The Reds are going to the postseason for the first time since 2020, and for the first full-length season since 2013.It marks a massive achievement for a baseball franchise that has undergone significant struggles over the past decade.The Reds as recently as last season maintained a losing 77-85 regular season record. Now, this season they will finish with a 83-79 record.This marks the sixth best regular-season record of the fifteen teams in the National League this year, and is enough to secure the team the third and final postseason wild card slot.The Reds now go on to face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Wild Card Series this week. As a first-round matchup it is likely to be no small task: The Dodgers are the reigning World Series champions and have a 5-1 win record over the Reds this season.The games will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday night at 9:08 p.m. A third game will also be played on Thursday, if needed.Here’s a look back at every year the Reds have ever gone to the postseason, and how they ultimately performed. While the postseason format has changed over the years in Major League Baseball, it features four different rounds in its current iteration: the Wild Card Series, the Division Series, the National League Championship Series (as well as the corresponding American League Championship Series), and the World Series.However, while all teams have to win at least three series in the postseason to be crowned as World Series champions, not all teams always have to play in the initial Wild Card Series if their regular season record was among the best in their respective league.Reds Full Postseason HistoryLost in Wild Card Series20132020Lost in Division Series 20102012Won Division Series, Lost NL Championship Series197319791995Won NL Championship Series, Lost World Series1939196119701972Won World Series:19191940197519761990
The Reds are going to the postseason for the first time since 2020, and for the first full-length season since 2013.
It marks a massive achievement for a baseball franchise that has undergone significant struggles over the past decade.
The Reds as recently as last season maintained a losing 77-85 regular season record. Now, this season they will finish with a 83-79 record.
This marks the sixth best regular-season record of the fifteen teams in the National League this year, and is enough to secure the team the third and final postseason wild card slot.
The Reds now go on to face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Wild Card Series this week. As a first-round matchup it is likely to be no small task: The Dodgers are the reigning World Series champions and have a 5-1 win record over the Reds this season.
The games will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday night at 9:08 p.m. A third game will also be played on Thursday, if needed.
Here’s a look back at every year the Reds have ever gone to the postseason, and how they ultimately performed. While the postseason format has changed over the years in Major League Baseball, it features four different rounds in its current iteration: the Wild Card Series, the Division Series, the National League Championship Series (as well as the corresponding American League Championship Series), and the World Series.
However, while all teams have to win at least three series in the postseason to be crowned as World Series champions, not all teams always have to play in the initial Wild Card Series if their regular season record was among the best in their respective league.
Reds Full Postseason HistoryLost in Wild Card SeriesLost in Division Series Won Division Series, Lost NL Championship SeriesWon NL Championship Series, Lost World SeriesWon World Series: