So with that in mind, let’s jump right in… after a quick reminder that you can subscribe to the Hot Corner Harbor email list for updates when a new article goes up (and only when an article goes up, no spam!). It’ll be useful for the offseason, where I have a couple of article ideas in mind on top of my usual Hall of Fame coverage and Future Hall of Fame series (not to mention the eventual follow-up on this playoff trivia piece!).
DROUGHTS
It feels like kind of a boring year on the drought front, in spite of the fact that all three of our longest active World Series droughts are represented in the playoffs this year, in the Guardians, Brewers, and Padres. A big reason for that is probably because eight of the past ten World Series winners are represented in this season’s postseason field (and with the also recently-crowned Rangers just narrowly missing out as well).
That brings the overall numbers down a bunch, despite those three big ones trying to push in the other direction. But it’s really just those three and the Rays (who, like the Padres and Brewers, are searching for their first ever championship, albeit with a much shorter history). Everyone else here has won at least one title since the turn of the millennium. In fact, our median drought for this set falls right in between the Phillies (2008) and Yankees (2009). It’s actually kind of difficult to wind up with a group of teams with a sub-20 year median drought, given that this is a 30-team league and there have been plenty of repeats in that span. This just isn’t a group that skews towards the long-suffering, in general.
