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Once again, the Cincinnati Reds have the worst offense in baseball
It was long ago etched in the Red Reporter constitution that the writer of any particular article was encouraged obligated, even to cherry pick some stats to support their argument. Today, thats no different, and the Cincinnati Reds once again got to wake up with the worst offense in all of Major League Baseball on Monday morning.Their collective 90 wRC+ ranks last, ahead of (behind?) the Toronto Blue Jays (91) and Colorado Rockies (92). Similarly, they also rank dead last in OFF (Offensive Runs Above Average), a metric that combines their collective work at the plate and on the bases they check in at a robustly negative -54.9 on the season.If you cut the PA threshold for individual players at 170 for the season, youll find that the Reds have not only the worst hitter in the sport by wRC+ (KeBryan Hayes at 12), they also have the two worst hitters in the sport as TJ Friedl ranks 2nd worst at 36. Noelvi Marte checks in with a mark of 52 that earns him spot #8 on that leaderboard, meaning the Reds account for three of the eight worst hitters in the sport among that robust 332 player sample.Pair that with the poor grades that FanGraphs gives their overall team defense, and its unsurprising to find that their total 7.0 fWAR from position players is also the worst among the 30 MLB franchises so far this season. Only the lowly Rockies (7.3) rank anywhere close, while some of Cincinnatis NL Central rivals rank 1st (Chicago Cubs, 26.4), 7th (Milwaukee Brewers, 16.8), and 8th (Pittsburgh Pirates, 15.7).And if youre still one of those baseball fans who doesnt give a hoot about any of those stats, just know that their team batting average of .229 also ranks you guessed it as the lowest in the sport, too.Frankly, its a wonder that the people in charge of building this roster still get the opportunity to do it again day after day.
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