The Houston Astros are the worst team in baseball. Their record currently stands at 41-93 and they are in last place in the NL Central. In fact, they’d be in last place in any division in baseball but not as far back as they are right now.
It just so happens that the Cincinnati Reds, owners of baseball’s best record at 82-53, are also in the NL Central. Thanks to this coincidence, the Astros find themselves a whopping 40.5 games out of first place. If the Reds continue to play well and the Astros continue to play like they just learned the rules last week, we could see one of the largest discrepancies between first place team and last place team in history.
In 2003, the Detroit Tigers finished 43-119 and 47 games out of first. Though it would take quite the show of ineptitude on the part of the ‘Stros to equal that final record, the Tigers had the benefit of having the second-worst first-place team in baseball win AL Central that year. The Twins finished with just 90 wins in 2003, w...
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