The 2026 Cincinnati Reds season is over.

Cincinnati finished 75-87 and last in the National League Central, one year after winning a wild-card spot at 83-79. Sunday’s finale was a 5-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. The Milwaukee Brewers, the team Bob Castellini asked his own staff to explain, won 103 games.

Elly De La Cruz joined the 30-30 club. Chase Burns gave the rotation a real ace. The lineup hit home runs and still barely scored. The defense finished last in Defensive Runs Saved. Hunter Greene and Nick Lodolo missed time. The bullpen collapsed. Ownership says Nick Krall and Brad Meador are coming back.

So what was 2026?

A one-year blip after a playoff team? Proof the Reds cannot hold a good season? Or the same movie with new names?

C. Trent Rosecrans of the Athletic and Mason Estep of Reds Daily wrap the year after the final out and look at what has to change before 2027.

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