The Cincinnati Reds' 25-game start to the 2022 Major League Baseball season has been among the three worst of MLB's Modern Era (since 1900).
Most of the team's top players have spent at least some time on the Injured List, and Reds manager David Bell has said many times that he's proud of the effort his players have made to compete.
One national writer - ESPN's Jeff Passan - insisted after Thursday's 10-5 loss to the Brewers in Milwaukee dropped the Reds to 3-22 this season that the team's effort represents "tanking at its absolute ugliest.