Brace yourselves, baseball fans — the race to the bottom is heating up, and it’s not pretty. In a sport built on hope and home runs, two franchises are redefining futility with every painful inning. Enter the Colorado Rockies and the Chicago White Sox, two teams locked in a grim battle for the MLB basement. And if recent insights are to be believed, the South Side may soon hit rock bottom — literally.

The Chicago White Sox have been called the worst team in MLB for a long time, and now they have competition from the Colorado Rockies. While every MLB insider and analyst discusses the top-performing teams, Jim Bowden gave his take on this new competition.

In one of his recent articles, Jim Bowden wrote about many things, and one of them was about the White Sox and the Rockies’ poor performance. “The Rockies are clearly the worst team in the NL… I still think the White Sox (4-13) will be the worst team by the All-Star break,” mentioned Bowden.

While the Rockies are the worst team in the NL right now, Bowden says things will be very different by the All-Star season. This Rockies’ situation is not surprising at all. They have had no activity in the market, not only this year but for the past few years. But calling them the worst after 17 games might not be correct, as per the analyst. Why?

Well, the White Sox also have very similar numbers. While the Rockies are at 3-14, the White Sox are at 4-13 in the win-loss column. As pointed out by Bowden, even though the youngsters in the Chicago lineup have been a bright spot, there are doubts about how long they will shine. Players like Edgar Quero and Chase Meidroth did well in the minor leagues and made their debut in the majors. While the start in the majors might not have been well for the White Sox, these players have done well.

The Rockies are looking more likely to improve as the season goes deeper because of their experienced rotation. Players like Kyle Freeland and German Marquez have shown very high promise from the start of the season. So while both teams are trudging through early-season misery, only one seems destined for long-term despair.

The Rockies may be bad, but at least they’re predictably bad. The White Sox? They’re out here turning disappointment into an art form. If there’s a bottom to hit, Chicago looks determined to dig a little deeper. At this rate, the South Side might need more than a rebuild — maybe a rescue mission.

But what about Colorado?

Breaking down the Rockies’ biggest struggles in 2025

The Rockies have taken the concept of a slow start and turned it into performance art. While most teams are busy finding their rhythm, they seem to have misplaced the sheet music entirely. And while hope springs eternal in MLB, someone might want to check if Colorado even brought a spring.

The Rockies have not had an ideal start to the season. Journalist George Ferguson has given the 3 main problems the Rockies have to fix before it is too late. The first is consistency. The whole lineup is very inconsistent and unpredictable. Manager Bud Black has not had one consistent lineup till now due to a player slump. But now he seems to get a good idea of what the final lineup looks like. There might be some changes in between, but sticking with the same lineup might get the rhythm back for the Rockies.

The second thing to fix is the bullpen. The bullpen has been very unreliable and has been blowing leads. The game against the Athletics on April 6 is a glaring example. They had a 2-run lead going into the 6th and then blew it up and lost the game 7-4. According to Ferguson, they need to use Bradley Blalock more often and consider adding Austin Gomber to the rotation when healthy.

The best is saved for the last, and it is scoring more runs. The only way to win games is to put runs on the board, and that is how baseball works. The Rockies have been able to get on base, but often fail to score. The series against the Padres proves this point, where the Colorado Rockies were not able to put one run on the board for the whole series. Against the Dodgers, it was a bit different, but it came down to LA outscoring the Rockies in all 3 games.

If getting on base was the goal, the Rockies might be in playoff contention, but unfortunately, this game still rewards crossing home plate. And that brings us to the harsh truth: Unless Colorado finds a way to hit, hold leads, and stick to a lineup that doesn’t change with the wind, this season’s going to be less of a comeback story and more of a cautionary tale. Time’s ticking—and the cellar’s getting crowded.