2027 Season:
The
Texas Rangers won their second ever World Series, defeating the New York Mets in 6 games.
The
Lake Elsinore Storm have been relegated to the Pit of Despair. They finished the season 54-107, 5 games behind the Grand Junction Rockies for last place. The Storm finished in 38th place in 2021, but only had one other season above .500.
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Notes:
This will forever be known as the year that multiple Minor League teams broke through. All 6 statistics shown on the front page (AVG, HR, RBI, ERA, W, K) were led by players on minor league teams. Additionally, nine MiLB teams won at least 90 games.
Sean Sanders of the Lakewood Blue Claws led the league with a .374 batting average.
Charlotte Knights 1B Elvis Trickel led the league with 72 home runs.
Wilmington Blue Rocks SP Mike Glover led the league with 325 strikeouts. He has stepped up and filled the hole left by ace Kiril de Loera, who signed with the Durham Bulls this past offseason.
Rangers rookie centerfielder Luis Legarreta led the league with 10.1 WAR. The 31-year-old signed with the team out of Cuba this past offseason.
Clayton Kershaw, now with St. Louis, won his 300th game in May.
It was a season to remember for the Lexington Legends. After finishing one spot out of relegation just four years earlier, they won 108 games, leading the league in runs scored and finishing in sixth place. As recently as September 10th, they were in third. The team was led by Luis Zapata, signed 7 years earlier as an international amateur. Zapata hit .327 with 62 homers and a 1.106 OPS. Luis Arteaga, another international amateur signing, led the league in on base percentage.
The Sacramento River Cats were the best MiLB team, going 110-51 and finishing in 3rd place. Just two games out of the playoffs, they had the best season any minor league team has had yet.
The Philadelphia Phillies were the worst MLB team, going 81-80. They finished in 77th place, 5 games behind the Boston Red Sox.
Miguel Cabrera, Zack Greinke, CC Sabathia, and Max Scherzer all were inducted into the Hall of Fame.
2018:
Princeton Rays
2019:
Bristol Pirates
2020:
Aberdeen Ironbirds
2021:
Hickory Crawdads
2022:
Mobile Bay Bears
2023:
Reading Fightin Phils
2024:
Bowie Baysox
2025:
Potomac Nationals
2026:
Biloxi Shuckers
2027:
Lake Elsinore Storm
