Everyone remembers Cecil Fielder as a member of the New York Yankees, even though he was only on the team for a year and a half. In his brief time in the Bronx he had a profound effect on the 1996 World Series champions, but it took awhile for him to get that opportunity.
Background
Originally drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the fourth round of the 1982 amateur draft, he was traded a year later to the Toronto Blue Jays for outfielder Leon Roberts. Fielder would make his major league debut in 1985 at the age of 21, but he could only manage a .