Thanks to an additional wild-card spot and the availability of lots and lots of spending money, it's really never been easier for Major League Baseball clubs to flip a switch and try to build a winner overnight.
And yet, there's still a place in the game for rebuilding. And yes, it's still a complicated process that's hard to get right. Determining when rebuilds should be completed isn't an exact science.
So here's wishing us luck, because what we're here to do is dive into MLB's rebuilding teams and narrow down when they figure to have a real shot at playing in October.
My list contains 10 teams that have either been in a rebuilding phase in recent years or are just now getting into a rebuilding phase. And though predicting when they will be returning to the postseason is a fool's errand, we can at least look at things like major league assets, minor league assets and financial flexibility and come up with a forecast for when they should be good enough for the task.
Let's go ahead and count 'em down, starting with the longest rebuilds and working our way up to the clubs that should make it October the soonest.
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