The Cincinnati Reds offense is actually a Statcast darling
Will the results on the field ever show it?
CINCINNATI, OHIO - APRIL 13: The Cincinnati Reds mascot celebrates after the 4-0 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Great American Ball Park on April 13, 2025 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) | Getty Images You are perpetually judged on results in the business of baseball. Wins are ultimately what matter to fans (and most owners), and flags fly forever.
Chasing results, however, is an administrative tactic of the past. Front offices, at least I hope, don’t go sign a guy because he had 112 RBI the season before. Even if he swatted 40 dingers the season before free agency, where he hit them, how far they went, and how many he’d ever hit in a season before that carry just as much weight in the evaluation now than simply staring at the back of one’s baseball card.
So far in 2026, the results of the Cincinnati Reds offense are pretty poor. They own just a 90 wRC+ as a team, a mark good for just 26th out of the 30 MLB clubs. Their .
220 batting average ranks dead last, their . 306 OBP just 25th. There are 227 MLB players who have logged at least 110 PA so far, and the Reds have the guy with the single worst wRC+ mark (Ke’Bryan Hayes, 10), 14th worst (TJ Friedl, 51), and tied for 23rd worst (Tyler Stephenson, 66).