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NL Central · 2026 season · Missed playoffs

The story so far

Missed the playoffs

Reds fans spent the final stretch fixated on the Castellini family, insisting nothing changes until the owners sell, while Barry Larkin became the one voice they trusted. As a 75-87 season ended, the anger widened to Krall, Ke'Bryan Hayes and a looming lockout, leaving a bitter offseason.

From Reddit fan threads · through Sep 28–Oct 4 · 75-87

Season misery
54Meh
Worst week
95Sep 7–13
Best week
9Apr 20–26
Mar 23–29: misery 28 (Euphoric) · 2-1Mar 30–Apr 5: misery 29 (Euphoric) · 4-2Apr 6–12: misery 40 (Content) · 3-4Apr 13–19: misery 10 (Euphoric) · 5-1Apr 20–26: misery 9 (Euphoric) · 4-2Apr 27–May 3: misery 39 (Content) · 2-4May 4–10: misery 73 (Miserable) · 2-5May 11–17: misery 66 (Miserable) · 2-4May 18–24: misery 62 (Uneasy) · 3-2May 25–31: misery 38 (Content) · 3-3Jun 1–7: misery 76 (Miserable) · 1-5Jun 8–14: misery 81 (Despair) · 2-4Jun 15–21: misery 31 (Content) · 4-2Jun 22–28: misery 58 (Uneasy) · 2-4Jun 29–Jul 5: misery 83 (Despair) · 2-5Jul 6–12: misery 68 (Miserable) · 2-4Jul 13–19: misery 51 (Meh) · 2-1Jul 20–26: misery 32 (Content) · 4-2Jul 27–Aug 2: misery 66 (Miserable) · 4-3Aug 3–9: misery 65 (Miserable) · 3-3Aug 10–16: misery 70 (Miserable) · 3-3Aug 17–23: misery 77 (Miserable) · 3-5Aug 24–30: misery 60 (Uneasy) · 3-3Aug 31–Sep 6: misery 45 (Content) · 4-2Sep 7–13: misery 95 (Despair) · 1-5Sep 14–20: misery 64 (Uneasy) · 2-5Sep 21–27: misery 49 (Meh) · 3-33/234/205/186/157/138/109/710/5
Weekly misery, Monday to Sunday. Above the line is miserable; below is happy.

Storylines

what fans talked about, week by week
Season-long

  • Every week fans blasted the Castellinis as profit-first owners, moving from a season ticket holder quitting to sale pushes, team switching, and boycott calls over a sponsor-focused fan survey.

    “moneyball speak for stop being cheap”

    ▲ 439Sep 21–27

    Sep 14–20 ›Sep 21–27 ›
Built late
Came and went

angry / anxioushappy / hopefulsplitbigger dot = louder

  1. —Oct 26–Nov 1out
  2. —Oct 19–25out
  3. —Oct 12–18out
  4. —Oct 5–11out
  5. —Sep 28–Oct 4out
  6. 49Sep 21–273-3›
  7. 64Sep 14–202-5›
  8. 95Sep 7–131-5›
  9. 45Aug 31–Sep 64-2›
  10. 60Aug 24–303-3›
  11. 77Aug 17–233-5›
  12. 70Aug 10–163-3›
  13. 65Aug 3–93-3›
  14. 66Jul 27–Aug 24-3›
  15. 32Jul 20–264-2›
  16. 51Jul 13–192-1›
  17. 68Jul 6–122-4›
  18. 83Jun 29–Jul 5blowup game2-5›
  19. 58Jun 22–28blowup game2-4›
  20. 31Jun 15–214-2›
  21. 81Jun 8–142-4›
  22. 76Jun 1–71-5›
  23. 38May 25–313-3›
  24. 62May 18–243-2›
  25. 66May 11–172-4›
  26. 73May 4–10blowup game2-5›
  27. 39Apr 27–May 32-4›
  28. 9Apr 20–264-2›
  29. 10Apr 13–195-1›
  30. 40Apr 6–123-4›
  31. 29Mar 30–Apr 54-2›
  32. 28Mar 23–292-1›