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2026 Cincinnati Reds season

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The 2026 Cincinnati Reds season is the ongoing 157th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 24th at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. The Reds will attempt to win the National League Central division for the first time since 2012, and make the playoffs in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2012 and 2013.

LeagueNational League
BallparkGreat American Ball Park
Record65–73 (.471)
OwnerBob Castellini
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2026 Cincinnati Reds
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkGreat American Ball Park
CityCincinnati
Record65–73 (.471)
OwnerBob Castellini
General managerNick Krall
ManagerTerry Francona
TelevisionMLB Local Media
RadioWLW (700 AM)
Reds Radio Network
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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Standings

National League Central

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NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 8553 .616 — 47‍–‍25 38‍–‍28
Chicago Cubs 7860 .565 7 40‍–‍29 38‍–‍31
St. Louis Cardinals 6870 .493 17 34‍–‍38 34‍–‍32
Pittsburgh Pirates 6771 .486 18 34‍–‍32 33‍–‍39
Cincinnati Reds 6573 .471 20 32‍–‍37 33‍–‍36
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National League Wild Card

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Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
Milwaukee Brewers 8553 .616
Los Angeles Dodgers 8255 .599
Atlanta Braves 8256 .594
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Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Chicago Cubs 7860 .565 +5
Philadelphia Phillies 7860 .565 +5
San Diego Padres 7365 .529 —
Arizona Diamondbacks 7366 .525 ½
Miami Marlins 6969 .500 4
St. Louis Cardinals 6870 .493 5
Pittsburgh Pirates 6771 .486 6
Washington Nationals 6674 .471 8
Cincinnati Reds 6573 .471 8
New York Mets 6276 .449 11
San Francisco Giants 5781 .413 16
Colorado Rockies 5286 .377 21
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Record vs. opponents

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2026 National League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2026

Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL LAD MIA MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona —4–32–44–26–47–60–32–44–22–23–35–510–35–22–417–19
Atlanta 3–4—2–12–16–05–18–23–36–75–15–13–41–52–48–323–19
Chicago 4–21–2—7–33–34–20–03–47–06–15–55–13–36–73–321–24
Cincinnati 2–41–23–7—4–20–03–41–64–23–36–71–33–35–81–528–17
Colorado 4–60–63–32–4—3–102–51–54–22–43–31–87–61–23–416–18
Los Angeles 6–71–52–40–010–3—1–23–45–14–25–17–33–41–23–031–17
Miami 3–02–80–04–35–22–1—1–56–45–84–20–34–24–29–420–25
Milwaukee 4–23–34–36–15–14–35–1—4–22–14–62–43–48–22–429–15
New York 2–47–60–72–42–41–54–62–4—4–54–24–23–12–46–419–19
Philadelphia 2–21–51–63–34–22–48–51–25–4—5–26–04–24–28–323–19
Pittsburgh 3–31–55–57–63–31–52–46–42–42–5—3–31–24–64–323–13
San Diego 5–54–31–53–18–13–73–04–22–40–63–3—6–43–41–227–18
San Francisco 3–105–13–33–36–74–32–44–31–32–42–14–6—0–03–315–30
St. Louis 2–54–27–68–52–12–12–42–84–22–46–44–30–0—2–121–24
Washington 4–23–84–35–13–30–34–94–24–63–83–42–13–31–2—23–19
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Updated with the results of all games through August 31, 2026.

Off-season

Clock outside stadium

On March 24, Joey Votto donated a custom-built Reds-themed clock outside of Great American Ball Park to the Reds and the City of Cincinnati, just days before Opening Day.[1]

Regular season

Opening day lineup

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Order No. Player Pos.
Batters
129TJ Friedl CF
29Matt McLain2B
344Elly De La CruzSS
427Sal Stewart1B
528Eugenio SuárezDH
67Spencer SteerLF
737Tyler StephensonC
84Noelvi MarteRF
93Ke'Bryan Hayes3B
Starting pitcher
—41Andrew Abbott
Source: Baseball Reference[2]
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March

April

Game log

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Reds Win Reds Loss Game postponed
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2026 Game Log: 65–73 (Home: 32–37; Away: 33–36)[4]
March/April: 20–11 (Home: 10–8; Road: 10–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 26Red Sox0–3Crochet (1–0)Johnson (0–1)Chapman (1)43,8970–1L1
2March 28Red Sox6–5 (11)Phillips (1–0)Slaten (0–1)—38,2981–1W1
3March 29Red Sox3–2Burke (1–0)Weissert (0–1)Pagán (1)27,0842–1W2
4March 30Pirates2–0Burns (1–0)Ashcraft (0–1)Phillips (1)13,6263–1W3
5March 31Pirates3–8Ramírez (1–0)Williamson (0–1)—22,3903–2L1
6April 1Pirates3–8Skenes (1–1)Abbott (0–1)—15,0073–3L2
7April 3@ Rangers5–3Santillan (1–0)Martin (0–1)Pagán (2)37,6354–3W1
8April 4@ Rangers2–0Lowder (1–0)Rocker (0–1)Pagán (3)36,3935–3W2
9April 5@ Rangers2–1Moll (1–0)Garcia (0–1)Burke (1)31,5616–3W3
10April 6@ Marlins2–0Williamson (1–1)Junk (0–1)Pagán (4)10,9347–3W4
11April 7@ Marlins6–3 (10)Pagán (1–0)Faucher (1–1)—8,3188–3W5
12April 8@ Marlins4–7Pérez (1–1)Singer (0–1)Petersen (1)8,6398–4L1
13April 9@ Marlins1–8Meyer (1–0)Lowder (1–1)Phillips (1)9,5788–5L2
14April 10Angels2–10Kochanowicz (2–0)Burns (1–1)—22,3578–6L3
15April 11Angels7–3Johnson (1–1)Klassen (0–1)—32,5549–6W1
16April 12Angels6–9Soriano (4–0)Abbott (0–2)—20,3119–7L1
17April 14Giants2–1Singer (1–1)Ray (2–2)Pagán (5)20,69010–7W1
18April 15Giants8–3Lowder (2–1)Mahle (0–3)—13,82211–7W2
19April 16Giants0–3Roupp (3–1)Burke (1–1)Miller (1)16,89811–8L1
20April 17@ Twins2–1Williamson (2–1)Ryan (2–2)Pagán (6)31,22012–8W1
21April 18@ Twins5–4Nicolas (1–0)Sands (0–1)Santillan (1)20,19813–8W2
22April 19@ Twins7–4 (10)Pagán (2–0)Acton (1–1)Ashcraft (1)19,42214–8W3
23April 20@ Rays6–1Lowder (3–1)Scholtens (1–1)—15,96215–8W4
24April 21@ Rays12–6Burns (2–1)Matz (3–1)—14,74916–8W5
25April 22@ Rays1–6Martinez (1–1)Williamson (2–2)—15,54616–9L1
26April 24Tigers9–8Ashcraft (1–0)Jansen (0–1)—23,87917–9W1
27April 25Tigers9–2Singer (2–1)Flaherty (0–2)—35,31518–9W2
28April 26Tigers3–8Hurter (3–0)Moll (1–1)—31,37718–10L1
29April 28Rockies7–2Burns (3–1)Freeland (1–2)—24,15219–10W1
30April 29Rockies2–13Sugano (3–1)Williamson (2–3)—17,82319–11L1
31April 30Rockies6–4Abbott (1–2)Lorenzen (2–3)—17,21120–11W1
May: 10–17 (Home: 5–6; Road: 5–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
32May 1@ Pirates1–9Keller (3–1)Singer (2–2)—13,44220–12L1
33May 2@ Pirates7–17Mlodzinski (2–2)Lowder (3–2)—23,76320–13L2
34May 3@ Pirates0–1Soto (3–0)Santillan (1–1)—16,64220–14L3
35May 4@ Cubs4–5Rolison (2–0)Pagán (2–1)—32,99720–15L4
36May 5@ Cubs2–3 (10)Rolison (3–0)Moll (1–2)—34,77720–16L5
37May 6@ Cubs6–7 (10)Thornton (1–0)Burke (1–2)—34,14320–17L6
38May 7@ Cubs3–8Imanaga (4–2)Lowder (3–3)Palencia (2)30,44120–18L7
39May 8Astros0–10Burrows (2–4)Lodolo (0–1)—24,34720–19L8
40May 9Astros3–1Burns (4–1)Arrighetti (4–1)Johnson (1)35,68821–19W1
41May 10Astros5–0Abbott (2–2)Teng (1–3)—23,98022–19W2
42May 12Nationals4–10Lord (2–0)Singer (2–3)—23,71522–20L1
43May 13Nationals7–8 (10)Varland (1–1)Santillan (1–2)Poulin (2)17,31222–21L2
44May 14Nationals15–1Burns (5–1)Griffin (4–2)—22,65123–21W1
45May 15@ Guardians7–6Abbott (3–2)Bibee (0–6)Antone (1)27,90324–21W2
46May 16@ Guardians4–7Sabrowski (2–1)Moll (1–3)Smith (14)33,33124–22L1
47May 17@ Guardians3–10Williams (6–3)Singer (2–4)—27,38824–23L2
48May 18@ Phillies4–5Kerkering (2–0)Ashcraft (1–1)Durán (8)40,06524–24L3
49May 19@ Phillies4–1Burns (6–1)Luzardo (3–4)Santillan (2)37,52725–24W1
50May 20@ Phillies9–4Abbott (4–2)Nola (2–4)—38,22226–24W2
―May 22CardinalsPostponed (rain) (Makeup date: May 23)
51May 23 (1)Cardinals1–8Pallante (5–4)Paddack (0–6)—19,92726–25L1
52May 23 (2)Cardinals7–6 (11)Johnson (2–1)O'Brien (3–2)—31,14427–25W1
―May 24CardinalsPostponed (rain) (Makeup date: August 17)
53May 25@ Mets7–2Lodolo (1–1)McLean (2–4)—36,73428–25W2
54May 26@ Mets7–2Burns (7–1)Peterson (3–5)—36,84829–25W3
55May 27@ Mets2–4Tong (1–0)Abbott (4–3)Williams (8)33,45329–26L1
56May 29Braves3–8Fuentes (4–0)Paddack (0–7)—29,99629–27L2
57May 30Braves2–5Pérez (3–3)Singer (2–5)Iglesias (10)36,84829–28L3
58May 31Braves6–4Lodolo (2–1)Strider (3–1)Moll (1)31,08430–28W1
June: 9–17 (Home: 4–8; Road: 5–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
59June 1Royals2–9Avila (1–2)Richardson (0–1)—19,40930–29L1
60June 2Royals4–3 (10)Burke (2–2)Schreiber (0–3)—25,82431–29W1
61June 3Royals2–5Lynch IV (2–0)Santillan (1–3)Lange (1)15,95931–30L1
62June 5@ Cardinals3–10Dobbins (1–0)Singer (2–6)—30,05831–31L2
63June 6@ Cardinals5–6Soriano (3–0)Moll (1–4)O'Brien (16)26,90431–32L3
64June 7@ Cardinals3–5Stanek (2–0)Moll (1–5)O'Brien (17)31,33531–33L4
65June 8@ Padres2–6Morejón (5–1)Abbott (4–4)—37,22331–34L5
66June 9@ Padres5–3 (11)Antone (1–0)Matsui (0–1)Maxwell (1)40,46932–34W1
67June 10@ Padres4–5Peralta (1–0)Petty (0–1)—37,39332–35L1
68June 12Diamondbacks2–5Ginkel (2–2)Burke (2–3)Sewald (16)29,80332–36L2
69June 13Diamondbacks2–1Petty (1–1)Morillo (1–3)Santillan (3)27,56333–36W1
70June 14Diamondbacks3–5Morillo (2–3)Maxwell (0–1)Sewald (17)22,94633–37L1
71June 15Mets12–0Burns (8–1)Myers (0–2)—19,85334–37W1
72June 16Mets5–3Singer (3–6)Senga (0–5)Santillan (4)28,71035–37W2
73June 17Mets1–9McLean (4–4)Lodolo (2–2)—27,20735–38L1
74June 19@ Yankees0–5Schlitter (8–3)Lowder (3–4)—42,42035–39L2
75June 20@ Yankees10–2Abbott (5–4)Warren (7–2)—46,08936–39W1
76June 21@ Yankees4–1Burns (9–1)Rodríguez (0–2)Santillan (5)46,04637–39W2
77June 22Brewers1–2 (10)Megill (2–2)Santillan (1–4)Kuhnel (5)17,97137–40L1
78June 23Brewers0–2Sproat (2–4)Garcia (0–1)Megill (10)28,30237–41L2
79June 24Brewers5–6Patrick (5–3)Lowder (3–5)Kuhnel (6)22,98137–42L3
80June 26@ Pirates6–4Burke (3–3)Montgomery (2–3)Ferguson (1)25,18638–42W1
81June 27@ Pirates9–7Ferguson (1–0)Soto (4–2)Petty (1)30,07739–42W2
82June 28@ Pirates4–9Keller (6–5)Singer (3–7)—24,02339–43L1
83June 29@ Brewers3–5Ashby (11–1)Moll (1–6)Megill (11)28,05939–44L2
84June 30@ Brewers2–7Sproat (3–4)Lowder (3–6)—28,08139–45L3
July: 13–12 (Home: 6–8; Road: 7–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
85July 1@ Brewers2–4Ashby (12–1)Burke (3–4)Megill (12)30,06839–46L4
86July 2@ Brewers7–2Burns (10–1)Misiorowski (9–4)—41,39040–46W1
87July 3Orioles0–3Rogers (6–7)Singer (3–8)Wells (1)22,15740–47L1
88July 4Orioles5–8Young (7–2)Greene (0–1)Wells (2)33,04740–48L2
89July 5Orioles3–2Lodolo (3–2)Bradish (5–9)Pagán (7)17,60141–48W1
90July 7Phillies1–4Wheeler (9–1)Abbott (5–5)Durán (22)31,20441–49L1
91July 8Phillies11–5Burns (11–1)Rangel (0–1)—33,08942–49W1
92July 9Phillies0–1Luzardo (8–4)Singer (3–9)Durán (23)19,77742–50L1
93July 10Cubs4–0Greene (1–1)Imanaga (5–8)—30,87843–50W1
94July 11Cubs3–5Pomeranz (2–3)Garcia (0–2)Thornton (3)34,19943–51L1
95July 12Cubs4–8Boyd (5–1)Petty (1–2)Webb (5)29,20043–52L2
ASGJuly 14AL @ NL4–0Cease (1–0)Sánchez (0–1)―43,916——
96July 17@ Rockies7–2Singer (4–9)Hughes (0–1)—40,35644–52W1
97July 18@ Rockies3–10Sugano (9–4)Lowder (3–7)—31,58544–53L1
98July 19@ Rockies9–6Greene (2–1)Feltner (3–4)—20,15845–53W1
99July 20@ Mariners0–8Kirby (8–8)Abbott (5–6)—35,92945–54L1
100July 21@ Mariners4–2Burns (12–1)Castillo (3–9)Pagán (8)35,23946–54W1
101July 22@ Mariners5–3Singer (5–9)Bazardo (3–3)Pagán (9)38,23647–54W2
102July 24@ Cardinals4–2Garcia (1–2)Soriano (3–3)Pagán (10)29,90048–54W3
103July 25@ Cardinals0–7Pallante (11–6)Greene (2–2)—33,97548–55L1
104July 26@ Cardinals5–3 (10)Burke (4–4)Svanson (2–3)Garcia (1)22,85249–55W1
―July 27GuardiansPostponed (rain) (Makeup date: July 28)
105July 28 (1)Guardians5–6Holderman (6–2)Moll (1–7)Smith (30)16,86649–56L1
106July 28 (2)Guardians2–0Franco (1–0)Williams (10–6)Pagán (11)26,92850–56W1
107July 29Guardians1–6Sabrowski (4–2)Singer (5–10)—17,08450–57L1
108July 30Pirates3–2Pagán (3–1)Soto (5–3)—25,53251–57W1
109July 31Pirates8–7Pagán (4–1)Dotel (1–4)—30,61852–57W2
August: 13–16 (Home: 7–7; Road: 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
110August 1Pirates1–4Ashcraft (11–4)Abbott (5–7)Soto (14)27,61652–58L1
111August 2Pirates10–2Burns (13–1)Keller (6–8)—23,87853–58W1
112August 4Athletics5–4Garcia (2–2)Harris (3–1)Pagán (12)21,71454–58W2
113August 5Athletics3–2Lowder (4–7)Juenger (0–1)Pagán (13)16,54455–58W3
114August 6Athletics6–5Abbott (6–7)Barnett (1–2)Burke (2)17,61756–58W4
115August 7@ Nationals3–5Cavalli (9–5)Garcia (2–3)Beeter (12)26,06556–59L1
116August 8@ Nationals2–8Beeter (5–3)Burns (13–2)—32,60256–60L2
117August 9@ Nationals1–7Dion (1–0)Singer (5–11)—21,37556–61L3
118August 11@ White Sox5–4 (10)Burke (5–4)Newcomb (1–3)Pagán (14)38,11357–61W1
119August 12@ White Sox0–5Castillo (4–9)Lowder (4–8)—24,09957–62L1
120August 13@ White Sox9–8Antone (2–0)Fedde (6–8)Garcia (2)17,01358–62W1
121August 14Marlins1–0Burns (14–2)Alcántara (13–7)Pagán (15)21,23259–62W2
122August 15Marlins4–8Zuber (2–1)Antone (2–1)—38,30259–63L1
123August 16Marlins1–7Ekness (1–1)Antone (2–2)—24,09259–64L2
124August 17 (1)Cardinals1–2Gastélum (3–2)Emanuel (0–1)O'Brien (31)20,43459–65L3
125August 17 (2)Cardinals6–5 (10)Pagán (5–1)Bruihl (0–1)—12,16660–65W1
126August 18Cardinals0–3Leahy (10–4)Abbott (6–8)O'Brien (32)21,75760–66L1
127August 19Cardinals5–4Moll (2–7)Liberatore (5–11)Pagán (16)16,09761–66W1
128August 20Cardinals9–10Strzelecki (1–1)Burke (5–5)O'Brien (33)15,36161–67L1
129August 21@ Diamondbacks0–9Rodríguez (13–4)Lodolo (3–3)—32,08761–68L2
130August 22@ Diamondbacks11–5Lowder (5–8)Soroka (8–4)—36,40562–68W1
131August 23@ Diamondbacks3–5Loáisiga (5–3)Abbott (6–9)Ginkel (2)28,43362–69L1
132August 24@ Giants0–5Foley (1–1)Burns (14–3)—31,12362–70L2
133August 25@ Giants1–3Molina (1–0)Singer (5–12)Seymour (1)27,20762–71L3
134August 26@ Giants10–9Santillan (2–4)Smith (0–5)Pagán (17)24,13063–71W1
135August 28@ Cubs10–8Lowder (6–8)Thornton (5–5)Pagán (18)39,03664–71W2
136August 29@ Cubs5–17Gausman (8–11)Abbott (6–10)—39,59764–72L1
137August 30@ Cubs7–5Burns (15–3)Imanaga (8–10)Pagán (19)36,30865–72W1
138August 31Padres0–5King (9–9)Singer (5–13)—16,16265–73L1
September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
139September 1Padres—(—)(—)——
140September 2Padres—(—)(—)——
141September 4Brewers—(—)(—)——
142September 5Brewers—(—)(—)——
143September 6Brewers—(—)(—)——
144September 7@ Dodgers—(—)(—)——
145September 8@ Dodgers—(—)(—)——
146September 9@ Dodgers—(—)(—)——
147September 11@ Brewers—(—)(—)——
148September 12@ Brewers—(—)(—)——
149September 13@ Brewers—(—)(—)——
150September 14Dodgers—(—)(—)——
151September 15Dodgers—(—)(—)——
152September 16Dodgers—(—)(—)——
153September 17Dodgers—(—)(—)——
154September 18Cubs—(—)(—)——
155September 19Cubs—(—)(—)——
156September 20Cubs—(—)(—)——
157September 22@ Braves—(—)(—)——
158September 23@ Braves—(—)(—)——
159September 24@ Braves—(—)(—)——
160September 25@ Blue Jays—(—)(—)——
161September 26@ Blue Jays—(—)(—)——
162September 27@ Blue Jays—(—)(—)——
Source: ESPN[5][6]
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Roster

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Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
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LevelTeamLeagueManager
Triple-ALouisville BatsInternational LeaguePat Kelly
Double-AChattanooga LookoutsSouthern LeagueJose Moreno
High-ADayton DragonsMidwest LeagueJulio Morillo
Single-ADaytona TortugasFlorida State LeagueRicky Gutiérrez
RookieACL RedsArizona Complex LeagueGary Van Tol
Foreign RookieDSL RedsDominican Summer LeagueJose Montilla
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