With Fredericksburg’s Carolina League Championship, What’s The Longest MiLB Title Drought?
Image credit: Travis Sykora (Photo by Tom DiPace)
The Fredericksburg Nationals shut out the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers, 3-0, on Wednesday, earning Washington’s Single-A affiliate its first Carolina League title since the team’s relatively recent move to Fredericksburg in 2021. More importantly, it was the Nationals’ first MiLB league title at any level in a decade.
Led by five shutout innings by Travis Sykora and a triple from Elijah Green, the FredNats are the first Nationals team to win a MiLB league championship since the Potomac Nationals (the predecessor of the FredNats) won the High-A Carolina League title in 2014.
That means that the Cincinnati Reds are now in sole possession of the longest title drought in MiLB. No Reds affiliate hasn’t won a league title since the Billings Mustangs won the Pioneer League title in 2014.
Below is a look at the most recent MiLB title for each organization. We will update this as the Double-A and Triple-A titles are settled. Over half of all orgs have won at least one MiLB title in the past two seasons.
| Year | Each Team’s Most Recent Championship |
| 2024 | Cardinals, Dodgers, Guardians, Mariners, Nationals, Rays, Red Sox, Rockies, Tigers |
| 2023 | Blue Jays, Braves, Brewers, Cubs, D-backs, Marlins, Orioles, Twins |
| 2022 | Giants, Mets, Padres, Phillies, Rangers, Yankees |
| 2021 | Pirates, Royals |
| 2020 | SEASON CANCELLED |
| 2019 | NONE |
| 2018 | Astros, White Sox |
| 2017 | Athletics |
| 2016 | Angels |
| 2015 | NONE |
| 2014 | Reds |
And here’s a visualized look at how each team’s minor league trophy case has fared so far this century:
