On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Diamondbacks series preview

Photo by Julia Jacome/MLB Photos via Getty ImagesAl Yellon created Bleed Cubbie Blue and has been its managing editor since 2005. His latest book about the Cubs is "Chicago Cubs Firsts." Find him on Bluesky at @bleedcubbieblue.bsky.social

When this series ends, the Cubs will have played 24 games in 2025, or about 15 percent of the season. Seven of those games (29.2 percent) will have been against the Diamondbacks — and then there will be no more against Arizona this year, unless the two teams meet in the postseason.

Thanks, schedule-makers. (And if this looks familiar, yes, I wrote up something similar about the Padres earlier this week.)

For more on the D-backs, here’s Jim McLennan, manager…