Better Luck Next Year: Here's Why Your Team Won't Win the World Series

Four teams remain in the playoffs, but only one can win it all. So we've come up with cases for why each of the Astros, Cubs, Dodgers and Yankees won't be the last team left standing.

With the MLB playoffs now down to four teams, the list of teams includes one with 27 World Series titles (the Yankees), one with zero (the Astros) and last year's defending champion (the Cubs). Two teams with a combined 199 wins (the Indians and Nationals) couldn't survive the first round and are now home for the winter. So who is going to win the World Series? None of us know the answer to that, but four of our writers have compiled cases for why your favorite team—whether it's the Dodgers, Yankees, Astros or Cubs—won't end up hoisting The Commissioner's Trophy at the end of the playoffs.