Who will be the worst team in Baseball this year?

[Gregg]

Twins, Cubs, Astros or ??

[revo]

.....or the Marlins?

[wannabegriffey]

.....or the Marlins?

I thought the question referred to mlb. Marlins shall rule double A!!

[Lucky]

I'm afraid it shall be my beloved Twins. Even if they should score, they have no means to keep the other team from scoring more.

[Moonlight J]

Twins, until they get away from this ridiculous pitch to contact nonsense

[Kevin Seitzer]

Top contenders from Baseball Prospectus projected 2013 records:

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/fantasy/dc/

Astros 63-99
Marlins 66-96
Twins 66-96
Rockies 72-90
Orioles 74-88
Padres 76-86
Royals 76-86
Cubs 77-85
White Sox 77-85

And from CAIRO projected 2013 records:

http://www.rlyw.net/index.php/RLYW/comments/cairo_2013_v0.3_and_still_too_early_and_mostly_useless_2013_projected_

Astros 61-101
Mariners 67-95
Twins 67-95
Marlins 69-93
Rockies 72-90
Mets 72-90
Cubs 73-89
Indians 74-88
Orioles 76-86

Vegas has six teams at 100:1 odds to win the World Series in 2013:

http://www.vegasinsider.com/mlb/odds/futures/

Astros, Twins, Marlins, Rockies, Mets, Padres

and two teams at 80:1:
Mariners, Indians

and four teams at 50:1:
Orioles, Cubs, Diamondbacks, Pirates

[Hornsby]

My guess is that it's going to be Houston, and it's not going to be close. Once they trade Norris, as they seem determined to do, they have even less of a staff than the Twins do, and that's saying a lot.

[Mithrandir]

Why such a fall for the Orioles?

[Pauly]

Even if they dont have the most losses, the Marlins will easily be the worst team, at least in the fans' view. Here's the line for the first day game tickets went on sale:

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[dslaw]

Even if they dont have the most losses, the Marlins will easily be the worst team, at least in the fans' view. Here's the line for the first day game tickets went on sale:

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Why select a seat? Just buy the cheapest ticket and basically sit where you want. I can see an average of under 10,000 per game. Although I think the Astros will have the worst record this year at least there is hope with new ownership and KS bringing his magic.

[rhd]

As bad as the Twins' roster looks, the answer has to be the Astros. Sales of scorecards should be up. IN a couple years tho, it should be very different.

[Don Quixote]

and four teams at 50:1:
Orioles, Cubs, Diamondbacks, Pirates

I "only" got 40-1 on the $25 I put on the Pirates when I was in Vegas in December. I also put $50 on the Giants at 7-1 and $25 on the Nationals at 8-1.

I was afraid to ask what the odds were on the Astros, not that I would have bet on them. Sorry Mike, but I am not totally insane (as a Pirate fan, I qualify as partially insane). I'm not saying the Astros will NEVER win a World Series, but it's not going to happen any time soon. At least they seem to have a plan, which is more than I'll say for the Marlins.

Worst record? Tough call. Houston or Miami.

[bryanbutler]

Why such a fall for the Orioles?

because they played way over their heads last year, and did nothing to improve in the off-season.

[mgwiz22]

I "only" got 40-1 on the $25 I put on the Pirates when I was in Vegas in December. I also put $50 on the Giants at 7-1 and $25 on the Nationals at 8-1.

I was afraid to ask what the odds were on the Astros, not that I would have bet on them. Sorry Mike, but I am not totally insane (as a Pirate fan, I qualify as partially insane). I'm not saying the Astros will NEVER win a World Series, but it's not going to happen any time soon. At least they seem to have a plan, which is more than I'll say for the Marlins.

Worst record? Tough call. Houston or Miami.

Marlins management does have a plan it just doesn't involve trying to win this year.

[Kevin Seitzer]

The Vegas win total over/unders are out now:

http://forums.viewfromvegas.com/User/Discussion.aspx?id=359608