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Matt Wilkes @mattwilkes.bsky.social · 2d

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!

Mark Sheldon @msheldon.bsky.social · 2d

All of the Reds coaches on manager Terry Francona’s staff have been invited back for next season, Nick Krall said.

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Matt Wilkes @mattwilkes.bsky.social · 6d

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

Matt Wilkes @mattwilkes.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah, the bar is so, so low

Matt Wilkes @mattwilkes.bsky.social · 6d

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

Matt Wilkes @mattwilkes.bsky.social · 7d

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.

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Matt Wilkes @mattwilkes.bsky.social · 7d

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

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Matt Wilkes @mattwilkes.bsky.social · 8d

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).

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Matt Wilkes @mattwilkes.bsky.social · 8d

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

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Matt Wilkes @mattwilkes.bsky.social · 8d

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

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Matt Wilkes @mattwilkes.bsky.social · 8d

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.

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Michael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 8d

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

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Matt Wilkes @mattwilkes.bsky.social · 8d

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.

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Matt Wilkes @mattwilkes.bsky.social · 8d

How dare you question our Hall of Fame manager!

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Matt Wilkes @mattwilkes.bsky.social · 8d

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

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Matt Wilkes @mattwilkes.bsky.social · 8d

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.

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Matt Wilkes @mattwilkes.bsky.social · 8d

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

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

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Matt Wilkes @mattwilkes.bsky.social · 8d

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

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Matt Wilkes @mattwilkes.bsky.social · 8d

Success!

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Matt Wilkes @mattwilkes.bsky.social · 8d

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

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Matt Wilkes @mattwilkes.bsky.social · 8d

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

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Matt Wilkes @mattwilkes.bsky.social · 9d

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)

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Matt Wilkes @mattwilkes.bsky.social · 9d

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.

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Matt Wilkes @mattwilkes.bsky.social · 10d

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

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

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Matt Wilkes @mattwilkes.bsky.social · 10d

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

Matt Wilkes @mattwilkes.bsky.social · 10d

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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