Think Barry Zito (SFG), Johan Santana (NYM), Mike Hampton (CR), etc. Big splash #1 ace signings that fans go crazy for don't always work out. In fact, they most often don't. What then? You as a fan get pissed off at the GM for his foolish spending. It's hard to win in this GM free agent freaking game. See this article from US Today published earlier this year: "Massive contracts for starting pitchers almost never work out." http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/01/max-scherzer-james-shields-free-agent-pitchers-contracts-100-million-mlb