Everyone saw it. The Cincinnati Reds offense, even before setting a playoff record for futility, struggled during the 2020 season. There were plenty of reasons that can be pointed to. Their BABIP was historically low (more on this later). The team finished last in the league in batting average as a result of that. It was that lack of hits leading to the team relying on home runs to produce runs at a rate higher than any other team in baseball.
One can argue that the historically low BABIP was directly responsible for the low batting average and the high reliance on homers to score (if you aren’t getting hits because of a low BABIP it’s going to decrease the chances to score on non-homers).