Well, hello old friend Kris Bryant!
KB has already played against the Cubs, a welcome back to Wrigley Field last September when he was with the Giants. This will be the first meetup with him as a Rockie, and then the Cubs won’t see him again for five months (September 16-17-18 at Wrigley Field).
For more on the Rockies, here’s Samantha Bradfield, managing editor of our SB Nation Rockies site Purple Row.
The Rockies’ season looked bleak heading into 2022. They lost both Trevor Story and Jon Gray to free agency just a year after trading away Nolan Arenado, but a couple of key moves during the offseason — namely the signings of Kris Bryant and José Iglesias and the trade for Randal Grichuk — seem to be paying off so far.