A lot of things are going right for the Cincinnati Reds, but closer Francisco Cordero is not one of them.

On Sunday, a Pirates team that had managed four singles, three walks and no runs through eight innings lit up Cordero for two singles, a walk and a game-winning three-run double in the ninth.

After the game, Reds manager Dusty Baker told the Associated Press, “We need him. He’s our closer. Nobody else is ready. People are hollering for somebody else, but what if you bring somebody in and he doesn’t do the job?”

The Reds are already doing that — bringing somebody in (Cordero) who’s not doing the job. And the statistics show it can’t get a whole lot worse.

Through Tuesday’s games, there are 27 major-league relief pitchers with at least 20 saves. Among those 27, Cordero ranks ...

• 25th in ERA (4.04)

• Tied for most blown saves (8)

• Tied for 23rd in losses (5).

In some of the fancier stats, he’s just as bad. Cordero ranks dead last of those 27 in WHIP (1.50 walks plus hits per inning pitched). He’s 23rd of 27 in percentage of save chances converted, (81.4 percent) and he’s 23rd in strikeouts per inning (0.82).

“What if you bring somebody in and he doesn’t do the job?”

Somebody tell Baker that’s what we’ve been watching all season.

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