Believe it or not, there was a time when the Baltimore Orioles were a major player on the free agent market.
And in the offseason before the 1996 season, they landed the biggest prize of the winter.
The Orioles signed Roberto Alomar, the best second baseman in the game and a two-time champion with the Toronto Blue Jays. He was brought to Baltimore to be the missing ingredient, the piece to turn a collection of veteran talent into a championship contender.
The expectations were high. And Alomar didn’t disappoint.
Alomar spent only three seasons in Baltimore, a brief snapshot of a Hall of Fame career, which is why he’s this low on our list.