The Reds are 8-7 since the All-Star break and come off a series loss to the Braves that included that rain-delayed fiasco at the Bristol Motor Speedway. They enter this series on the fringes of the wild-card race, four games behind the third wild-card spot.
For more on the Reds, here’s Wick Terrell, manager of our SB Nation Reds site Red Reporter.
The Cincinnati Reds sit at 58-54 at the outset of this series in Chicago, four games back of the final NL Wild Card spot and chasing the San Diego Padres and New York Mets.