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in News 06.06.2019 06:59
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Some people call it rebuilding, and some people prefer to call it tanking. Either way, the process is familiar, and the Cubs just demonstrated how well it can work out. As counterintuitive as it might seem, theres something exciting, something appealing about the notion of tearing things down and starting almost from scratch.Nobody wants to end up in a position where a team thinks about initiating a rebuild. From the perspective of a fan or an executive, the priority is always to win sooner than later, and for rebuilding teams the picture can be bleak. Giving up is never an easy thing to stomach, but reassurance comes from having a long-term plan. It can even feel better to track the development of promising youngsters even while a big league team takes loss after loss.At this moment, there are a few teams in the midst of their own rebuilds. The Atlanta Braves clearly started a few years ago, and they feel like theyve already been through the worst. The Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Brewers and San Diego Padres are at various stages of their own reconstructions. What other rebuild candidates are there? What sort of rebuilding might they be able to do? Ive identified four teams that might soon elect to blow it all up. One of them could even start at any minute.The team that could start rebuilding the soonest is also the team that could have the most to gain. The Chicago White Sox have spent a few years trying to push forward with a quality core and a thin supporting cast. They could very well try that again, but it looks increasingly likely that the Sox could sell off their bigger pieces. How far they might go would be up to the front office, but if GM Rick Hahn wants to, he could be the center of the MLB offseason.The White Sox wouldnt gain much if they just sold, say, Melky Cabrera, Todd Frazier and David Robertson. Cabreras contract is underwater. Frazier is in his last year before free agency, and Robertson is due another $25 million over two years as a second-tier closer. Even Jose Abreu might fetch just a modest return; hes close to 30 years old, hes about to get expensive, and hes coming off his worst season. Moving them alone wouldnt significantly help Chicago stock up its farm system.To get there, the White Sox would have to really commit. If they were to commit, just imagine: Chris Sale could go. Jose Quintana could go. Adam Eaton could go. Even Nate Jones could go. Sale is under club control through 2019, Quintana through 2020, Eaton through 2021 and Jones might be as well, depending on a contract technicality. The fact that theyre all under affordable long-term control makes them appealing for Chicago, but it also makes them appealing to the whole baseball landscape. Every team could use those players. Sale is an ace, Quintana might as well be one, Eaton has turned into a star outfielder, and Jones is an underrated, dominant set-up man. Cheap Air Jordan 1 China Wholesale . -- Damian Lillard and LaMarcus Alrdridge were again the go-to duo for the Trail Blazers against the Kings. Cheap Air Jordan 2 China Wholesale .C. -- Charlotte Bobcats coach Steve Clifford said after all of these years in the NBA hes still amazed at some of the things LeBron James does. http://www.cheapjordanschinawholesale.com/ .C. United of Major League Soccer. United chose the defender in the second round of the 2013 MLS re-entry draft. Cheap Air Jordan Shoes .C. -- Chris Thorburn thinks one of the reasons the Winnipeg Jets have been successful under new coach Paul Maurice is that theyre playing together as a team. Discount Air Jordan Sale . After taking two big hits this week -- losing at home and dropping back-to-back games for the first time all season -- Indiana struck back by playing its most complete game of the year. Chris Wallers first trip to Perth six years ago dented his confidence that he could plunder a West Australian Group One race.But any doubt is now a distant memory as the champion trainer prepares to chase three successive years of elite level victories at Ascot with Good Project and Mackintosh in Saturdays Railway Stakes.Wallers first foray west was in 2010 with Triple Honour, the first of his now 65 Group One winners.Triple Honour beat one runner home in the Railway before finishing sixth in the Group One Kingston Town Classic and fourth in the Group Two C B Cox Stakes.It didnt give me a lot of confidence, Waller said.While it took four years for Waller to return, Moriarty proved to the triainer he could successfully pull off a Perth heist with an unlucky third in the Railway and victory in the Kingston Town.When you get success it makes it easier to go back, Waller said.Thats why you see Golden Slippers, Melbourne Cups targeted by the same trainers every year because they have confidence in doing it.Going to Perth is no different.He believes defendding Railway winner Good Project is again the right horse to take west this year.ddddddddddddood Project ran seventh in the Group One Cantala Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on October 29, with the horse blocked for clear running on the home turn.Hes where he needs to be and Group One form where he was unlucky is as good as form youll get going to Perth, Waller said.Mackintosh was fifth in the Cantala.Waller conceded Mackintosh was soft in the last 100m but attributed that to the horse being posted three wide during the race.The winner Le Romain came off his back through having cover, Waller said.I think if he had Le Romains run, he would have been closer to the finish.Stablemate Vanbrugh is likely to join Mackintosh in the Kingston Town (1800m) on December 3, with their trainer certain of only one crucial aspect of a successful western raid.Ive worked out youve got to take a pretty good horse to be able to win, Waller said. 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