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Cincinnati Reds Starting Rotation Worst in Major League Baseball

The Cincinnati Reds pitching staff was historically bad last season.

The Reds started fifteen different pitchers and few had good seasons. This included starting appearances by Tim Melville, Daniel Wright, and current closer Raisel Iglesias among others. The starting pitchers went 49-67 last year while setting historically bad records.

In fact, it was so bad, it inspired the following articles:

The Reds’ Pitching Might Be The Worst of All Time – FiveThirtyEight.com

Understanding the Plight of Cincinnati’s Historically Awful Starting Pitching Staff – TheRinger.com

The Reds Actually Did It – Fangraphs.