Playoff Droughts – Good mix of teams have made the playoffs in CLB in recent years (the top 5 the last time i wrote this article have all made it in since then), but several have been waiting a long time to make even a wildcard game. Pirates the only team from the below to change things in the current season. Marlins and Padres sharing top spot.
| Team | PO Drought |
| Padres/Marlins | 13 years |
| Dodgers | 9 years |
| Astros/Rays | 8 years |
| Pirates | 6 years |
On the other end of the scale, 4 teams are currently riding a 5 season streak of making the playoffs – Phillies/Cardinals/Rockies/Angels – although that will be down to 2 at the end of 2042. Phillies especially worthy of praise for having only missed the playoffs once in the last 15 seasons (what the hell happened in 2036!?).
League Pennant Droughts – Since I last wrote this article, both the Nationals and the Mariners have won their respective leagues for the first time ever. Brewers now waiting the longest for a WS appearance with their only pennant coming when still in the AL back in 1982. No frustration can compare to the Braves who have managed the CLB playoffs 16 times without a pennant to show for it.
| Team | Pennant Drought |
| Brewers | 59 years |
| Reds | 51 years |
| Twins | 50 years |
| Marlins | 44 years |
| Padres | 43 years |
| Braves | 42 years |
World Series title droughts – In CLB we have had 13 different winners at the end of all things each year, and remarkably have seen 11 different franchises win it all across the last 11 seasons. However there are many teams who have kept their fans in a holding pattern for much longer.
In MLB the Cubs and Astros have both broken their droughts but the real-life Guardians can only dream of the 4 titles held by their CLB counterparts.
Curse of the billy goat still holding strong in CLB up to a whopping 133 years of waiting for those loveable losers. Surely the potential for the most glorious triumph for some lucky new GM in the future? Plenty of teams still waiting for their first title as well, with a few near misses over the years.
| CLB Team | WS drought (2042) | MLB Team | WS Drought (2021) |
| Cubs | 133 years | Guardians | 73 years |
| Rangers | 80 years* | Rangers | 61 years* |
| Astros | 79 years* | Brewers | 53 years* |
| Padres | 72 years* | Padres | 53 years* |
| Brewers | 72 years* | Mariners | 45 years* |
| Mariners | 64 years* | Pirates | 42 years |
*denotes years since franchise started