That was 25 years ago, and no franchise has won consecutive championships since. Yet a few mini-dynastys and major surprises have sprung since then. With the 2025 Major League Baseball season approaching, USA TODAY Sports ranks the 25 World Series champions from, shall we say, least-accomplished to greatest in this century:

MLB season is nearly here, and we're onto Day 2 of season predictions from the CBS Sports MLB staff. On Monday, we all laid out our predictions for how each of the six divisions would finish, 1-5, and picked our three wild-card teams in each league.

With MLB’s traditional Opening Day coming on Thursday, the Rotoworld Baseball crew got together to give their predictions for how the 2025 MLB season will play out. Spoiler alert: The Dodgers should be really good.