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MLB 14 The Show: Five Teams To Rebuild Today

10:24 AM - April 11, 2014 by RaychelSnr

If you have no favorite Major League team, or happen to be bored playing with your favorite team and are looking to resurrect a franchise from the ashes, than you should keep on reading. Sure, it’s easy to grab a team like the Dodgers, Red Sox, Cardinals, Tigers, or Yankees and all but guarantee yourself a playoff spot on a yearly basis, or you could travel the unconventional route and pick a franchise whose farm system is healthy, and has at least some talent at the Major League level to supplement the upcoming future prospects.

We are going to take a look at five different teams, their farm systems, and what talent they have on the big league level already.

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# 21 KingV2k3 @ 04/11/14 06:36 PM

Kind of surprised to see the Royals in the 5 spot, since CWS looks to me, to be much more of a challenge to turn around...

# 22 royals19 @ 04/11/14 06:55 PM

I'm not too sure about the Royals being in the 5 spot. This 2014 team on paper is arguably one of the best teams in franchise history. They obviously aren't on the same level as the Cardinals or Red Sox but overall it's a pretty solid team. There really isn't anything to rebuild anything. What you see on that roster right now is what you're going to see for the next 3 or 4 years minus perhaps James Shields and another player or two. Realistically, the only way to win with this team is to stay the course. The payroll is maxed out and the only real ways to improve the team are to let the players currently on the roster get better and let the kids in the system develop. I'm a huge fan but I'm not gonna sit here an be a homer. They could get better but there isn't really anyone can do to make them better without provoking a massive rebuild which makes zero sense.

If anyone should be on there, it should be the White Sox. They've got a mediocre (but promising) offense and pitching staff. Paul Konerko is gone after this year and Adam Dunn is probably on his last leg with Abreu now in the fold. The White Sox have to rebuild their bullpen, find more reliable arms in the rotation and develop Matt Davidson, Jose Abreu, Adam Eaton and Avisail Garcia before they come anywhere close to tasting the playoffs. I'm sorry but the Royals are a better team than the White Sox.

# 23 Picci @ 04/11/14 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Knight165


	Take it easy...... You might be too young to remember this.... M.K. Knight165

I know your not to young to remember this...

# 24 Knight165 @ 04/11/14 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Picci


	I know your not to young to remember this...

Well....a little...I was only 5 then.
The '73 team I was much more keen on.

M.K.
Knight165

# 25 rynecandy @ 04/11/14 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by bigleaguechew


	You must be new here

haha...I wish because I could blame that on my ignorance. I've been browsing the site since the early 2000's before signing up. I thought the farm system in the game (default roster) was all fake players with no attributes that could be paired with a real person, since they weren't part of the Union. The article talks about taking control of teams because of their prospects but they wouldn't exist in the game. They wouldn't exist until Knight and others come out with the altered name/physical appearance/attributes rosters. So I'm just questioning the relevance of the article to someone who is playing with default rosters. Unless, I'm wrong about the default rosters not having MiLB players that can be traced back to real baseball players.

# 26 SilverBullet1929 @ 04/11/14 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by HozAndMoose


	The reasons are known. You just dont know or done want to believe that's actually why.

Is it cuz of the style guide?

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# 27 sxaalex @ 04/12/14 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by bluengold34_OS


	Miami was very close to making the list - trust me, but their farm system was a little weaker than the teams that did make it. I completely agree with your mindset though, and one could not go wrong with picking Miami over the five I listed.

Really weaker than the whitesox farm system .

# 28 WaitTilNextYear @ 04/12/14 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Knight165


	Take it easy...... You might be too young to remember this.... M.K. Knight165

Isringhausen, Pulsipher, and Wilson. lol

Isringhausen is best known for being a quality reliever, Pulsipher is best known for nothing, and Paul Wilson is best known for this...

hint: he's not the guy administering the beating!

note to self, be nice to Kyle Farnsworth

# 29 acts238shaun @ 04/12/14 03:25 AM

For a split second I thought someone Photoshopped a Mets jersey on Satchel Page...Valverde is looking old. I remember signing him in the MVP series, lol.

# 30 orion523 @ 04/12/14 11:33 AM

For difficulty, I don't think you need to go further than my Phillies. An old underachieving club with an exorbitant payroll and little in the way if prospects. It's going to take years for the Phil's to be anywhere near playoff caliber whereas the Cubs, Royals, Astros, Twins and even the Mets all have good young clubs primed for the future.

# 31 tbook24 @ 04/12/14 11:49 AM

i would choose the cubs because its a miracle to win with them plus i think the game has some built in bias to slight them in the playoffs lol

# 32 bellz666 @ 04/12/14 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Knight165


	Take it easy...... You might be too young to remember this.... M.K. Knight165

Haha Generation K

# 33 Metroalex @ 04/14/14 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by HozAndMoose


	The reasons are known. You just dont know or done want to believe that's actually why.

Do tell. And if you say the style guide, how did the camo jersey get in?

# 34 BrianM207 @ 04/14/14 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by braves_94


	That's all I think about everytime they plug Harvey and associates. I don't know if I remember that threes name. But surely they were no Glavine, Smoltz, and Avery. But let me try... Paul Wilson, Jason Isringhauser, and... for some reason Presley rings a bell. But it's not Alex like the former Pirate OF'er. I can't think of that third one.

You were/are thinking of Kirk Presley . Never panned out to anything.

# 35 Bruin26 @ 04/14/14 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by rynecandy


	haha...I wish because I could blame that on my ignorance. I've been browsing the site since the early 2000's before signing up. I thought the farm system in the game (default roster) was all fake players with no attributes that could be paired with a real person, since they weren't part of the Union. The article talks about taking control of teams because of their prospects but they wouldn't exist in the game. They wouldn't exist until Knight and others come out with the altered name/physical appearance/attributes rosters. So I'm just questioning the relevance of the article to someone who is playing with default rosters. Unless, I'm wrong about the default rosters not having MiLB players that can be traced back to real baseball players.

Many fine folks here on the site redo the rosters so all the prospects are in the game.

# 36 Birdman18 @ 04/16/14 04:39 AM

The Cubs aren't neccesarily thin at pitching.. They have two top 100 prospects rated by baseball America in CJ Edwards and Peirce Johnson, Jeff smardzija, Travis wood, and Pedro Stroup

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