Marlins, Orioles, Indians suffer awful attendance numbers
There was a concerning number of empty seats around baseball Monday, and the Miami Marlins, Baltimore Orioles, and Cleveland Indians were front and center amid the poor attendance.
Miami only drew 7,003 fans to Marlins Park against the New York Mets on Monday. The rebuilding Marlins, who didn't have any problems with weather, couldn't get butts in seats despite being greeted with the presence of MLB star Noah Syndergaard on the hill for New York.
Tonight's paid attendance for Mets-Marlins of 7,003 is the smallest announced crowd ever for a game at Marlins Park. Before tonight, the worst attendance at the park was 10,428 on April 1 of this year.
— Jared Diamond (@jareddiamond) April 10, 2018
During a frigid downpour in Baltimore, the Orioles only drew 7,915 fans against the Toronto Blue Jays, which was the lowest attendance in the history of Camden Yards, with the lone exception being April 29, 2015, when fans weren't allowed into the park because of civil unrest due to the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody.
Cleveland fell short of the 10,000-fan mark despite being one of MLB's best teams and a dominant 13-strikeout performance from ace Corey Kluber against the Detroit Tigers. It was only 33 degrees Fahrenheit.
Cleveland (25,285, 22nd overall), Baltimore (25,042, 23rd overall), and Miami (20,395, 27th overall) were among the worst-attended teams in MLB last season, according to ESPN.