Miami Marlins

The Miami Marlins play at loanDepot Park, a retractable-roof stadium built to combat South Florida's heat and rain. Despite a relatively short history, the Marlins have twice won the World Series as underdogs, developing a reputation for producing young pitching talent before trading it away. The team's teal-and-black-inspired identity has evolved several times since the franchise's founding. Miami's baseball market remains one of the more challenging in the sport to sustain consistent attendance.

The Marlins debuted as an expansion team in 1993 and shocked baseball just five years later, winning the 1997 World Series as a wild-card team before the front office dismantled the roster in a fire sale. Miami won a second championship in 2003, again as a surprise postseason run, beating the Yankees behind young ace Josh Beckett. Both title runs remain unusual for how quickly the rosters were broken up afterward. Two championships in a short history make the Marlins one of the more improbable success stories in the sport.