Reds are 1st team in MLB history to ever qualify for the playoffs like this

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Reds are 1st team in MLB history to ever qualify for the playoffs like this

The Cincinnati Reds found a new way to qualify for the postseason.

In a bunch of different statistical ways, the Reds don't appear to be an elite team.

But they found a way to put the pieces together and win enough games to get into the dance, and that's really all that matters.

The Reds secured it by winning Sunday, the final day of the regular season, to hold off the New York Mets for the third and final NL Wild Card spot.

OptaStats summed up the oddity by pointing out all the stats the Reds didn't have:

No qualifying batter hit .270

No batter hit 25 homers

No pitcher won 15 games

No pitcher notched 200 strikeouts

The Reds are the only team in a non-shortened season to not h