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Which ball club is the most hated in Major League Baseball these days?
That hotly-debated topic has been answered by a semi-scientific Twitter study that analyzed more than 50,000 hate-related tweets since Opening Day.
BetOnline.ag conducted the research, and the results aren’t terribly surprising. The Yankees, Dodgers and Astros, in that order, lead the pack.
The gaming site tracked negative sentiment tweets individually for each MLB team, containing phrases such as, "I hate the Yankees," "(expletive) the Dodgers," "screw the Astros," etc.
The Yanks won the hate contest with nearly 7,000 negative tweets since the 2022 season started.
The Dodgers were a close second with 5,618 negative tweets while Houston had nearly 5,000 tweets against them.
The least hated team…the Arizona Diamondbacks, of course.
And here are the exact totals for all 30 MLB teams:
New York Yankees 6766
Los Angeles Dodgers 5618
Houston Astros 4865
Philadelphia Phillies 3891
Chicago Cubs 3059
Boston Red Sox 2764
San Francisco Giants 2486
New York Mets 2454
St. Louis Cardinals 2335
Minnesota Twins 1710
San Diego Padres 1707
Kansas City Royals 1612
Los Angeles Angels 1529
Cleveland Guardians 1479
Cincinnati Reds 1334
Atlanta Braves 1252
Texas Rangers 1221
Pittsburgh Pirates 926
Tampa Bay Rays 705
Washington Nationals 641
Miami Marlins 607
Baltimore Orioles 513
Milwaukee Brewers 491
Detroit Tigers 432
Chicago White Sox 428
Oakland Athletics 366
Seattle Mariners 310
Colorado Rockies 283
Toronto Blue Jays 243
Ariz. Diamondbacks 197
