So since the Nationals aren't suppossed to make signings like this and I was watching baseball seasons 2001 and Randy Johnson's press confrence before that season sounded exactly like Werth's it made me think what teams signed players before they were suppossed to. I can only think of three off the top of my head.
1992 72-90 Giants sign Barry Bonds
1998 65-97 Diamondbacks Sign Randy Johnson
2003 77-85 Angels sign Valdimir Guerrero
2004 72-90 Tigers sign Magglio Ordonez
2010 69-93 Nationals sign Jayson Werth
I am sure there are a lot of other teams that just got fed up with the so called cycle they are supposed to wait through and build from within. So can anyone else think of some signings by bad teams that they made before they got good with their own players first?