Matt Wilkes

oh god

We're gonna get Lane Thomas on a one-year, prove-it deal and we're gonna like it!

me when someone mentions the Reds potentially signing Kyle Schwarber

Reds offensive ranks in 2025:

AVG: .245 (19th)
OBP: .315 (16th)
SLG: .391 (21st)
HR: 162 (21st)
ISO: .146 (24th)
wOBA: .309 (19th)
wRC+: 92 (24th)
Avg. EV: 88.6 mph (27th)
Hard-hit rate: 38.2% (28th)

Let's run it back!

Man, definitely feel for you. Both of our teams have wasted all-time greats in Votto and Trout.

Yeah, the bar is so, so low

Forgot to account for last night's game, so the Reds' win percentage is even worse (.154) than what I listed above 🫠

Worst win percentage in the postseason since 1996:

Reds (.167)
Twins (.231)
Pirates (.375)

Not only have the Reds failed to advance in the postseason since 1995, but they've only made the playoffs five times since then — and each appearance has been miserable.

Make it 8 straight postseason losses, the longest playoff losing streak in franchise history

The Reds have lost their 7th straight postseason game, tied for the second-longest active streak in MLB. Only the Orioles currently have a longer losing streak (10).

No apology needed. Figures the Reds offense would finally come alive when they're down by 8.

Unfortunately this team hasn't given me many other postseason stats to pull from recently (and by recently, I mean in my entire life).

Before that last inning, Todd Frazier had the only bases-loaded walk in Reds postseason history.

Sal Stewart and Elly De La Cruz join the prestigious club.

The Reds just standing there while the Dodgers walk their way out of an eight-run lead would be an amusing microcosm for how the Reds got here in the first place

This is now the most runs the Reds have scored in a playoff game since their 9-0 win against the Giants in game two of the 2012 NLDS.

How dare you question our Hall of Fame manager!

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Don't worry — Tito's magic fairy dust will kick in any time now.

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The Reds have scored a run in the playoffs for the first time since an 8th inning solo home run by Shin-Soo Choo in the 2013 Wild Card game.

The Dodgers scored 5 runs in the first 3 innings tonight.

The Reds have scored 6 runs... in their last 48 postseason innings. 🫩

McLain is the first Red with an extra-base hit in the postseason since Nick Castellanos on September 30, 2020.

Success!

Matt McLain is the first Reds player with a hit in the postseason since Freddy Galvis on October 1, 2020.

The last 20 Reds hitters to step to the plate in the postseason have been retired.

Walk rates by each Reds SP this year and their percentile:

Zack Littell, 4.2% (98th)
Nick Lodolo, 4.8% (95th)
Nick Martinez, 6.1% (84th)
Hunter Greene, 6.2% (82nd)
Andrew Abbott, 6.3% (79th)
Brady Singer, 8.4% (41st)
Chase Burns, 8.5% (40th)

Best K/BB ratio by Reds starting pitchers:

3.48 (2025)
3.18 (2020)
3.17 (2019)
3.15 (2013)
3.13 (2012)

Reds SP have some nasty stuff, but they also limit walks. Only two teams (Phillies, Mariners) had a better K/BB from their rotations this season.

If we look at 161-game seasons, the list also includes:

1973 Mets (lost in World Series)
2006 Cardinals (won World Series)

Was only looking at 162-games seasons, but yep.