The notion of the Reds seeking better things after an 83-win season pretty much went out the door when GM Nick Krall waved a white flag by saying the team "must align our payroll to our resources."
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There's plenty of debate to be had about how much they've recovered from their 91-loss season, but getting Wade Miley off waivers and Marcus Stroman in free agency at least ensures that their starting pitching won't be a dumpster fire again. Nick Castellanos Jeff Dean/Associated Press In seemingly no time at all, they went from not even having a general manager to winning the offseason after successive signings of Starling Marte, Eduardo Escobar and Mark Canha ( here) and Max Scherzer ( here).īetween their long list of free agents and mostly ( though not entirely) empty list of new additions, they'll arguably have more work to do than any other contender when the offseason boots back up again.Ĭesar Hernandez is a nice stabilizer for their infield, but a signing like that doesn't exactly clarify how their " reboot" is any different from a garden-variety rebuild.
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Their $556 million splurge on Corey Seager ( here), Marcus Semien ( here) and Jon Gray ( here) pretty much amounts to lipstick on a 102-loss pig, but, hey, better that than tanking.įreddie Freeman and the MVPs from both the National League Championship Series and the World Series are still missing from Atlanta's roster, so it's fair to say that the defending champs are in disrepair.Īs active as they've been-notably extending Sandy Alcantara and signing Avisail Garcia-their road back to the playoffs still goes through further and more substantial improvements to their league-worst offense.
They probably weren't as solid this season as their 90-72 record indicated, so good on them for trying to look more like a proper contender by trading for Adam Frazier and especially for signing AL Cy Young Award winner Robbie Ray. Put simply, they're unsurprisingly open for business with their payroll in an area the organization typically doesn't want it to be. Noah Syndergaard is a nice start, but the Angels will need more than a guy with just two innings since 2019 if they expect their starting pitching to leap from awful to respectable in 2022. Lest there were any doubts about their contention window after their third World Series in five years, they quickly retained manager Dusty Baker and ace Justin Verlander, and they also reportedly want to replace Carlos Correa with a similarly talented shortstop. Justin Verlander Julio Cortez/Associated Press It would have been easy for the Twins to dismantle their roster after a disastrous 89-loss season, so kudos to them for effectively re-committing to contention by finally extending Byron Buxton for the long haul. They've been about as quiet as the Guardians, but at least the Royals have the excuse of being nearly ready to harvest cream-of-the-crop talents from an elite farm system. Maybe Eduardo Rodriguez and Javier Baez ( here) aren't the kind of players that will get them over the hump after a 77-85 season, but the idea of them teaming with Casey Mize and up-and-comers Spencer Torkelson and Riley Greene sure is exciting. You'd hope their new name would beget a flurry of additions for a proper fresh start in 2022, but there's been nary a peep about them adding to a payroll that's about as low as it gets. Braley/Associated PressĪfter winning their first AL Central championship since 2008, it's refreshing to see the White Sox pushing their payroll to new heights-notably via a $24 million deal for Kendall Graveman-rather than simply letting it ride. With the Rays spending $182 million on Wander Franco and $18 million on Corey Kluber ( here) and Brooks Raley ( here), Rays fans have basically experienced the equivalent of an ornithologist spotting a Kakapo in the wild.Įven if the signing of Kevin Gausman was technically a win, the subsequent departures of Marcus Semien and Robbie Ray somehow make the Blue Jays feel like one of the offseason's bigger losers.īyron Buxton Colin E. The rumor mill went from connecting the Yankees to the likes of Corey Seager to those of Isiah Kiner-Falefa, so maybe the payroll increase general manager Brian Cashman promised in November will be smaller than expected.
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will upgrade their defense, so all they really need now are the capable late-inning relievers that they lacked in 2021.
Michael Wacha, James Paxton and Rich Hill ( here) are good rotation options and old friend Jackie Bradley Jr. They're reportedly open to trading their best hitter and pitcher, so Orioles fans who've been holding their breath waiting for the end of the organization's rebuild would be better off letting out a beleaguered sigh. Wander Franco Charles Krupa/Associated Press
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