On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Rockies series preview

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty ImagesThe Cubs, as you know, just faced the Rockies in Denver a couple weeks ago. They won one of the three games, which is pretty good — Colorado is 43-22 at home. That’s the most home wins of anyone in MLB. The counterpoint to that, of course, is their 14-45 road record, worst in baseball.

Evan Lang, a staff writer at our SB Nation Rockies site Purple Row, sent me this detailed description of the 2021 Rockies season:

The Rockies are one of the strangest clubs in the league right now. They may be downright abysmal on the road with a 14-45 record, but they look like a playoff team in the safe confines of Coors Field. With a record of 43-22 in the Mile High City,…