One of the better baseball books in the past 20 years was Vince Gennaro’s “Diamond Dollars.” In particular, there were two ideas that were very influential. The first idea was that there was a sweet spot at which it makes sense for teams to spend in free agency. When you think about this, it makes perfect sense. A 60 win team just isn’t going to spend its way to a pennant.
Even all-star players are usually in the five to seven win category. So, it would take four such players for a 65 win team to get to that magical 85-90 win plateau.