"Andrew Abbott, Hunter Greene, Nick Lodolo, Brady Singer, Nick Martinez, Zack Littell, and Chase Burns had a whole lot to do with it. Those seven arms combined to start 152 of Cincinnati's 162 games, pitching to a 3.69 ERA (84 ERA-) in 832 innings. Their collective 16.4 FanGraphs WAR and 8.64 Win Probability Added as starters helped the Reds finish with the second-best rotation fWAR and third-best WPA in the sport."
""I wouldn't say no," he told reporters (including Gordon Wittenmyer of the Cincinnati Enquirer), when asked about the possibility of trading a starter this winter. "But when you trade pitchers, you've got to go [back]fill them somehow. We all know how it works, where you run out of innings at some point in the season, guys get hurt, things happen.""
Starting pitching depth powered the Reds to their first full-season playoff appearance in over a decade. Offense ranked 14th in runs per game, 19th in OPS, and 24th in wRC+; defense ranked 20th in errors, DRS, and FRV; the bullpen ranked 14th in ERA but 27th in xERA and SIERA. Seven primary starters combined for 832 innings with a 3.69 ERA, 16.4 FanGraphs WAR and 8.64 WPA, producing a top rotation by fWAR and WPA. Martinez and Littell head to free agency while Greene, Lodolo, Abbott, Singer, and Burns are expected back. Injured arms Rhett Lowder, Brandon Williamson, and Julian Aguiar plus prospect Chase Petty could factor into the 2025 rotation. President Nick Krall signaled caution about trading starters because replacing innings and managing injuries presents risk.
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