reds site Red Reporter.
The Cincinnati Reds spent the entirety of their post-lockout offseason giving away proven big league players to shed payroll. They promptly burst out of the game with a 3-22 start to the season that wiped away all remaining hope for a miracle season, rendering the final five months of the schedule no more than a proving ground to see what could be produced by the threadbare roster that remained.