The zero-sum nature of winning and losing requires exciting and excellent teams to get lost in the annals of history. (Yes, no one else cares about the 2015 Mets but you.)
But, there is beauty to be gleaned in making a playoff run and coming up empty-handed. Here's to seven perfectly A-minus teams from the 2010s that brushed up against immortality before falling back down to earth.
(A quick note on criteria: Any team whose core won a World Series before or after their near-miss was not eligible.)
