Rob Arthur took a very interesting look at how fans are talking about their teams on Reddit, and if you measure things by quantity, there’s only one team more active than Mets fans right now. It’s not surprising that the Giants rate highest when it comes to total emotional words on reddit, though — their team is on quite a run.

Re-sort the list to reflect average positive words per negative word, though, and a different picture emerges:

Name Total Affect Rating Projected Wins Last Year’s Wins Ratio (Postive/Negative Affect Miami Marlins 1184 80 77 2.624142661 Seattle Mariners 4172 87 87 2.596021423 Pittsburgh Pirates 1574 81 88 2.569292124 Tampa Bay Rays 320 86 77 2.531100478 Chicago White Sox 2214 79 73 2.410191083 San Diego Padres 1540 85 77 2.295206056 Milwaukee Brewers 1984 80 82 2.242329368 Oakland Athletics 2816 85 88 2.222752931 Cleveland Indians 771 80 85 2.164652568 Houston Astros 1289 77 70 2.141718335 Boston Red Sox 3914 88 71 2.100056211 Cincinnati Reds 1618 79 76 2.091031693 New York Yankees 684 80 84 2.055555556 Atlanta Braves 6967 75 79 2.008832899 Chicago Cubs 4096 81 73 2.007130563 Kansas City Royals 1000 71 89 1.996015936 Washington Nationals 3706 91 96 1.988266667 San Francisco Giants 12082 84 88 1.98363592 Detroit Tigers 2163 83 90 1.916525424 Texas Rangers 1849 79 67 1.912185496 Toronto Blue Jays 4263 83 83 1.884439834 Minnesota Twins 791 70 70 1.873068433 St. Louis Cardinals 7185 89 90 1.868382886 Philadelphia Phillies 1475 70 73 1.866627497 Baltimore Orioles 2623 78 96 1.852453689 New York Mets 8087 81 79 1.823188111 Los Angeles Angels 433 91 98 1.803339518 Arizona D-backs 624 73 64 1.794904459 Colorado Rockies 504 71 66 1.760180995 Los Angeles Dodgers 5214 97 94 1.574418861

Yup, down there at 26th you’ll find the Mets. So it looks like Mets fans ‘feel’ the most, at least if you define it by amount of words on Reddit. It’s a Shakespearean question: would you rather feel the most, good and bad, or be a Rays fan, feeling very little, but most of it upbeat?

One missing factor here is the size of the fanbase. For lack of a better easily found way to measure that, we’ll use total attendance. Let’s divide number of affect words by the yearly attendance last year to see of Mets fans are truly dedicated in their misery.

Name Total Affect Rating Projected Wins Last Year’s Wins Ratio Fans Words/Fan New York Mets 8087 81 79 1.82 2,148,808 0.0038 San Francisco Giants 12082 84 88 1.98 3,368,697 0.0036 Atlanta Braves 6967 75 79 2.01 2,354,305 0.0030 St. Louis Cardinals 7185 89 90 1.87 3,540,649 0.0020 Seattle Mariners 4172 87 87 2.60 2,064,334 0.0020 Toronto Blue Jays 4263 83 83 1.88 2,375,525 0.0018 Chicago Cubs 4096 81 73 2.01 2,652,113 0.0015 Washington Nationals 3706 91 96 1.99 2,579,389 0.0014 Oakland Athletics 2816 85 88 2.22 2,003,628 0.0014 Los Angeles Dodgers 5214 97 94 1.57 3,782,337 0.0014 Chicago White Sox 2214 79 73 2.41 1,650,821 0.0013 Boston Red Sox 3914 88 71 2.10 2,956,089 0.0013 Baltimore Orioles 2623 78 96 1.85 2,464,473 0.0011 Detroit Tigers 2163 83 90 1.92 2,917,209 0.0007 Houston Astros 1289 77 70 2.14 1,751,829 0.0007 Milwaukee Brewers 1984 80 82 2.24 2,797,384 0.0007 San Diego Padres 1540 85 77 2.30 2,195,373 0.0007 Miami Marlins 1184 80 77 2.62 1,732,283 0.0007 Texas Rangers 1849 79 67 1.91 2,718,733 0.0007 Cincinnati Reds 1618 79 76 2.09 2,476,664 0.0007 Pittsburgh Pirates 1574 81 88 2.57 2,442,564 0.0006 Philadelphia Phillies 1475 70 73 1.87 2,423,852 0.0006 Cleveland Indians 771 80 85 2.16 1,437,393 0.0005 Kansas City Royals 1000 71 89 2.00 1,956,482 0.0005 Minnesota Twins 791 70 70 1.87 2,250,606 0.0004 Arizona D-backs 624 73 64 1.79 2,073,730 0.0003 Tampa Bay Rays 320 86 77 2.53 1,446,464 0.0002 New York Yankees 684 80 84 2.06 3,401,624 0.0002 Colorado Rockies 504 71 66 1.76 2,680,329 0.0002 Los Angeles Angels 433 91 98 1.80 3,095,935 0.0001

Yup. Mets fans feel. They feel a lot, at least on Reddit. More than any team in baseball, perhaps. For better or for worse.