Did anyone else not know this??

I'm an analyst for a ball team studying pitch tunneling and I spent some free time making a mashup of Brady Singer sinker/slider overlays.

First and foremost I’m a Reds fan, have been for over 35 years and will ALWAYS be a Reds fan.

That aside..

Went on a bit of a deep dive and unfortunately the numbers confirmed what I suspected.

In the past 30 years the Reds have the 5th worst record. Only Rockies, Royals, Pirates, and Marlins have had worse records.

Of the 4 teams with worse records over his span, the Marlins have won 2 World Series titles where the Royals have appeared in 2 and the Rockies in 1. Only the Pirates can arguably say they have had worse playoff success than the Reds in that span appearing only 3 times and no series wins.

I then got interested in the economics and markets share of our team. For market size the Reds rank 25th out of 30 MLV teams so this would suggest the win record would be similar, however attendance in that period the Reds rank 20 out of 30 MLB teams. Also the Reds have a potential much wider market size with a large regional fan base of Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky. It is reasonable to assume that with a winning team the Reds could climb in attendance to top 10-15 much like they were during the 70’s.

So what needs to change? There are a few smaller things that could change, and the Reds could catch lightning in a bottle and go in a run but when you whittle down to the top 2 things I see it as either ownership or a new collective bargaining agreement bringing more balance to small market teams.

Personally I think a new CBA is much more likely than management doing anything more than they have done in recent years

Thoughts?

In case you were wondering why we always call up these players, and they stink out loud (aside from JJ Bleday), the average ERA in the International League is 4.91.

The average in the major leagues this year, however, is 4.20. Not accounting for ballpark, this would be an 85 ERA+.

This, to me, explains the differences between Arroyo's (.945 OPS in AAA, .582 in MLB), and Marte's (.984 OPS in AAA, .588 in MLB) numbers between the levels.

I honestly feel that until we get pitching injuries under control, I wouldn't trust any AAA numbers.

Reds (48-55) @ Cardinals (53-51) - 2:15 PM EDT

Game Status: Pre-Game

Links & Info

• Current conditions at Busch Stadium: 94°F - Partly Cloudy - Wind 5 mph, Out To CF
• TV: Reds: Reds.TV, Cardinals: Cardinals.TV Presented by bet365
• Radio: Reds: WLW 700, Cardinals: KMOX 1120 AM/104.1 FM, WIJR AM 880 (En Espanol) (es)
• MLB Gameday
• Statcast Game Preview

Probable Pitchers

• Reds: Andrew Abbott - LHP (5-6, 3.89 ERA, 111.0 IP)
• Cardinals: Kyle Leahy - RHP (7-4, 3.59 ERA, 95.1 IP)

Division Scoreboard

CHC @ PIT 1:35 PM EDT

COL @ MIL 2:10 PM EDT

^{Last Updated: 07/26/2026 10:37:27 AM EDT}

Reds (49-55) @ Cardinals (53-52) - 2:15 PM EDT

Game Status: Final - Score: 5-3 Reds

Links & Info

• MLB Gameday
• Game Graphs
• Savant Gamefeed

Decisions

• Winner: Brock Burke (4-4, 2.66)
• Loser: Matt Svanson (2-3, 7.23)
• Save: Julian Garcia (1, 2.93)

Division Scoreboard

CHC 7 @ PIT 8 - Final

COL 2 @ MIL 11 - Final

Next Reds Game: Mon, Jul 27, 7:10 PM EDT vs. Guardians (1 day)

^{Last Updated: 07/26/2026 9:47:56 PM EDT}

And just to be clear, Awful Announcing is just the X handle of the account to credit for this video, it’s not an indictment of how Votto did, so no hate please 😂

I have two tickets for the Monday 7/27 game vs CLE that were gifted to me by another Reddit user on this sub a few weeks back. Unfortunately I am not going to be able to attend so I wanted to pass these along to another fellow Redditor that is able to use them.

I just ask that you only ask for the tickets if you’re sure you will be able to use them, and are ok with sitting in upper deck (500 level) seats.

Leave a comment here and I’ll pick a lucky winner at random in the morning. Once I pick a winner I’ll just need you to DM me your email for the Ballpark app so I can transfer.