Over the past five seasons, no team in the National League has lost more games than the Cincinnati Reds.
That fact bears repeating. As of the morning of August 24, since the beginning of the 2014 season, the Reds have won eight fewer games than the second-worst team in the league and 10 fewer games than the third-worst team in the league. Meanwhile, they’re sitting 116 wins behind the best team in the league and 106 back of the top team in the Central.
In the past four seasons, nine of the 15 teams in the NL have reached the playoffs, with two of the remaining six clubs (some combination of Atlanta, Philadelphia and Milwaukee) likely to make the postseason this year.