The Reds are second in MLB with 85 stolen bases and have been caught 22 times (79 percent success rate). The Cubs have allowed 47 stolen bases and caught eight runners (14.5 percent of runners thrown out).
This isn’t going to be a good thing unless Yan Gomes and Miguel Amaya get better at this, like right now.
For more on the Reds, here’s Wick Terrell, manager of our SB Nation Reds site Red Reporter.
The Cincinnati Reds roll into Wrigley riding a wave of offensive ineptitude, foibles at the plate that have seen them win just one of their last eleven series dating back to April 21st.