On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Rockies series preview

Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty ImagesThe Cubs played the Rockies six times in a 12-game stretch last September. So in terms of regular-season games, it’s been only a nine-game span since these teams last met.

After this week they won’t meet again until Game 147, September 13 in Denver.

Thanks, schedule-makers.

For more on the Rockies, here’s Evan Lang, a writer at our SB Nation Rockies site Purple Row:

The Colorado Rockies have finally been forced into a rebuild after five consecutive losing seasons culminated in the beleaguered franchise reaching the century mark for the first time. After a 103-loss campaign in 2023 the hope is that things will finally – albeit slowly – start to get better. This…