There are 122 pitchers who have thrown at least 40 innings so far in 2026, and only five of them have a higher ERA than Cincinnati Reds starter Brady Singer. Two of those are members of the Colorado Rockies, though, so we’re going to go with just three.
Singer sports a 6.52 FIP throgh his 46.0 IP, and only Jameson Taillon and Jacob Lopez have higher marks. Only Taillon (2.83) owns a higher HR/9 than Singer’s 2.74. Singer has served up a trio of dingers in each of his most recent two starts.
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sports just a 15.7% K%, a mark that ranks 11th worst in the game among those 122 pitchers. Interestingly enough, each of Chris Paddack (13th) and Andrew Abbott (9th) rank down there, too, as does former Reds pitching stalwart Nick Martinez (now of Tampa). Is that a pattern, or a fluke?
Hitters own a .328 average off Singer’s offerings so far this year. Only Michael Lorenzen (again, of Colorado) and Simeon Woods Richardson of Minnesota have yielded higher averages.
This is not an exercise to bash. This is an exercise in identifying what we’ve seen so far this season from the guy in the heart of the rotation that was supposed to provide steady, boring, average ball once every fifth day as a stabilizer amid a rotation that had lots and lots of questions (and injuries) around him. The Reds need the Singer they knew last year, and they’ve gotten nothing close to that so far in 2026.
Singer will start for the Reds on Saturday night in GABP as they try to stave off an Atlanta Braves club that’s rolling at the moment. They ripped through Cincinnati’s patchwork staff on Friday to take the series opener, and they can claim the series victory if Singer can’t put a stop to them tonight.
First pitch is set for 7:15 PM ET as it’s going to be carried nationally on FOX. Here’s how the Reds will line up to begin this one against veteran southpaw Martin Perez, with a righty-heavy lineup on the docket:
Here’s to Singer miraculously finding it before this one crumbles quickly.
