2022 MLB Divisional Rooting Map Revealed

(Panama City) - Everyone loves an underdog, and that’s exactly who America is rooting for with eight teams left standing in the 2022 MLB season.

Our crack staff analyzed geo-tagged keyword association Twitter data over the past week, tracking official fan hashtags for each team in every state.

For example, #ForTheLand (Guardians), #RepBX (Yankees), #SeaUsRise (Mariners), #LevelUp (Astros), #RingTheBell (Phillies), #Back2Battle (Braves), #CaptureTheMoment (Padres), #WinForVin (Dodgers).

More than 300,000 tweets were included in the study.

The results produced a two “rooting for” favorites, both of which are up against the juggernauts of the American League.

As you can see from the map, a large chunk of America is rooting for the Mariners, who haven't been in the playoffs since 2001 and have never played in a World Series. And then you have the team from Cleveland up next, which hasn't won a championship since 1948.

State Breakdown

Mariners – 15 states

Guardians - 13

Braves - 7

Yankees - 5

Phillies - 3

Dodgers - 3

Padres - 2

Astros - 2