The San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals own October.
At least one of those teams has appeared in the National League Championship Series in each of the past five seasons, and the clubs have combined to win four of the last five World Series titles. Simply put, the Giants and the Cardinals have been there and done that.
In the process of ranking the most battle-tested squads of the 2015 MLB playoff races, there were a few key factors taken into consideration:
- Experience navigating tight September dogfights
- Experience winning in the postseason
- The number of World Series winners on a given roster
While the Giants and the Cardinals were left to jockey for the top spot, there was also room in the top five for a first-place club led by an ace who has all sorts of experience but who has never throw a pitch in the big-league postseason.