Well, we saw Cliff Floyd, but only for a couple games on a rehab stint (I was at one game - he crushed the ball) - he broke into the league with the Expos. And in 2003 he was playing with the Mets, so wasn't a member of that team. He was a member in '97 when they won.
But in the Marlins days the focus was on player development, and sometimes it seemed to be at the expense of winning (leaving a pitcher in longer than they should, letting a player play through the slump, etc).
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