The Chicago White Sox were once the laughing stock of MLB, now they are a franchise who have set a precedent whom many should follow.In 2024, the White Sox lost 121 games, surpassing the 1962 New York Mets for the most in MLB history.The White Sox were disastrous in 2024 but have bounced back in a big way after tankingGettyTwo years later, armed with one of the most exciting rosters in baseball, Chicago is leading the American League Central comfortable.How can a team go from an MLB record to competing in the space of 730 days? The answer really is hidden in plain sight.The White Sox tanked properlyThe White Sox made the playoffs in 2021, and after a .500 2022, the decision was made to strip it all down.Rather than settling for a slow, mid-tier retool, Chicago stripped the team to its bones by trading away core stars like Garrett Crochet to the Boston Red Sox and Dylan Cease to the San Diego Padres.The moves transformed one of the league’s most barren farm systems into a top-tier prospect pipeline practically overnight. Edgar Quero Noah Schultz and Hagen Smith created a cohesive core capable of graduating to the big leagues together.Smart, calculated, free agent additions like the acquisition of Munetaka Murakami have put the White Sox in prime position to return to the postseason for the first time since 2021.It’s a formula four teams need to follow instead of hovering around mediocrity.Angels need to admit they have a 10-year .500 problemIt’s time for the Los Angeles Angels to decide if they are fully in or out.The Angels have no-doubt wasted Mike Trout, and it feels like they owe it to him to attempt to build a competitive roster.The White Sox are flying after their rebuild – proving it can be done properlyGettyThe Angels didn’t support Trout enough in his primeGettyThey consistently rank in the Top-15 in terms of payroll, and yet, have not finished above the .500 mark since 2015.Trout, who has spent years giving his blessing to every trade deadline fire sale and front-office reboot, seems to understand what the ownership doesn’t.You can’t build a champion by half measures. It’s time to stop trying to thread the needle, sell off every expiring asset, and embrace a full, unapologetic tank.Giants’ 107 win season was five years ago – it’s time to smell the rosesThe San Francisco Giants won 107 games in 2021, but that still wasn’t enough to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers.Since then, they have been in MLB purgatory, not bad enough to land a top-three draft pick, but not good enough to threaten Los Angeles, the Arizona Diamondbacks or the San Diego Padres.Signing every 30-year-old to multi-year, high AAV contracts is not going to get you far, it just limits your payroll.The Giants are still living off their 107-win seasonGettySell off your veterans for anything you can get, reset the luxury tax, and commit to a true two-to-three-year rebuild through high draft positioning.The Bay Area would be very appreciative.Seattle Mariners have to take advantage of pitching rotation nowThe Seattle Mariners boast an elite rotation but field a lineup that ranks near the bottom of the league in almost every metric.Patching a toothless offense with short-term trade rentals and mid-tier free agents consistently fails in T-Mobile Park’s pitcher-friendly environmentThe Mariners are wasting the prime of superstar Julio Rodriguez and letting a World Series calibre pitching rotation rot in the AL West middle class.Liquidating pitching depth now would command a massive haul of near-MLB-ready positional prospects, allowing Seattle to completely rebuild its offensive core from the ground up.Bryce Miller leads an elite pitching rotation being wasted in SeattleGettyPittsburgh Pirates – please stop wasting world-class pitching talentThe Pittsburgh Pirates are blessed to have Paul Skenes (despite the down year) and Bubba Chandler on their roster.However, their refusal to spend and support their staff is the reason why they are anchored at the bottom of the National League Central annually.A constant revolving door reclamation projects is no way to treat a once-in-a-generation pitcher.Skenes’ team-control clock is ticking – if Pittsburgh doesn’t intentionally reset to build a real offensive engine around him now, they will watch the best young arm of a generation walk away without ever sniffing October baseball.A trade on the other hand could command one of the biggest prospect hauls in MLB history.Your move, Ben Cherrington.