VOTE: Are the Pirates the second-worst team in baseball?
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The Colorado Rockies are currently sitting at an epically bad 8-40 record as clearly the worst team in baseball at the moment. However, the title for the second-worst team in the MLB is a little more convoluted. The Pittsburgh Pirates are sitting at 16-33 at the time of this writing, while the Chicago White Sox are 15-34, and the Baltimore Orioles are at 15-32. Each of those teams has a legitimate case as the second-worst team in baseball after the Rockies. What we want to know this week, is which one is your pick for second-worst?
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