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#The MLB teams hurt the most by fanless games

#The MLB teams hurt the most by fanless games

Which teams get hurt the most, lose their home-field advantage most dramatically, by fanless ballparks? Our subjective rankings incorporate these factors: Recent and historical attendance, stadium acoustics, fan-base reputation/tradition, recent team performance and expected team success for 2020. Plus perhaps just a pinch of New York bias.

1. Washington Nationals

Man, these folks, so electric at Nationals Park during last year’s postseason, would’ve been fired up to cheer on their defending champions, even with Gerardo “Baby Shark” Parra gone.

2. St. Louis Cardinals

The most consistently supportive fan base in the game.

3. Los Angeles Dodgers

With Mookie Betts aboard, they surely would’ve led the industry in attendance for an eighth straight year.

4. New York Mets

A filled, engaged Citi Field is about as good as it gets; with that in mind, they should drop to 24th if Jacob deGrom’s back problems persist.

5. New York Yankees

No, it’ll never match the old Yankee Stadium, but Gerrit Cole’s maiden pinstriped voyage would’ve fired up the place pretty good.

6. Philadelphia Phillies

They posted the largest attendance increase last year after signing Bryce Harper, and how much would their Santa-Claus-booing loyalists have enjoyed a vintage Joe Girardi meltdown with an umpire?

7. Milwaukee Brewers

When the roof is closed and the team is rocking, you don’t want to take on Bernie Brewer and company.

8. Los Angeles Angels

Shohei Ohtani back on the mound and Anthony Rendon teaming with Mike Trout means the Rally Monkey would’ve received quite the workout this year.

9. Oakland Athletics

The worst ballpark aesthetically by far, which makes it all the more intimidating when the team is strong (as it should be this year) and the East Bay rowdies fill it up.

10. Houston Astros

The many diehards could’ve derived the sign-stealing earthquake as fake news and backed their beleaguered guys.

11. Minnesota Twins

A fun and powerful team in a region that loves its baseball.

12. Texas Rangers

They have really good starting pitching and a brand new home in Globe Life Field.

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The Texas Rangers’ new ballpark, Globe Life Field.Getty Images

13. Atlanta Braves

They would’ve finally banned the tomahawk chop, right? Something else would’ve had to fill the void.

14. Cincinnati Reds

They should contend, and attendance increased last year when the team added talent, which it did again this past winter.

15. Chicago Cubs

Nothing beats Wrigley Field for atmosphere, but this club feels like a falling stock.

16. Chicago White Sox

Nearly everywhere else beats Guaranteed Rate Field (worst ballpark name ever) for atmosphere, but this club feels like a rising stock.

17. Toronto Blue Jays

An exciting young core and Hyun-Jin Ryu could’ve brought Rogers Centre back to life.

18. Arizona Diamondbacks

Madison Bumgarner should add some spark to blah Chase Field if and when people fill the stands again.

19. San Diego Padres

Petco Park ordinarily carries the intensity of Owen Wilson. Except the Padres might actually be in the mix this season.

20. Colorado Rockies

People come to Coors Field. Even Nolan Arenado doesn’t think this team has a chance, though.

21. Boston Red Sox

While Fenway Park excels in good times, these are not good times for Red Sox Nation.

22. San Francisco Giants

Tremendous home, great fans, lousy 2020 team.

23. Cleveland Indians

Sadly, Francisco Lindor and great pitching don’t seem to entice many occupants of this city that has fallen on hard times.

24. Seattle Mariners

Until Jarred Kelenic arrives, T-Mobile Park will be quiet whether paying customers are allowed or not.

25. (tie) Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City Royals

Four tremendous baseball towns, four currently noncompetitive baseball entities.

29. (tie) Miami Marlins and Tampa Bay Rays

Bud Selig never should’ve brought regular-season baseball to Florida.

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