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

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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!

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.

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).

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.

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

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. 🫩

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.

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.

Teams to make the postseason with fewer than 85 wins: 1984 Royals (lost in ALCS) 1997 Astros (lost in ALDS) 2005 Padres (lost in NLDS) 2008 Dodgers (lost in ALCS) 2023 Marlins (lost in NLWC) 2023 Diamondbacks (lost in World Series) 2025 Reds (TBD)

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The Reds are in a playoff spot through 160 games.

Man, Connor Phillips has been so good. Given the Reds a much-needed boost in the bullpen over the last month. Since he rejoined the team on August 17: 18.2 IP, 1.45 ERA, 26 K, 7 BB

Reds postseason chances entering the final series of the season: FanGraphs: 19.5% Baseball Reference: 26.6% Implied betting odds (FD): 23.8% Feels kinda fitting that they need to overcome a Milwaukee team they've been dominated by for years to get in the playoffs.

A whopping 27 swings and misses for Nick Lodolo today. The only pitchers with more whiffs in a game this season? Tarik Skubal (32) MacKenzie Gore (28) Max Fried (28) Jacob deGrom (28)

The NL Wild Card race:

Max Reds runs on the board in each start when Greene was on the mound TONIGHT - 0 4/13/2025 - 4 9/22/2024 - 0 6/25/2024 - 0 6/19/2024 - 0 4/23/2023 - 0 3/30/2023 - 1 9/27/2022 - 1 5/15/2022 - 0

Hunter Greene in 9 career starts against the Pirates: 49 IP, 2.57 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 66 K The Reds are 1-8 in those starts.

Noelvi Marte is the 5th Reds hitter with an inside-the-park home run at Great American Ball Park, joining: Elly De La Cruz (4/8/2024) TJ Friedl (9/23/2023) Chris Heisey (8/3/2012) Drew Stubbs (6/17/2011)

Matt McLain is last in MLB in win probability added (-3.5), per Baseball Reference. (Santiago Espinal is 2nd from last at -2.9.) McLain has the lowest WPA by a Reds hitter since Virgil Stallcup in 1950. Only 4 Reds in the modern era (since 1901) have a worse WPA in a season.

Here's how incorrect ball/strike calls have balanced out for the Reds over the full season. There are probably better ways to measure the effects (e.g., run value gained/lost), but it certainly seems the ABS challenge system could benefit pitchers more than hitters.

Lowest WHIP allowed by a Reds starting rotation in the live-ball era (since 1920): 1.168 (1963) 1.169 (2025) 1.174 (2014)

9-inning complete game shutout with 1 or fewer hits allowed at GABP by a Reds pitcher TONIGHT - Hunter Greene 7/3/2012 - Home Bailey (no-hitter)

Connor Phillips has an eye-popping 54.1% whiff rate on his sweeper this season. That's #1 in baseball among pitchers who've thrown at least 100 sweepers.

Reds with multiple batted balls of 110+ mph this season: Elly De La Cruz (21) Noelvi Marte (3) Sal Stewart (2)

The Reds are currently one of three teams (Pirates, Orioles) without a 20 HR hitter. If that holds for the next two weeks, it would be the first time the Reds haven't had a player with 20+ HR in a full season since 1992.

Nick Kurtz just hit the longest home run in MLB this season (493 feet). go reds

Sal Stewart's 111.7-mph single in the 8th inning was the Reds' hardest-hit ball since August 5 (Noelvi Marte, 112.8). It was the Reds' hardest-hit ball of the season by a player not named Elly De La Cruz, Noelvi Marte, or — of course — Connor Joe.

Highest strikeout rate among hitters with 300+ plate appearances: Michael Toglia, 39.2% Tyler Stephenson, 34.2% 🫣

Tonight is the first time the Reds have lost a game in which they had 7+ extra-base hits since Sept. 23, 2023. They'd won their previous 11. It's only the 3rd time this season the Reds have had that many XBH in a game. Guardians and Twins are now the only teams with fewer (2).

The Reds are now 18-21 since the All-Star break. They haven't had a winning record in the second half of a season since 2013.

Go Bucks

Gotta wait until rosters expand to bring Sal Stewart up — so he can sit the bench and watch Santiago Espinal show him how to be a big leaguer.

🚨 Todd Van Poppel shoutout on the Nebraska-Cincinnati broadcast

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Elly De La Cruz has a .093 isolated power (SLG minus BA) since June 24, when his HR drought began. That's the 13th-lowest ISO among qualified hitters in that time. TJ Friedl is 2nd-lowest (.060). Matt McLain is 3rd-lowest (.066). Unsurprisingly, the Reds are dead last in ISO in that span (.121).

Mets: aggressively promoting a fast-rising prospect to help their playoff push Reds:

Fewest home runs since the All-Star break: Reds, 24 Padres, 27 Cardinals, 27 Pirates, 27 Nationals, 29