Of course if you are looking at World Series wining teams it's a given that they were already good and in the position for an addition to make them better. It's extremely rare to go from bad to World Series, and nobody here is predicting that adding Fielder is the bat that'll "get us over the top" so-to-speak.
But for teams that added big bats and improved? How about the Detroit Tigers? The 2003 team won 43 games. They signed Ivan Rodriguez and traded for Carlos Guillen and won 72. In 2005 they signed Magglio Ordonez and proceeded to win 95.
Or what about the Florida Marlins? The 2002 team won 79 games. They traded for Juan Pierre and signed the free agent superstar Ivan Rodriguez and won 91 and the WS in 2003.
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The premise that adding a big free agent bat will set this team back doesn't need to be disproven by me, it's disproven by the fact that GMZ disagrees with it, and I would bet every other major league GM disagrees with it too.
- Ben.
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