More bad news for the Miami Marlins this season

It has already been a busy start to the off-season for the Miami Marlins. The team has been making changes on the heels of a 100 loss season, and looking ahead to greener pastures the next one. At least there's some positives coming from some surprising breakout pitchers. It's hard to find good news in a 100 loss season, but luckily there's some here. Unfortunately it doesn't extend to other issues.

Miami Marlins attendance issues continued this season.

As Peter Bendix and Bruce Sherman prepare for the offseason, the payroll will likely depend on things such as attendance. The attendance unfortunately wasn't very good this season. It was a shockingly terrible 29'th out of 30 teams. The official attendance number is 1,087,453. That's worse than the Tampa Bay Rays, who finished with 1,337,739 in their own poor season. Of course Tampa had the better record, but neither made the playoffs.

The Oakland Athletics had the worst attendance in the Major Leagues, finishing with a poor 922,286. Interestingly, some division rivals didn't do much better either. The New York Mets actually finished 17'th at 2,329,299. It was a good number, but a pretty low position for a playoff team in the New York market. Of course it's the New York Yankees who own that market, finishing second at 3,309,838.

The Atlanta Braves finished fifth at 3,011,755, and the Philadelphia Phillies finished third at 3,363,712. Philly is coming off two straight National League Championship Series appearances, including a pennant just two seasons ago. They were the favorites to do the same thing this season, biut failed to do so. The Washington Nationals finished twenty-second at 1,967,302. That's not a surprise as it's a rebuilding team, that only briefly competed for a playoff spot this season.

Which team finished in first place? None other than the Los Angeles Dodgers. Their attendance figure was 3,941,251. For comparison, their rivals from Anaheim: the Los Angeles Angels finished thirteenth at 2,577,597.

The Miami Marlins need to have better attendance next season. There is no chance for any higher payrolls if the fans don't show up to the park. The loanDepot Park is capable of hosting sell-outs as the World Baseball Classic showed. the Fish just need to start winning.