Who's worse: Astros or Marlins?

It's safe to say the Houston Astros (23-44) and the Miami Marlins (19-46) are the two worst teams in Major League Baseball this season. But, which one is the worst team? Let's look at the stats.

Allowed a league-high 352 runs through 67 games

(Next highest total: Toronto Blue Jays with 321 runs allowed)

4.85 earned run average (worst in majors by three-tenths of a percentage point)

10-23 home record (worst in majors)

.242 team batting average (only eighth worst in majors)

254 runs scored (20th out of 30 teams)

68 home runs (15th out of 30 teams)

Scored a league-low 194 runs

(Next worst total: Washington Nationals with 224 runs scored)

.229 team batting average

(Lowest average: New York Mets .224)

.285 on-base percentage (worst in majors)

.324 slugging percentage (worst in majors)

8-24 road record (worst in majors)

4.06 earned run average (18th out of 30 teams)

Not a lot of promise in those stats, is there?

Well, one of these two teams has to be the worst of the worst. Given that bad pitching is a little easier to overcome than bad hitting (not to mention the fact that Houston's farm system is rated among the best in the majors), I declare that the Miami Marlins are the worst of the worst. Their pitching is pedestrian, and their hitting is atrocious (even with Giancarlo Stanton back in the lineup).