Even after the addition of Eugenio Suárez, the Cincinnati Reds lineup has some question marks heading into the 2026 season. But is their offense worse than the Los Angeles Angels? How about the Minnesota Twins? There's no way the Tampa Bay Rays lineup is better than the Reds, right?
Well, if you ask ESPN writer and analyst Bradford Doolittle, he would tell you that Cincinnati's lineup ranks 24th out of all 30 Major League Baseball teams ahead of the upcoming season. Doolittle applied his own subjective grading system using terms like patience, baserunning, durability, and depth to evaluate every team's projected lineup and decided Cincinnati wasn't even worthy of the top-20.