This subject came up in the comments yesterday. The Pirates have shown a genius for collecting 1- to 3-WAR players, not to mention AAA depth players. The question remaining, though, is whether they can win anything with this type of roster. Does a team need star players to succeed?
What follows is a list of the playoff teams from the last three years and every player on those teams who accumulated at least 4.0 fWAR. As you’ll see, every one of these teams had at least one player reach 5.0 fWAR.
Astros — Bregman 7.