The 2020 Cincinnati Reds season was the 151st season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 18th at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. They made the playoffs as the number 7 seed in the National League, but were swept in two games by the Atlanta Braves in the

2020 National League Wild Card Series The 2020 National League Wild Card Series were four best-of-three-games series in Major League Baseball (MLB) to determine participating teams in the 2020 National League Division Series. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, MLB expanded the postsea ...

. The Braves held the Reds scoreless for all 22 innings in the series, an MLB postseason record. On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled. Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks. On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24

Opening Day Opening Day is the day on which professional baseball leagues begin their regular season. For Major League Baseball (MLB) and most of the American minor leagues, this day typically falls during the first week of April, although in recent years ...

. The shortened season led to the Reds recording the lowest number of hits (390) by a team in the modern era (since 1901). Their batting average of .212 was the lowest in MLB since the

1910 Chicago White Sox The 1910 Chicago White Sox set the modern (since 1901) major league record for batting futility with a .211 team batting average. No White Sox regular hit above .250, Patsy Dougherty led all regulars with a .248 batting average Batting average ...

hit .211.

Offseason

Coaching Staff

*October 24, 2019: Named Alan Zinter hitting coach. Zinter was previously the Assistant Director of Player Development, Offense, for the San Francisco Giants the past two seasons. *December 17, 2019: Named

Joe Mather Joseph Paul Mather (born July 23, 1982) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and current coach. He is the hitting coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously was a coach for the Cincinnati R ...

assistant hitting coach. Mather was previously the Minor League Field and Hitting Coordinator for the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Signings

*December 2, 2019: Signed free agent Mike Moustakas to a four-year, $64 million contract. Moustakas played second and third base for the

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in 2019 and is expected to play second base for the Reds. *December 16, 2019: Signed free agent starting pitcher Wade Miley to a two-year, $15 million contract. *January 6, 2020: Signed Japanese outfielder

Shogo Akiyama is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds and in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Saitama Se ...

to a three-year, $21 million contract. Akiyama will be the first Japanese-born player to play for the Reds. *January 10, 2020: Agreed to one-year contracts with the following players, avoiding arbitration: starting pitcher Trevor Bauer, $17.5 million; reliever/outfielder Michael Lorenzen, $3.725 million; reliever Matt Bowman, $865,000; catcher Curt Casali, $1.4625 million; starting pitcher Anthony DeSclafani, $5.9 million. *January 27, 2020: Signed free agent

Nicholas Castellanos Nicholas Alexander Castellanos (; born March 4, 1992) is an American professional baseball right fielder for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds ...

to a four-year, $64 million contract. *January 30, 2020: Signed free agent reliever Pedro Strop to a one-year, $1.825 million contract.

Standings

National League Central

National League Wildcard

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Regular season

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(3–1) , , Hader (6) , , 11–16 ,
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, -style="background:#fbb , 28, , August 25, , @ Brewers , , 2–3 , , Woodruff (2–2) , , Castillo (0–4) , , Hader (7) , , 11–17 ,
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, -style="background:#cfc , 30, , August 27, , @ Brewers , , 6–0 , , Sims (2–0) , , Lindblom (1–2) , , — , , 13–17 ,
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, -style="background:#fbb , 34, , August 30, , Cubs , , 1–10 , , Rea (1–0) , , Castillo (0–5) , , — , , 15–19 ,
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(1–0) , , Turley (0–2) , , — , , 23–26 ,
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(4–4) , , — , , 26–27 ,
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, -style="background:#cfc , 54, , September 20, , White Sox , , 7–3 , , Sims (3–0) , , Cease (5–3) , , — , , 27–27 ,
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, -style="background:#cfc , 55, , September 21, , Brewers , , 6–3 , , Castillo (4–5) , , Woodruff (2–5) , , — , , 28–27 ,
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(0–3) , , Hader (11) , , 28–28 ,
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(5–4) , , Houser (1–6) , , — , , 29–28 ,
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, -style="background:#cfc , 58, , September 25, , @ Twins , , 7–2 , , Lorenzen (3–1) , , Berríos (5–4) , , — , , 30–28 ,
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Bold = Reds team member

Postseason

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Postseason rosters

, style="text-align:left" , *Pitchers: 21 Michael Lorenzen 22 Wade Miley 23 Archie Bradley 26

Raisel Iglesias Raisel Iglesias (born January 4, 1990) is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). In 2014, Iglesias signed with the Cincinnati Reds. He previously played in MLB for the Reds and Los Angeles ...

27 Trevor Bauer 30

Tyler Mahle Tyler Fermin Mahle ( ; born September 29, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2017 with the Cincinnati Reds. Amateur career Mahle attended Westminst ...

Lucas Sims Lucas Sundberg Sims (born May 10, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Atlanta Braves. Career Atlanta Braves Sims was drafted by the Atlanta Braves ...

Amir Garrett Amir Jamal Garrett (born May 3, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Cincinnati Reds. Garrett played college basketball for the St. John' ...

54 Sonny Gray 55 Robert Stephenson 58 Luis Castillo 70

Tejay Antone Tejay Anthony Antone (born December 5, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). Amateur career Antone attended Mansfield Legacy High School in Mansfield, Texas. Antone was drafte ...

*Catchers: 12 Curt Casali 16 Tucker Barnhart *Infielders: 3

Freddy Galvis Freddy José Galvis (born November 14, 1989) is a Venezuelan professional baseball shortstop for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the San Die ...

7 Eugenio Suárez 9 Mike Moustakas 19 Joey Votto 38 José García 52 Kyle Farmer 64 Matt Davidson *Outfielders: 2

15 Nick Senzel 17 Brian Goodwin 31

Travis Jankowski Travis Paul Jankowski (born June 15, 1991) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Texas Rangers organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phi ...

Aristides Aquino Aristides Aquino Núñez (born April 22, 1994) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder for the Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has played for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball. Career Cincinnati Reds ...

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Roster

Farm system

References

External links

Official Website

2020 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference
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