When you're putting together a championship contender, one rule is paramount -- get the best talent you possibly can. You'll be facing off against the best possible rosters your opponents can assemble, so it's only logical that you should pack your own team full of stars. Sometimes, the stars align and you can even stack your roster with multiple Hall of Famers, thereby guaranteeing you a title.
Right?
Well, not quite. The New York Mets found this out the hard way, as the combination of Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander, Pete Alonso and Francisco Lindor only got them to fourth place in the NL East.