What do you think is MLB's worst organization and why?

Question

Bad stadium? Poor fan treatment? Terrible team that consistently fails to perform?

Answer 1

I would have to say Tampa Bay...I wanted to say the Royals but at least they have a decent stadium. The D-Rays have a tiny fan base (as in there are usually more fans for the visiting team), a crappy dome stadium, and have finished last in their division all but once since they came into the league. They are a worthless organization that needs to be sold and/or moved or folded.

Answer 2

I'm a Royals fan and I'm not going to argue that the Royals aren;t one of the worst organizations in baseball, because they are. However, the ownership has made major changes to the front office the last couple years and freed up more money to spend on free agent talent in the offseason. They're trying to bring the Royals back to the glory they used to have in the 70's and early 80's - it's just going to take some time. I would like to point out some glaring errors and blatant lies that others have posted concerning the Royals franchise.

#1) No family day - every Sunday home game is a family day with discounted tickets and food.

#2) Horrible Stadium - Kauffman stadium is one of the cleanest and best maintained stadiums in the league, not to mention one of the most beautiful. Obviously, the newer stadiums are improvements, but I'd like to see if they're in the same shape as Kaufmann is when they're over 30 years old.

That all being said, I would currently rank them in a tie for last place with Tampa Bay as the worst organizations in baseball. The Royals (and Tampa Bay) currently have some great talent in their systems. I don't know about Tampa Bay, but Kansas City has the GM and front office in place to develop that talent and hopefully hold onto it (unlike Dye, Damon and Beltran) and pull themselves out of the gutter with it. Now whether they're able to do so will remain to be seen over the next 5 years or so.

Answer 3

Kansas City. Clueless, clueless, clueless; inexplicably loyal to key-position employees no matter how established their incompetence; just never get serious about playing good baseball and building a good team. I still cannot understand the Meche contract, and while he's been pitching okay so far, the fourth and fifth years are going to hurt.

Baltimore is second-worst. Until the Angelos regime is gone, the team is going nowhere.

Tampa has a bad history, but new ownership has been in place only a year and a half and seems to be going in the right direction (at least, not the direction Naimoli and LaMarr were taking the team, which was "over a cliff"). Lots of promising, young players. They've earned grace for the rest of this season, and possibly next year, before getting out the torches and pitchforks.

Answer 4

How could people say the Marlins? They already won 2
World Series. Their fans suck though. High school games get better attendance. Worst organization would be a tie between Royals and Devil Rays. I'll cut the Rays a little slack for still being new, even though the D-backs started at the same time and have been in the playoffs 3 times.

Answer 5

you really cannot say tampa because they have only been around for 10 years. thats baby steps considering some teams have been around for almost a hundred years

the honest answer is Texas. they havent made the playoffs since 1998 i believe, where they were swept by the Yanks in the first round

theyve given up fan drawing names such as
Ivan Rodriguez
Alex Rodriguez
Alfonso Soriano

they consistently underperform and its getting hard to root for Texas

at least with the Royals you have the hope of getting a new star every year in the draft with the 2nd or 3rd pick lol

Answer 6

The New York Yankees. They believe that they can continue with revenue inbalance, and that it won't hurt baseball. When two thirds of the teams start the season knowing that they don't stand a chance to make the playoffs, something is wrong. When the discussion in many cities at the beginning of the season is who the star players will be dealt to, Boston or NYY, something is wrong. When fans start the season rooting for a group of players, only to have them traded away mid year, something is wrong. When one team can get one hundred million a year in local TV rights, and other teams can barely keep their contracts, something is wrong. That something is how baseball divides up the money.

The Yankees would not make this money without the other teams. The small market teams should demand a salary cap and total revenue sharing of media rights. If the couple of large market teams refuse, then they should simply forfeit every game played in New York and Boston. Once these games are not able to be televised, and Steinbrenner starts getting heat from the sponsors about no games, he will come to the barginning table.

Answer 7

I'd say it's a World Series of Suck between the Royals and Devil Rays, with the seven-game winner going to Tampa.
At least KC ponied up for its franchise pitcher (how's that $55 million for Gil Meche treating you, KC Fan?). Not only has Tampa been a loser since its inception in 1998, it hasn't even SNIFFED a winning season.
And it plays indoors in one of the sunniest states in the union.

Answer 8

Royals.

No Family days.
One of the worst stadiums i have seen except for the waterfall.
Horrible team

Answer 9

Florida Marlins. Constantly getting rid of talent because of a refusal, not an inability to resign, they don't spend their revenue sharing, Dolphins Stadium is awful, during the summer there's a hurricane once a week in Miami and Jeffrey Loria is a control freak who fired the manager of the year because he disagreed with personnel moves.

Answer 10

The honest answer is Baltimore. They have more money than they spend. They have a great park, but do not give back to their fans. Now they blame Washington for all their ills.