The Cincinnati Reds have scored just 39 runs in 14 August games, with a trio of runs or fewer put on the board in 10 of those. The offense, it should be very well noted, has not been good for some time.
Their team wRC+ this month is just 75, which ranks 28th among the 30 MLB clubs. Their collective .328 slugging percentage in that time similarly ranks 28th. Their 26.8% K-rate over that span ranks 29th. Even Joey Votto, who is mercifully getting the day off today, has been in a major funk - he’s hit just .