It hasn’t been a pretty stretch for the Chicago Cubs to start the 2022 season. At 9-13, they’re still clinging to a tie for third place and find themselves failing to have won a series since the season’s opening weekend against Milwaukee. That opening series was originally scheduled for four games, one of which was postponed.
Injuries certainly haven’t helped. Wade Miley and Albert Alzolay have yet to throw a pitch, but that doesn’t quite explain all that’s gone wrong with this group so far. The new-look offense is generating old familiar results, and the only consistency from starting rotation is watching them hand the ball off to the bullpen to pitch the majority of innings in a given game.