The Milwaukee Brewers rule the National League Central this season because they kept adding talent to an already solid team.
Consider the case of reliever Hunter Strickland. He started well for the Tampa Bay Rays this season (1.69 ERA in 13 appearances), but that roster-churning franchise sold him to the Los Angeles Angels.
Strickland struggled in Anaheim (9.95 ERA in nine games), so the Angels sold him to the Brewers in June.
“We're taking a chance on a guy,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said at the time. “It's pretty much no risk I guess is how you'd see it.