The offseason has more or less come to a close at this point. While a handful of players remain available in free agency and there’s always a chance of a surprise trade or two throughout Spring Training, the vast majority of the heavy lifting has been done. As Spring Training begins, it’s worth checking in on what teams around the league did this winter to see which club had the strongest offseason. A look at a few of the candidates:
Baltimore Orioles
After a disastrous 2025 season that saw the club fall to the basement of the American League, the Orioles have been very busy in their efforts to turn things around. A rotation that struggled to stay above water last year saw the return of Zach Eflin as well as the additions of both Shane Baz and Chris Bassitt. Those additions may not have included the front-of-the-rotation ace the Orioles were widely expected to pursue, but the club was aggressive elsewhere on the roster. Ryan Helsley was brought in to close while Felix Bautista is injured, and the club swung a deal for Taylor Ward to help round out their outfield. By far the biggest addition of the winter, however, was slugger Pete Alonso, who signed a five-year, $155MM contract. Alonso adds a legitimate 40-homer threat to the middle of a lineup that struggled to generate much offense outside of Gunnar Henderson last year and was heavily slanted toward lefty hitters.
Chicago Cubs
It’s rare that a team would be in this conversation after losing the offseason’s top-ranked free agent, but there’s a lot to like about the 2026 Cubs even after bidding farewell to Kyle Tucker. Alex Bregman, signed to a five-year, $175MM deal, can’t be expected to be the same offensive force as peak-level Tucker, but he makes up for that by helping to complete what’s arguably become the best defensive infield in baseball alongside Dansby Swanson, Nico Hoerner, and Michael Busch. The move pushes Matt Shaw into a utility role, where he can serve as protection against injury for the club while also potentially sharing time with fellow youngster Moises Ballesteros at DH. The addition of Bregman was complemented by the decision to swing a trade for high-upside righty Edward Cabrera in the rotation. That likely pushes swingman Colin Rea back into a bullpen that’s been rebuilt with Phil Maton, Hunter Harvey, and Hoby Milner after losing Brad Keller, Andrew Kittredge, and Drew Pomeranz back in November.
Los Angeles Dodgers
The Dodgers’ offseason hasn’t been an exceptionally busy one, but the few moves they wound up making could prove to be the most impactful of any team this winter. They kicked off their offseason by poaching star closer Edwin Diaz away from the Mets, but their biggest splash was the addition of Tucker to their outfield. Diaz and Tucker are both All-Stars with among the highest ceilings in the game at their respective positions. Adding both to an already star-studded roster, the Dodgers managed to address the 2025 team’s biggest weaknesses: a lackluster outfield and a leaky bullpen. They also extended Max Muncy on an affordable one-year deal and reunited with Kiké Hernandez and Evan Phillips. After back-to-back World Series championships, the Dodgers look even better headed into 2026 despite their relatively low volume of transactions.
New York Mets
While the Dodgers mostly kept their 2025 team intact for 2026 with just a few additions, the Mets went in the opposite direction with a complete roster overhaul. Out went Alonso, Diaz, Brandon Nimmo, and Jeff McNeil. Replacing them is a host of talent ranging from new staff ace Freddy Peralta to relievers Devin Williams and Luke Weaver on the pitching side, and a cluster of position players headlined by star infielder Bo Bichette. In addition to Bichette, who’ll move to third base alongside shortstop Francisco Lindor, the team brought in Marcus Semien to handle the keystone, Jorge Polanco to cover first base, and Luis Robert Jr. to work in center field. It’s a busy offseason that completely changed the look of the team that failed to make the playoffs last year, though it remains to be seen if this team will better support Lindor and Juan Soto in their pursuit of a World Series championship.
Toronto Blue Jays
The Blue Jays finished just shy of a World Series championship last year, and this winter they acted like a team that wanted to leave no stone unturned in their efforts to close the gap. A new-look rotation added Dylan Cease at the front and Cody Ponce at the back. A lineup that lost Bichette in free agency looked to make up for it by bringing in Kazuma Okamoto and Jesus Sanchez. Meanwhile, the team’s shaky bullpen upgraded from hard-throwing righty Seranthony Dominguez by bringing in ever-reliable soft-tosser Tyler Rogers. Missing out on both Bichette and Tucker takes some of the punch out of Toronto’s offseason, but adding Cease to a rotation that already includes Kevin Gausman, Shane Bieber, and Trey Yesavage should make the Jays significantly more threatening than they already were last year.
Other Options
Plenty of teams had offseasons worthy of praise aside from the five listed above. The Tigers managed to snag arguably the top pitcher available in lefty Framber Valdez on a short-term deal while also reuniting with future Hall of Famer and Detroit legend Justin Verlander, though failing to upgrade the lineup is surely disappointing for fans hoping to see the team make the most of Tarik Skubal‘s likely last year in town.
The Red Sox were very busy this winter as they brought in Sonny Gray, Johan Oviedo, Willson Contreras, and Caleb Durbin via the trade market while signing Ranger Suarez and Isiah Kiner-Falefa in free agency, but the team’s failure to reunite with Bregman casts a shadow over their busy winter.
The Astros got the rotation depth they coveted, signing NPB star Tatsuya Imai to a three-year deal with multiple opt-outs and acquiring righty Mike Burrows in a three-team trade that sent outfielder Jacob Melton to the Rays. They’re still too right-handed and have a glut of infielders that could still lead to one more big spring trade.
The Pirates were very active by their usual standards, overhauling the lineup to bring in Ryan O’Hearn, Marcell Ozuna, and Brandon Lowe among others. The Rangers came into the winter without much room to add but managed to come away with a solid bat (Nimmo) for the lineup and a big arm (MacKenzie Gore) for the rotation nonetheless. The Mariners kept Josh Naylor and added Brendan Donovan to the infield. The A’s added only complementary pieces (McNeil, Aaron Civale) in terms of external additions but deserve praise for their franchise-altering extensions of Tyler Soderstrom and Jacob Wilson.
On the flipside, the rebuilding Cardinals managed to shed significant portions of the Contreras, Gray and Nolan Arenado contracts and pulled in a nice return from the Mariners (and Rays) in the three-team Donovan trade.
What team do MLBTR’s readers think had the best offseason this winter? Have your say in the poll below:
Rockford Peaches.
They lost Kit and Dottie at the end of the season. One of the best batteries in the game. Not easily replaced.
Yeah but remember they’re getting Marla Hooch back after her wild honeymoon.
We’ll see. Her singing career could blossom before then. Pipes as strong as her gap power.
For some reason I think that “All-the-Way” May could have a good singing career as well.
Sandlot – Or she could’ve done irreparable damage to her vocal cords on the honeymoon ending her singing career….
It’s times like this I’m reminded why I love this community, flaws and all.
I don’t understand.
Boy what a hitter
These comments are in a league of their own.
I guess I didn’t realize the movie was based on an actual real team, although all the characters in the film were fictional.
The bus tour, which is real, takes you to places that, while they are real, they are not real in the sense that they did not *really* happen to the *real* Peterman which is you.
Oh my!!
Easily the Padres I mean with all those minor league deals they made they’ve won the off-season for sure
My unbiased opinion is that the Tigers had the best offseason
Not a Tigers fan, and I agree with you.
They kept Skubal and added Valdez on a short term high-salary contract.
That two player swing might be the difference between the Tigers being the 8th best team to the 3rd best team.
Valdez you pray opts out because if not you have a very expensive paper weight. Good starter though. Verlander good value and good story. Doesn’t sniff my top 3 but they did alright.
Tigers and Dodgers added without subtracting. I would argue the Dodgers added more.
I voted Orioles because they may have improved the most.
Wade
You are absolutely right unless, like me, you count Skubal as an addition, since I thought Tigers would trade his last year for a comparable haul to what the Padres got for two plus years of Soto.
My thought was Dodgers could trade Gavin Stone, Emmet Sheehan, River Ryan and Jackson Ferris in return for one year of Skubal.
Would have been hard for Tigers to turn down four solid starting pitchers.
Glad it did not happen.
I’m a Dodgers fan, and I’m glad that didn’t happen. The Dodgers don’t need Skubal. They will however need most of, if not all of that depth.
The genius of picking MLB Top 100 Commenter as a moniker. At first it looks like a preening preposterous boast. But what is he actually saying? Top 100 could mean he is #99. Being the 99th best commenter on MLBTR is quite the hilarious back-handed compliment to oneself. Kudos to you sir, I love it.
Between 51 and 100 otherwise it would be top 50 commenter.
They lost a record arbitration deal and look like morons but sure. Can’t wait to see Skubal in any other uniform
They in no way look like morons. It was a forgone conclusion that they would take it to arbitration. That sets a new precedent for future arbitration cases Id say MLB wanted that to go to arbitrator more than the Tigers.
They offered him well under his value in arb and have made joke longterm offers to him. You’re lucky he didn’t ask for a trade already and try to get out of town
The offer that was made was the previous arbitration high. Again this was more about the MLB and future arbitration cases than Skubal vs Tigers.
Im not sure about offers plural, I have heard of only 1 offer. The offer I heard of was the low and the # I heard him mention was high foe an extension #. I got the feel that the 2 were just testing where they stood at that point, it seemed obvious that they missed the boat on an extension by that point.
It seems a lot of people formulated opinions not knowing the particulars on things. These opinions often get mentioned as though they are fact…..
Well here’s a fact, he’s leaving Detroit sometime in the next year and the organization didn’t do much to keep him. It’s a favor to the rest of the Central but I would be upset if it were my team
Again no facts. We cant say with certainty the Tigers would work a deal.out with Skubal. They have always surprised with a willingness to spend when most thoughtbthey never would.
I dont know if him leaving would be doing the rest of the Central a favor either. It depends on what he signs for, if and how that $ is spent if he does, and if hes healthy and how he performs. It very well could end up working out for both Tigers and Skubal on another team, time will tell.
As I’ve posted previously, Bregman not signing with Boston to me is a Sox positive given that I expect a decline due to aging and injuries. His leadership will be missed but Story will step up with other veterans.
Also, again the poll does not work in the app.
Red Sox not my top 3 but in running for 4. Gave up Harrison who is a potential difference maker. But ok got a great utility player and 2 more. IKF is a minor league deal for me and they gave him 6m. 21m for Gray and 2 pitchers instead of just signing someone or trading for a better younger starter. Oviedo for a depth piece is fine enough. Contreras great 1b like that. They spent $ and traded prospects. Added a lot. Just not the most efficient way.
Who exactly would this “better younger starter” be that they should have gotten instead of Gray?
Harrison Peralta Cabrera Priester Cease Ponce Valdez King.
Cease cost way too much; Peralta would have cost a lot more which I would not have done for a one year rental and King was always going back to the Padres to prove himself for a multi year deal. Valdez? Not for that money. Priester could end up being a one year wonder and why woukd the Brewers give him up now assuming they believe in him? You can throw out names but the reality is, Breslow seemed to do extremely well and is adjusting nicely as the GM after the Sales trade. I just read an article indicating the deal for Marte died because the Snakes were insisting on Mayer in addition to either Early or Tolle as part of the deal. Thus, if believed, it was Breslow who walked away. I’m not saying Boston had the best off season (getting Alonso in my view was required but the quick move to Suarez could end up being the better move. I prefer him over Bregman.
Toronto didn’t think Cease cost too much. Might have taken less to stay in USA. Peralta is on bargain salary. Cost the Mets a borderline top 100 starter and a top 100 utility player. Imagine Mets are thrilled as they have better prospects and a full good roster. Give King a bit more $ and he could prove himself somewhere else. Valdez $ is a problem but trading not 1 but 2 pitching prospects for gray at 21m isn’t? Old saying you get what you pay for. Yes Valdez absolutely cost more $. Much more. As he should. Priester was just a cheap shot saying they should have just kept him and still had the 2 pitching prospects and 20 million to spend elsewhere. I know the 1 isn’t a prospect but there’s still some development left in him.
You guys like Gray. That’s fine. I don’t hate him. Can you say with a straight face you wouldn’t rather have Peralta Burrows Cabrera etc? Maybe you will. Most fans of any team are delusional. I’m a Pirates fan though. My team didn’t get any of those guys. Gray would have been on the bottom of wish list. I would guess non Boston fans would take multiple guys over Gray. But sure guys who aren’t 36 years old will cost more in $ or prospects than a 36 year old.
AI – Au contraire, mon frère.
They didn’t spend, they saved.
They traded Hicks, saving $8M this season
They let Gio walk, saving $20M this season
They dumped Buehler, saving $21M this season
They dumped Hendriks, saving $8M this season
They let Bregman walk, saving $32M this season
That’s $89M payroll reduction this season (not even counting Raffy)
They spent $26M on Suarez for this year
They spent $21M for Gray this year
They spent $17M for Contreras this year
That’s $64M spent on this year
Total savings on the upcoming season: $25M
Don’t forget the 6m for IKF. 6m is that actually correct? I didn’t dream that did I
I believe teams should spend as little as possible. I would have just used Harrison and saved the 20m and 2 pitchers if Gray was my only option. Nothing against Gray. I just hate the middle. Either save resources or go major impact. I don’t care how much they spend. Just build a great team. 100 or 300 million I don’t care. Cheaper the better.
Also Gray’s fastball maxing out at 90.9 mph is a concern. He gives up the long ball.
Peralta was the best trade target. Maybe Gore #2. I thought Gray would cost less.
AI – Damn, how could I forget IKF? I’ve been mentioning that $6M every day! He is no Steve Austin, astronaut or wrestler.
Never would have happened after the Durbin trade.
Thanks for the catch :O)
AI. Why are you comparing Gray to Valdez or Peralta? Shouldn’t you be comparing them to Suarez? The bottom line is Breslow is forming a team that should be in the top five in defense after committing the most errors last year. Add that to the pitching overall depth that seems to be fine for 26 and with Early, Tolle, etc. for 27 as well. Better defense should equate to less total pitches spent assuming the team doesn’t lead the league in giving up walks. Such should lead hopefully to a better rested staff, etc. My concern remains power or a lack thereof and by the time the team knows about Yoshida, Gonzalez and Casas, Breslow will be ready to make his next move.
FPG – How are you reading and liking my posts when you have me on mute ?? Did MLBTR grant you a special superpower ? Did you find some glitch in the system? Truly remarkable!
I like Burrows to Houston the best. 6 years. They gave up prospects they haven’t finished developing. Tampa might be able to do it but I feel like Houston sold high while they still could. Basically had to turn those prospects into something so needed to trade them to a team who thinks they can out develop you.
I think they Mets did a similar thing with Peralta and Roberts. Those are prospects you want to trade.
Vs Baltimore giving up the kitchen sink for Baz. That was a lot of prospects and draft pick. Hate to say it but Gray might have been better than that. Like Baz and his years though just pricey.
Ignorant I can’t reply directly to you or FPG but you both seem to be able to see my comments. FPG is weird because it only happens sometimes.
Not comparing him to Valdez Peralta because he doesn’t compare to them.
I would of liked Gore instead of Gray but there’s pros to having Gray. He’s a veteran presence in a rotation that does need leadership. Boston is still very young, having Contreras and Gray helps keep the team even keel during bad stretches. Im not sure Gray is a #2 though, I see Suarez and Bello as better.
Forgot gore he’s better similar definitely younger more years of control.
WadeBoggs I don’t have you muted, so weird. The only thing I can think of is I have you muted under a different moniker??? (,But that would be weird too because I only mute extremely annoying trolls, and you wouldn’t do that under any name presumably.) I will investigate.
AI: being the Pirates fan, you think Burrows was a good get for Houston? Being a Mariners fan, I’m hoping he is at best a five and diver lol.
Ignorant. I think he is better than a 5. 6 years of control. Main thing they didn’t give up much more him. Those players weren’t excelling in Houston so I love the trade for them.
Doesn’t matter because if you ever muted someone the reply option is gone forever even if they unmute you. Far as I know. You will need new user name for wade to see reply.
Ignorant I probably said something political and got muted at some point. I try not to but can’t say I never post stuff that doesn’t belong on a baseball site.
Same Wade. I can’t help it sometimes with the political stuff. And I know I’ve been muted for it. And sometimes I can be too flippant and people don’t like that. People can interpret our posts so many ways and get offended so many different ways. I know there are Houston fans who have muted me just because I’m a Mariners fan. So it goes. We can’t please everyone haha.
BTW WadeBoggsWildRide there is a user who is just “WadeBoggs”…is that you as well ?
Nope he isn’t me and I was a little peaved he stole my dang name! This is my one and only account.
There might be some glitch between using the App and/or logging in from the web page when it comes to how muted users are shown/not shown. Otherwise I don’t understand how one can “like” and respond to somebody they have muted. I strictly log into the website from my phone, and always stay logged in, and perhaps that’s why some things happen and some things don’t. I don’t mess with the App.
His fastball averaged 91.7 and topped out at 93.7
There are some guys that this happens to. Some probably have muted me, but one I can’t reply to and when I said it in a comment they told me they didn’t mute me so that’s weird.
I am really excited to see Burrows. I’ve fallen in love when watching clips of him pitch and DB’s comments. Ready for them to turn Burrows into an ace! So even if Melton is the 20 homer, 40 steal guy, I won’t care cuz Burrows is an ace.
Astros – There’s about 2 or 3 like that with me too. My hunch is that maybe they accidentally muted me and then unmuted me, but the unmute doesn’t work.
It’s frustrating because SOB is a great guy and I really enjoyed having conversations with him.
I think I have muted a few people on accident while just scrolling through and that is pretty frustrating. Where’d that guy go? Look at the account and they are muted.
I get muted all the time. Many people want to hear what they believe so when you tell them their prospect isn’t going to be anything or their team made a bad trade they get upset.
Doesn’t stop me replying to them. They see notifications and just have to go on another account or not signed in to see what I am saying. Unmute to reply. But I still can’t see the reply option unless they comment more than once. 1 comment no reply but if multiples there will be a reply option. So if I muted you and unmuted you there would be no reply option to my first comment for you. At least on website. I don’t use app.
I don’t mute people because I like to see what people has (unless it you are seriously being annoying or disrespectful (several times). I have only 1 person I muted.
Same here I maybe have one person. Don’t see the point. Half the fun is seeing the wild stuff people say.
The only person I muted was because they were making seriously unfunny and potentially offensive jokes to other people. I haven’t seen him ever since, so I reckon he was banned. And even if I see someone being bad, but I know they’ve been good in the past, I don’t mute them. Once I’ve seen they can be a good contributer, I don’t mute them (unless they have trolled for many times since). That’s my rules for muting someone.
I accidentally muted have you found my baseball. If you’re reading this please I’m sorry.
AI – You truly are knowledgeable about this site! So my hunch was right. If you mute and then unmute someone, they can’t reply to a first post but they can reply to a 2nd, 3rd etc.
Yeah unless someone gets personal, muting because you don’t like what someone has written is silly.
I blame social media, it encourages users to Block people with different views, which leads to closed minds.
Yes. Even if they have you muted you will see the reply option if they post a 2nd time.
Ignorant Son-of-a-b
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FPG – How are you reading and liking my posts when you have me on mute ?? Did MLBTR grant you a special superpower ? Did you find some glitch in the system? Truly remarkable!
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FPG is a touchy girl. If you take him out on the facts, he turns off your sound. Ahaha.
@Bogey I don’t even know what I said or did. We had always been on good terms. I must have stepped in it somehow. It takes all kinds to make the world go round & round.
Ignorant Son-of-a-b
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Don’t take it too seriously.
Fever Pitch doesn’t like criticism.
If he muted you, it likely meant he was criticized.
Muting is a very weak position; he simply can’t compete.
I’ve had debates with various users here and I’ve also received criticism, but I’ve never muted anyone – that’s the position of a weakling.
I never criticize without reason.
Fever sometimes writes such nonsense and doesn’t back it up with facts or distorts them.
That’s why he muted me yesterday for criticizing him.
Just ignore it; there are plenty of good and reasonable users on this site you can chat with.
Fever Pitch is definitely not one of them.
No one needs to encourage Nick Deeds by voting in his click bait polls anyway. But yes, they are not working on app at all
On this we agree 100%
Red Sox improved SP, defense, maintained payroll flexibility, added much-needed catching depth in their system, and didn’t give up their best prospects to do it. I’m willing to wager that Contreras and Durbin will out-produce Bregman and the collection of misfits at 1st base last year, and the defense will become at least league average. Contreras might out-produce Bregman straight up this year, playing in Fenway in games that matter. We’ll see if Breslow can add the RH power bat and move Yoshida…when the demand for pitching increases via injuries.
I agree Red Sox improved but in an inefficient way.
Wade you are up there with hammer hank and Nashville jeff bridges with your baseball knowledge and ability to reason.
Thanks. I just try to keep an open mind and learn. I like the different opinions and often will put something out just to see what the opposing viewpoint would be.
Nashville Jeff and hammerin are studs. Also like Best MLBTR Commenter.
Jean Matroc is good too
Ignorant is up there.
Way I see it there is like 10 maybe 20 people who stand out for being well above average. Then 100s and 100s of others. Very generic all parroting the same things. Then 10 to 20 who stand out for being well something else.
Anyone with average intelligence and ability to separate facts from feelings can be top 10. If a new person who knew nothing about baseball just came in here and read the articles and was able to determine what commenters should I try to learn from would be top 10 material.
I think Roman Anthony is going to absolutely rake next year. He’s the next Mike Trout (healthy young Trout) in my view as long as he stays healthy. He was going on a roll before he got hurt. Casas to me is the key, if he plays to his potential once healthy like he did when he first came up there’s no power shortage then in Boston between Anthony and Casas.
bum – I have not been as excited about a player like Roman since they signed Manny.
Totally agree on Casas, nobody should write him off.
So the Reds don’t even get mentioned?
They don’t warrant a mention
They and the pirates improved more than the cubs did.
I’d rather retain Imanaga, trade for Edward Cabrera, and sign Bregman than…. (Checks notes)…. umm Suarez and JJ Bleday?
What are you smoking
All I remember is Schwarber was just to sell tickets. We aren’t spending. Then they added a 200 plus strike out dh who doesn’t walk. Should hit some bombs playing in that park. It’s something but not best off season material.
Agree with you as to the Pirates. Along with the Tigers, I like the Pirates offseason the best.
Check your notes again. You lost every bit of the hitter you gained. Reds aced the bullpen market, cubbies got a few leftovers. cubbies had to get starting pitching, they didn’t have any!
Pirates did a lot this year!
I agree that the Cubs didn’t add enough hitting, and may have lost it when they traded Cassie.
But they did upgrade their rotation, just not that much. I don’t think the Cubs did enough but they also had the least to do in the Central. Projections are really bullish on PCA and I think he’s great but I think he’s more second half 2025 than first half 2025 going forward.
Honestly the biggest move for the. Ins this offseason was the Brewers trading away Freddy Peralta.
Edward Cabrera was not that impressive when pitching on the road for Miami. He is a valuable addition but he might be between their fourth and sixth starter.
Boyd and Horton are the top of their rotation and Steele when he returns in May. Shota is showing life in ST and not sure Cabrera is better than Taillon.
Bergman for Tucker is probably a wash. Bottom line, if Cubs extend Hoerner is a great offseason, if not, it is just ok.
@wade yes, relative to what they normally barely do
I could go Pirates #1. They needed a outfielder 2b and dh and got 3 former all stars with 800 ops potential who cost under 15m a year.
Need a 3b but I feel like KG is going to be SS and 3b is solved with Triolo. These guys days of running a baseball team are over if they don’t win. They done so much already. Unless they are complete idiots and they could be but if not they need to trade for a 3b SS or go with KG. If they do that they filled every need and didn’t lose a Tucker bregman Sanchez Alonso Diaz etc.
I don’t think Cubs did that much. Not better than anyone else in division thats trying to win it.
Cassie could strike out too much to be a impact guy. If not then it’s a huge loss. But if you thought he was that guy you wouldn’t have made the trade. So Cassie no loss. Traded 1 asset for another. A asset you are more confident in.
I was really hoping the Pirates would get Murakami or Okamoto. That would have been a big move.
Mariners are similar. Did enough to be as good as last year hopefully.
I don’t know anything about the Japanese guys. I waste too much time on baseball as it is so not turning Japanese. They could just be a waste of $. Hate to trust Cherington but have to on this.
Aced? That’s being awfully generous
The unknown is more exciting!
They both signed for less than expected too which increases the upside.
I forgot about the Pitcher the Astros got. Could be a huge signing.
Imai? I’m ready to watch him pitch.
Yeah Imai thanks
I really like what the Pirates did, they will be improved. I think the Pirates will be 3rd in the Central this year and battling San Diego and Atlanta for the last wild card.
I mean, neither did the Phillies, who honestly did more. Outside of Suarez, the Reds didn’t really do anything of note. The Phillies were the talk of baseball at the start of the offseason, anyway.
perhaps because the Reds already have the best starting pitching in the division….didn’t need to address it at all.
You’re baiting me aren’t you?
They have a great rotation. As do the Pirates. We’ll see who ends up with the best at the end of the season.
The homer hubris is strong this time of year.
That Suarez signing might be the best buy of the year.
This is true. A steal. Not as impactful but still a great add for the price was Tauchman to the Mets. Can’t believe he didn’t get an MLB deal.
I think the biggest overpay this year will be Polanco (besides Tucker because who can ever live up to that contract). He won’t be bad by any means but I can’t see him giving $20M worth of value to the Mets.
100% agree with everything you said. At least Polanco was short term though.
Polanco will put up his numbers and you will be pleased with him IF HE REMAINS HEALTHY. I know that caveat applies to many but as long as Polanco feels good he is so clutch and goes on tears. Mariners wouldn’t have made it to Game 7 of ALCS without him.
@choof check the reply I didn’t say the reds were better than the cubs, just that they improved their team more. Lux was the dh a lot last year and now it’s saurez which should help Elly and the rest of the lineup a lot. Myers can give friedl some breaks in center so he can stay healthy. And they brought in three good bullpen arms to go with the good ones they already had. The cubs replaced Tucker with Bregman(lateral move), added Cabrera which could be great if he stays healthy and got some arms I guess in the bullpen. It’s still the cubs division to lose(probably to the brewers) but the pirates and reds did improve more.
I understand, and I wasn’t thinking you implied the Reds were better. I just disagree that they improved more
Cheers then, and I’m happy for all of us here that the speculation and projections will soon be real baseball.
In a few months we get to see how wrong we might be!
Speak for yourself wade!
I was pretty high on the Orioles and low on the Blue Jays before the season last year. I also thought the Walker Buehler signing was good but I just want him to get back to what he was.
Those were all pretty off!
Colorado Rockies: Moneyball 2.0 Optionality 1.0, Complete revamp up and down the organization and Front Office will lay groundwork for no longer being an insular org. Players? The best is yet to come.
My goat, glad to see you’re over here to (AB303 on the row)
It’s amazing how productive doing nothing can be.
If the Braves get a decent SP, I’d give them an “A” for the offseason. Right now, it feels like a “B.”
Lol
They never signed a decent SP and that was their top priority. If they don’t stay competitive, AA is fired this season.
Omni
I agree with your first sentence and disagree with your second sentence.
While they can’t be considered on the same level as these teams, I was happy with the moves the white Sox made.
To be honest before Kim slipped on the ice and the pitching injuries even before the first spring training game I would have honestly thought that the braves had the best off season. But I can’t say that now.
Injuries keep them out of the conversation. Their moves were good for building depth, they just used a lot of it before they got to Spring training games.
There is a lot of angst over not signing starting pitching, and it is certainly warranted, but they did do a lot to improve the club simply by having players that were hurt last year recover this offseason. Adding flexibility to the DH role was also a nice change. I would have preferred one bulk innings guy, but the entire farm is supposed to be pitching so I can understand if they actually think one of them can contribute (perhaps Ritchie or Fuentes).. The signing of a new first base coach is oddly something I am excited about based on his previous success in improving SBs. It remains to be seen if the managerial change really does anything or if the new, more analytically-inclined pitching coach is able to improve on the seemingly good job Kranitz did. Overall, I think their offseason gets a B, but the addition of a mid-level starter or the absence of injuries would have made it an easy A. Their projections look really good even post injuries and without more additions for those that care about such things.
Yep, I agree. Early in the off season I had predicted that Anthopoulos would eventually sign Bassit, (that very innings eater type you described), but that never happened.
When a team has no concern for money and sign top offensive FA and best closer available (even after signing best closer in prior year) — there is no competition who had the best off season.. While already rostering at least 5-8 all-stars and potential HOFs
let the question be who had second best
The other teams are just hanging out at the Dodger’s feet, hoping the rich, fat kid drops some crumbs for the rest of us.
Diaz seemed good value. Tucker not so much.
Would been more impressed if they traded for Roberts or signed Refsyder. Something lil creative sneaky.
Value isn’t as important when money has no meaning. They added a significant amount of WAR/talent and they paid up for it.
Thought Diaz was good $ for any team. Actual fair contract vs Dodgers just flexing.
Datashark
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It’s absurd to pay Tucker over $50 million a year.
He’s not Ohtani, Judge, Trout in his prime, or Betts in his prime, and he’s already injury-prone at 29.
It looks like the Dodgers, with all these contracts, are headed for a hangover when players over 30, and a lot of them, start getting injured and can’t be replaced.
The Dodgers now are the 1990s Yankees 2.0.
2000 Yankees* except they win. The 90s Yanks were won with the core 5
Negan-I beg to differ
Paul O’Neill, Wade Boggs , Mariano Duncan , Tino Martinez, Chuck Knobloch, Scott Brosius, and Joe Girardi were major contributors plus guys like Tim Raines, Ruben Sierra, Darryl Strawberry, and Cecil Fielder all contributed significantly on offense.
For pitching, only one of the rotation (Pettitte) was home grown, along with Rivera, otherwise, they had Rogers, Gooden, Key, Cone, Wetteland, Wells, Irabu all carrying a big load.
It would be much more accurate to say the 2022-24 Orioles could have done what the Yankees did with their 90s core to win some titles. Or that the late 90s Yankees would have been a big tease of a core that they never built around.
I voted Dodgers
I think the Red Sox were second
The team with 2 needs and went and paid top dollar to fill their 2 needs. LAD…
O’s or BoSox in second.
PIT and CIN have made some good moves too.
OD can’t get here soon enough!
Baltimore gave Alonso biggest pile of $. I’d rather get ohearn for 2 years thats cheaper than 1 Alonso. Baz trade was expensive. Cabrera Peralta Burrows Oviedo Harrison much better bang for the buck. Might be forgetting someone. Could have just signed someone. But they did a lot. Improved a lot. Just not that top 3 level. Mets did a ton and other than Bichette efficiently.
I agree Mets did a lot, more efficiently. I don’t know if that means they improved more. I guess it would be nice to separate those concepts. Who improved most efficiently vs who improved the most.
Improved Most:
1.Dodgers
2.Orioles
3.Pirates
4.Red Sox
5.Mets
Most Efficient:
1.Mets
2.Tigers
3.Pirates
4.Red Sox
5.Reds
Mr. Wild Ride. You need to define what you mean by efficient (most bang for the buck? Gave up less assets for? Addressed immediate needs most concretely? Etc etc) And I’m highly offended and a little peeved that the Mariners appeared on neither list.
Roberts is better than Nimmo to me. Semien > McNeil. Both get canceled out by losing Alonso though. Rather have Diaz so in the negative. But Bichette Peralta that’s some impact. And who can forget Tauchman!!!!
Toronto did well but paid to do so.
Pirates really should be #1 on both. They have no choice but to spend efficiently. Max aav 15m max years 2. 3 good bats. Good reliever. Possible great reliever. Excellent 4th outfielder. The old pound for pound best. Best Pirates off season ever. By far. Not saying much. Low bar.
Mets Pirates Jays Dodgers stand out to me. Tucker just cost so much it doesn’t impress me. Mets Pirates just really jumped right to the top and didn’t see anyone comment anything to change my mind.
Mariners could probably replace the Red Sox. I guess I meant gave up least $ and worst prospects. Reds could be scratched but Suarez was so cheap. The 2nd list is way more up for interpretation. Really hard to quantify beyond “feels like”.
I think the Mariners are very good. I think they are as good as last year now. I don’t know that they improved a ton though. That isn’t really bad. Lost Polanco and Suarez and got Donovan. Did they add anyone else? The young reliever for Ford. I thought Ford could bring them more.
Refsnyder good RH bat against tough lefties we will face like Skubal, Valdez, Gore, Crochett, Fried.
Pirates would be in my top 3. Probably best in efficiency and maybe improvement in actual wins.
I really think the Orioles added a lot but spent more money/prospects to do it.
Those two teams have the potential to have the biggest swing up from last year.
Refsnyder was a super solid value for sure.
What the Mariners do again? Lost Suarez. Brought back a low power 1b for top dollar. Traded a top 100 prospect for a reliever. Did something else maybe but can’t remember.
Naylor, Donovan, Refsnyder, Ferrar
Yeah Donovan. Good move. They paid for him but got Tampa to help out. I like it. Love it for Cards.
Seattle didn’t have to do much. They did what they had to. But we are talking about best off season. Can’t contend for best when you had so little to do unless you sign the best hitter and reliever to the already championship team.
Forgot Ref. I’ll be nicer than Wade
Pirates
Mets
Dodgers
Mariners
Jays
Prospects and $ spent this year takes away future years. Alonso is nice now but let’s see how he looks in the 2030s. Pirates still have their nickel and dimes for future years. They can win off-season every year with 1 year deals!
You sold me you sob. How about Mariners #3 in efficiency? Good enough for you? Heck might even go #3 all around. No Mets pirates though. Those 2 just stand out in their own tier to me.
I think Ford was easily tradable and feel same about Sprout Williams. Acuna even more so.
Braves. See starting staff…..
Cleveland Spiders
In terms of improving their future outlook there is only one answer to this question: The Colorado Rockies.
Mets
Pirates
Jays
Jays didn’t need much. Made some riskier moves with Ponce and Okamoto. Spent a lot but not sure how much they improved. Cease improves their starting for sure. Lots of pieces and not many glaring holes.
Yeah could replace them with Dodgers.
Yankees
I’m a friggin’ Mets fan but the Dodgers are coming off back-to-back WS titles, retained their own free agents they wanted, and then also added the best reliever in baseball (arguably, and certainly the top of this class), and the prize free agent hitter on the market who was a top ten offensive player in terms of OPS+ last year (per Baseball Reference) at one of the few positions they weren’t already getting elite offensive production from.
Of course the answer is the Dodgers and screw ’em.
If you consider from a standpoint of where a team was in 2025 spring training vs 2026 spring training, then the Mariners win, hands down.
Mariners added: Josh Naylor, Brendan Donovan, Rob Refsnyder, Jose A Ferrar. They are the best team in the American League.
The Dodgers? Hahahaha.
Major League Baseball continues to be a joke.
Nationals are jumping ahead of the curve, Toboni knows what economic system is approaching and is building the farm up to adapt for a floor/cap environment. We’ve regressed into ludicrous contracts for players that don’t warrant them, and will see a Moneyball 2.0 sooner than later.
Look out for the Angels this year, seriously
I think over all the Cubs did far more than expected and that is a huge win.
Bregman was brought in to help mold the core and to add in O. If you go weighing Tucker vs Bregman on production alone then yes That impact is hard to replace. But Tucker brought nothing else to the Cubs. D was sub par. Injured for long stretches and after a hot start did not impact the team late season. Not a vocal leader.
So for a vet team like LAD that is fine. He will never be worth what they are paying him. No one is that guy. I would rather have a Leader type like Rizzo that players will gravitate towards making the whole better
Out side of that Jed did a great job with the pen. He will never blow up the bank on pen arms but what he paid for was a solid group.
Cabrera if healthy was the best starter on the market. That will be the question. He could have a ace level break out or a season ender. Over all a worthy gamble with Steele pitching in Spring. They could afford that gamble
So I think that pound for pound it is hard to argue against what Jed did. The moves were solid business minded moves with Bregman a signing that broke Tom’s stingy ways.
Peralta is pretty great. Burrows has 6 years of control. Gore Harrison lefties. Cabrera is good. In conversation for best sure. Unanimous best though I dunno.
Tucker Bregman wash. Every contending team boost the bullpen and most more than cubs did. So you traded for Peralta. That’s it.
Cabrera
Well said. Respect.
I find it hilarious people consider the Mets a “good” offseason when you have an 83-win team with unlimited financial resources that basically treaded water.
They lost Alonso, Diaz, Nimmo, McNeill, Marte, Mullens, Helsley, Acuna, and 3 major prospects, including MLB-ready talent.
They added Bichette, Semien, Peralta, Robert, and Williams.
Those are some good additions. But those are MAJOR losses, from a team that barely hit .500. They could’ve used the Bichette money to sign Alonso AND Bregman. Given their finances their offseason was an unmitigated disaster.
cbps
“Given their finances their offseason was an unmitigated disaster.”
STRONG disagree.
FanGraphs has the Mets as the #3 team in baseball
PECOTA has them as the #6 team
cbps
the only thing that matters are projections
i pretend to be smart because i am not
beep beep boop boop
Semien > Nimmo so gain. Bichette >>> than McNeill. Roberts >>> Marte Mullens. Williams slight downgrade from Diaz.
3 major prospects? For some teams sure. Not the Mets. They have better. And when you can spend 300 million non elite prospects are to be used for trades. When you can trade for Peraltas sign Bichettes Sotos what do you need above average ceiling prospects for other than trading. Peralta Roberts trades just cost the Mets some spare extra parts they just had laying around.
Polanco is no Polar Bear though.
Polanco could be but unlikely. Seems like a significant drop off to me.
Mets maybe should have done reverse. Let Pirates have Polanco for 15m and signed ohearn for 20m. You know ohearn can play 1b and can play outfield if needed.
Or just kept Alonso. They wasted so much $ pay up to keep your guy maybe.
Suarez at $18M would have been a nice add. Could have done that on top of Polanco.
Don’t feel strongly about Suarez. Can take or leave. Would be mad if they signed him or didn’t as a fan. Can he play 3b? Because dh rather have Ozuna. Bichette at 3b is expensive though but if Suarez can’t play he can’t play. Looked passable few times I seen him.
Run him out at DH and backup 3B/1B. They could afford him. Don’t need him. I meant sign him on top of everything else they did since he ended up taking such a low deal. Adding him to the current lineup would be great. Vientos would have nowhere to play but oh well.
I don’t think Semien at age 33, wildly inconsistent, is any notably better than Nimmo. Feels like a trade off at best, but probably long term benefits Tex more.
Bichette is the big bat they got to replace Alonso, but as I said they paid double his value and will probably have him for one year.
Remember this is evaluating this off-season, and what the Mets COULD have done, not “are these good players.”
Roberts is a huge wild card. He could be good! Is he clearly better than Cedric Mullens? Most certainly not.
I did neglect to mention Polanco, solid pick up. I still think in the very best case scenario, this team is slightly better than last year. They get a ton of press because they’re in the biggest market and they do a lot of loud moves, but doing a lot doesn’t mean they had a great offseason, especially when they lost so much and could’ve got more for the money they spent.
Adding Peralta was the big one. Signed two good relievers too.
Semien if nothing else will be off the books sooner. Already a win. Much much much easier to find a corner outfielder than 2b. Semien has been elite defender. It’s a easy win for me.
Hopefully they only have Bichette for a year. That’s a huge win. Means he was healthy and good. Got all the pr marketing excitement from it. Sponsorships. Take that $ and rinse and repeat.
Mullens is a guy to fill a hole. Mets are trying to win championship. Robert is guy you want for that. His floor is probably Mullens. Ceiling getting mvp votes if Ohtani didn’t exist.
33 + 28 = 42? thats a new type of math? especially when short of bichette falling off a cliff is a 1 year deal vs 5 years each?
Alonso and Diaz were big losses no doubt but Nimmo and McNeil (whom i both loved and wished we could keep) were more role players at this stage. I think the Nimmo for Simien trade was a mistake as you still havent really replaced him and curtailed Baty (mcneil replacement) a bit, but the rest of the MLB players were bench fodder. Helsley was absolute garbage for the mets and basically cost em all momentum when he pitched, Pretty much every outing he was charged with a run or let an inherited run score. Marte, mullens, acuna had no real impact if anything had negative value. The top prospects that went out got you the ace you needed in Peralta.
Also you forgot they added Polanco along with Weaver and Meyers which the latter should help solidify the bullpen. I still want a big thumper bat for right field but overall solid/good offseason.
Sounds like a whiny Phillies fan to me
Dodgers did the best, but Boston improved their starting pitching significantly. If Durbin & Mayer contribute offensively the Sox are in good shape.
Cue folks with names like “VolpeJizzGuzzler” and “Bohmssphincter” to throw in a vote for NYM having the worst offseason
I’m dying from that first name. My god. 😂
Cleveland wasted no money on overpriced over the hill washed up or never were never will be players.
They also didn’t spend any $ on non washed up still productive players
Brewers….The pitching depth they all ready have/are building should finally get them a WS, probably not this year, maybe not next, but probably in the 3-5 year range with the position prospects coming in the next year/two
They do have the best farm in baseball now. That by no means translates to the major league team. So no.
what does it take to win the offseason? what teams in history have won the most offseasons? Perhaps not published not in Fangraphs but the Journal of Correlated Nonsense? Does a GM have an OPS, Offseason Performance Status? Suppose a team doesn’t make splashy moves, but just needs to fine tune their roster, and does so smartly? Do they get a good grade even though they did almost nothing? What about a team that makes the splashiest noteworthy signings, but also has splashy departures that outweigh the gains? Do they get a bad grade (OPS)?
I think you can have catagories to this. LAD spent the most but when you add 70M in two players and don’t get a huge seasonal win addition then win the series again then it is 70M wasted. They had that anyways. Why spend 70M and not improve.
So it is in the eye of the beholder. Some will say we spent the most. Others will say we added the most wins over last year and did not over pay for them. and another team will say our future is secure with the new talent.
None are wrong. well spending 70M and not improving is pretty stupid
I don’t think the pirates brought in the most accomplished talent of all teams but they have definitely upgraded their roster the best
Exactly. Pirates brought in a bunch of slightly above average guys and given what they had that moves the meter quite a bit, maybe ten more wins.
Compared to say the Dodgers who have the best team and got two studs, but probably makes them only had a dozen games better.
Half a dozen, not “had” a dozen
Because they were so bad. Signing a league average player would have vastly improved the team. The Pirates won 71 games last season. Still don’t see them winning more than 76 games this year.
Biased as a Mariners fan, but I think both the Mariners and Dodgers did well at addressing needs (though I would have liked to have seen the Mariners grab another bat, I am fine with rolling with the youth to start the season). Pirates also improved a dismal lineup quite a bit.
Poll isn’t working. At least not for me.
No white sox?
Depends on how you define “strongest.” The Orioles probably win the “most improved” trophy, but they’re still a postseason long shot. Of the teams that missed the postseason last year and are giving themselves a better chance this year, it’s the Mets. They win the “most likely to succeed” award.
Brewers strengthened starting pitching with Sproat, Harrison, and Drohan in and Freddy and Tobias out. Loss of Durbin offset by Rengifo although Durbin will be great in Boston!! Should be able to repeat best record in baseball!!
lol. keep dreaming. Brewers only care about beating the Cubs and mail it in after.
CFS
Mailed-in troll attempt
not really. Crew tanked past the Dodgers and beat the Cubs when they we down to two play off callaber arms and Tucker and PCA were adding nothing.
The Troll was posting a L after squeezing by then getting man handled by the Dodgers who did not sweep the Phills and had to battle the Jays
The Crew was a breeze for them.
So trolling? Or stating facts?
If anything the Crew were hot air
Indeed the Crew looked pathetic against the Dodgers. And that’s not because the Dodgers were some unbeatable juggernaut. (As you saw when they played the Phillies and Blue Jays.) The Brew Crew should have put up a better fight at least. Felt like they gave up before it even began.
CFS
“So trolling? Or stating facts?”
I taught GED classes for a while. One of the most important things I taught in those classes was differentiating between fact and opinion.
Do you believe that this
“If anything the Crew were hot air”
isca fact or an opinion?
Now I’m not sure if you are trolling or just no idea how baseball works.
I have undying loyalty so I voted for the Mets, but cmon. The dodgers added Tucker and Diaz to a 2x WS winning team, it was obviously them, but I won’t vote it in a poll! That’ll show em!
I think that the Angels had by far the best offseason simply because I firmly believe that Arte is not committing to any long term signings so he can gear up for a sale and let the new owner build the team of the future.
It’s too early for most to say, but any psychic who can read the tea leaves would vote Padres here.
The Red Sox. Rotation upgrades were sorely needed and Breslow addressed them both long-term (Suarez, Oviedo) and short-term (Gray). Contreras was a nice addition to the lineup, Durbin is an interesting pickup for 3B, and IKF adds a versatile bench piece and keeps the speed they lost with Hamilton
Will the Dodgers moves improve their win total by 10 games? 10 more wins? Probably because they had a very down regular season for them last year.
Who else will likely see a 10 plus win increase?
Baltimore because of the down year and adds
Detroit because of the end of year melt down and adds
Pirates because of a poor record last year and adds
who plays in a tough division making it hard to see a 10 win increase even with good additions
Mets
Red Sox
Blue Jays
All teams in the Al west
Giants, padres, dbacks
So yes I say without question the most improved team will likely be the dodgers
Good assessment.
Rockies could get a 10 win increase. They were VERY bad
It’s not obvious? The Dodgers bought this too!
I thought the Mariners would’ve received the second or third most votes?
Probably the Redsox. They freaking have 2 starting rotations
The Orioles weren’t “expected” to go after a front line starter, they SAID they were going after one, and then they do what the Orioles always do, don’t get one, and instead get a couple of middle to back end rotation guys. Then they go out and get another 1B/DH, then resign another 1b/DH who can’t stay healthy and has gotten worse each year.(Mountcastle), while they already have Mayo, Basallo, O’Neill, and Ward who also only play one position or DH. The OF defense is going to be atrocious.
By the prospects they gave up Baz is the Frontline starter so they didn’t lie to you. They went after and got one in their minds.
Well, guess what? The Rotation is going to be either Bradish or Rogers 1 7 2, or Rogers and Bradish 1 and 2. Baz is #3 or #4 that could swap with Bassitt. So no, even they don’t think he’s top of the rotation, and even if they did, who cares? Nobody else thinks he is. So yes, the Orioles lied. They did their factory default, gin up the fan base by saying, “Yeah, we’re REALLY serious this time, we’re going to go out and get an ace!” Then all the aces get signed or traded for and they come back with scrap sand say, “Well, we believe in the potential of this guy…” It is the same old, same old.
Even better, it looks like Holliday and Westberg are going to miss pretty significant time, and they don’t have any competent back ups. They can play Jerimiah Jackson out of position at 2B while Mayo plays 3b, or force a super utility guy like Blaze Alexander into a starting role.. Either way, Jackson and Mayo are pretty bad at 3b, and as I said before the OF is a mess. You got two guys that aren’t good defenders at the corner spots, and a guy in CF who really should be at the corners. How many DH’s can they stuff into a lineup?
This offseason will be remembered for the Red Sox landing Jake Bennett.
This off-season will be remembered for Red Sox trying to get Kyle Teel back and having Chris Getz laugh them off the phone
NewOrleansSaintsFan
2 days ago
This off-season will be remembered for Red Sox trying to get Kyle Teel back and having Chris Getz laugh them off the phone
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The Red Sox have Narvy, they don’t need Teel with his overrated defense.
Oakland
Winning the offseason usually offers up a let down of a season, or so it seems.
If you voted Baltimore Boston or even Toronto you may be right.
Voted Pirates Mets Dodgers probably be alright. 2 of those teams are really likely to be better and LA is almost certain to win division. Is not winning world series a let down then maybe lol. I don’t think they can win every single one but maybe.
I think Toronto had the best offseaon when you consider 2 years ago no one wanted to go there as a FA I for one wanted Akins and Shirpiro heads served on a platter I also wanted Springer gone as well so I’m very glad that Vlad Jr was signed to a very good extension that kind of saved the executives jobs I didn’t have good expectations for the team most of the writers picked them too finish last again and was really happy they made it to the WS unfortunately we lost Bichette to the Mets but who else would pay him 42 million a year for 3 years certainly not Toronto and now the Mets want him to play 3B for them isn’t that a longer throw across the diamond for someone who has a weak throwing arm from SS
DB
Holy run-on sentence, Batman
I will not want to read his sentence out loud. Is he too lazy to type punctuation? Does know how to? Can’t? Or doesn’t even know you need punctuation?
Well, I voted for the A’s but that’s because the team obviously considers everything before 2028 in Vegas to be the offseason.
White Sox will have the biggest win/lost difference than 2025 in 2026.
A minimum of 85 wins for ChiSox
That’s a bold prediction Cotton!
Everything would have to go right. sure…the bp seems fine and the lineup will be ok in that division but the rotation is all question marks. if they had a real 1 and 2….and smith is the number 3…id buy in but i think they can be a 75-81 win team.
Anyone else having none of the poll links work over the last week or so? I’m just getting a poll ID number inside brackets instead of a link.
Guardians had the best off season, obviously
It’s only an offseason if you take the season off.
Astros!
Probably being a little, well no, VERY biased. Here’s my rundown.
We signed a top starter, traded for a future “pillar” in the rotation, saved money, and got a very defensive shortstop. We also traded for a fan favorite. Oh, and we traded for a strikeout machine.
Link to the poll does not work on my MLBTR app
Pirates had a great off season just for being fairly aggressive.. or extremely by Pirates standards.
their biggest miss is that 3b offense.
Think it’s the Mets unfortunately. Vientos probably better suited for 1B and Bo Bichette should be ok at 3B. Luis Robert was an underrated acquisition. Rangers should be getting more love here, MacKenzie Gore could be a CY finalist this season.
Where did the Pirates get the incentive and the money to improve there team? Most team have made improvements some in both the short term, and others in the long term. A lot of new expectation for this year.