What's the next championship drought to get busted?

[sonic92]

Texas winning their first World Series ended a drought they had going back to their first season (as the 2.0 edition of the Washington Senators) in 1961. We've seen a few big droughts ended in recent years, so which of the teams with the 10 longest droughts will see theirs ended next?

1. Cleveland (1948)
T-2. San Diego (started in 1969)
T-2. Milwaukee (started in 1969)
4. Seattle (started in 1977)
5. Pittsburgh (1979)
6. Baltimore (1983)
7. Detroit (1984)
8. NY Mets (1986)
9. Oakland (1989)
10. Cincinnati (1990)

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[GKJ]

Is it a drought if you never had one?

 

[Unholy Diver]

Is it a drought if you never had one?

Seems like that would just be the local climate more than a drought

 

[MVP of West Hollywd]

San Diego puts it together

 

[TheTotalPackage]

Baltimore is trending that way. But I'm sure their owner is going to stand in the way of that.

 

[Terry Yake]

reds

 

[AmabileCassarole]

Baltimore is trending that way. But I'm sure their owner is going to stand in the way of that.

As a Rockies fan, I look at Baltimore with both jealousy and sympathy exactly because of this.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Pirates

 

[weaponomega]

Hard to believe the Cleveland teams of the mid to late 90s didn't win a world series.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

I'd probably say Seattle is the closest based on the stability of their franchise. Feels like they can sustain decent success and a long enough window to get it done. SD has the horses but it's such a chaotic franchise. Mets are in trouble because they are a high paid dumpster fire that can only get out of this by spending more and hoping it all works. Sort of like SD.

I think Cincy has a really good collection of young players but I don't have faith in that franchise to get it done. Same with Baltimore. Great talent and potential but not a franchise to bet on.

 

[Voight]

Is it a drought if you never had one?

I remember this coming up in the 2019 finals. People were saying it was a 42 year drought for St Louis, but it didn't seem right.

 

[GKJ]

I remember this coming up in the 2019 finals. People were saying it was a 42 year drought for St Louis, but ut didn't seem right.

Yeah, that’s just a wait.

 

[LightningStorm]

Baltimore. Strong contending roster right now, a strong farm system, and Angelos is selling the team.