Greater winners and losers of the low season of MLB
Now that we have left behind most of the most important winter movements, we analyzed which teams dominated and which ones failed.
While some final movements in free agency must still be carried out, even when spring training begins, most of the heavy work of the low season of MLB It has already been done and now we can evaluate which teams had the best and worse winters.
From the great speakers who monopolized the headlines this low season to the teams that stayed with crossed arms and observed, there are some obvious selections between our elections (Hello, Dodgers and Mets) and some that could surprise it.
These are the teams that stood out as the biggest winners and losers of the low season of MLB.
Winners
Yes, yes, I know. I will not extend too much on this topic, but you have to mention them first. After starting the low season with a roster that had just won a World Series title, the Dodgers added to Kirby Yates and Tanner Scott Al Bullpen, Blake Snell and Roki Sasaki to the rotation, and Michael comforted and Hyeseong Kim to the alignment. They only lost Walker Buehler and Jack Flaherty in free agency Gavin Lux in a exchange, and the three players were replaced by one of their signed free agents.
They also just renew the contract with Clayton Kershaw, as with Teóscar Hernández, Enrique Hernández and Blake Treinen of last year’s team. Los Angeles also extended the contract with Tommy Edman and, although a contract as a free agent was not signed this winter, he will also obtain the pitcher version of Shohei Ohtani this season. Are attentive to the top 100 leaflet of Campocorto Alex Freeland as a possible incorporation this summer.
The METS entered the low season with a large number of free agents, but only lost Luis Severino, who signed a multiannual contract with another team, along with some other role -playing players who signed one year contracts. They brought back to Sean Manaea, Ryne Stanek and Jesse Winker, and then, at a much lower price than expected when the low season began, they signed Pete Alonso. Frankie Montás and Clay Holmes were key incorporations of external free agents for rotation, and Aj Minder was the great external incorporation to the Bullpen, from the Atlanta division rival. Ah, yes, the Mets also gave Juan Soto the greatest contract in the history of baseball, removing it to the Yankees.
The tigers are at an ascending point in almost all phases, with prospects of the third best classified farm system that continue to reach the largest after an appearance in postseason long earlier than expected last season that ended a playoff drought of nine campaigns.
Detroit played well in the market this winter, signing Gleyber Torres and re -re -rejected Jack Flaherty for less expected before the low season, without losing anyone in a true free agent agreement. The Tigers also incorporated Alex Cobb into the rotation and Tommy Kahnle to the Bullpen. There are now several promising young players, many of them recently graduated from the minor leagues system, which occupy most of the other positions in the roster behind the Tarik Skubal and Riley Greene pillars. Detroit’s reconstruction seems to be a model to follow for others.
Others to highlight
The Orioles have increased their payroll by almost $ 60 million compared to last season, but continue to apply the characteristic warning of the free agency of the general manager Mike Elias, and only Tyler O’Neill achieved a multiannual free agent contract. The Blue Jays are putting some chips in the middle, increasing the payroll with the incorporation of Anthony Santander, Andrés Giménez, Jeff Hoffman, Yimi García and Max Scherzer. If they had extended Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s contract, they would have reached the main part of this list.
The puppies incorporated Carson Kelly, Matthew Boyd, Ryan Pressly and Kyle Tucker while reducing the payroll and could be in a better position than at this point of last season. The Rays made a lot of changes as usual, they got Ha-Seong Kim with a good treatment, and I like their direction, so I would not be surprised if they returned to the playoffs in 2025.
Losers
It was quite known that parents had several pending free agents and not much salary flexibility, so they were not expected to have a noisy winter. That said, they have done almost nothing, they simply re -re -reached Elias Díaz and added to Jason Heyward and Connor Joe with one year contracts to alternate in the left garden. At the same time, they lost Tanner Scott, Jurickson Profar, Kyle Higashioka, Donovan Solano, Martín Pérez and Ha-Seong Kim, who went to their rivals via free agency.
It is projected that parents exceed in a couple of millions the lowest threshold of the luxury tax and that good could be the goal, so it would not expect many additions during the rest of the winter.
The Cardinals are one of the three teams that has not signed any player with a free agent contract this winter, along with a team of the Marlins in full reconstruction and the Brewers, who are in the last place of the payroll. The payroll of San Luis has dropped $ 35 million compared to last season, possibly more if the cardinals can find a way of redeeming Nolan Arenado. On the positive side, they have a good intriguing group of young position players, two solid veteran openers, one of the best baseball closures and a collection of young pitching prospects that should appear in the second half of 2025. There is a possibility That the moderation shown in this low season looks correct within a year, with several young players taking great steps forward, but that was also hope last year, mainly the same group of players, and did not work.
The Braves made an unlikely race only to reach the playoffs after a series of injuries could have derail their season. Atlanta lost key players in multiple positions: Aj Minder del Bullpen, Travis d’Arnaud of alignment and Max Fried and Charlie Morton of rotation. And he only added Jurekson Profar through a several -year contract, while Jeff Hoffman was a free agent’s goal whose contract collapsed due to a medical problem.
The Braves have scheduled the return of Ronald Acuña Jr. and Spencer Stider at the beginning of the 2025 season. When Acuña returns, the alignment will be similar to the best version we have seen in Atlanta, but even with the return of Stider, the body From pitchers it has been reduced a bit, so a combination of prospects and veterans with minor leagues contracts will need to have an impact and chose Drue Hackenberg as a possible revelation. In general, the payroll of the Braves has dropped $ 20 million compared to last season and some things should go well to be competitive at the top of the division in 2025, but there is a path.
Others to notice:
The sailors have not done much, they changed Justin Turner and Josh Rojas for Donovan Solano in the Infield and let the rental of rent Yimi García leave and … that is all. Seattle has a disappointing payroll lack of payroll for a team that is close to breaking the ice. It is also a shame that Pittsburgh does not receive more money to spend, because the pirates, led by Paul Skenes in their first full season, are not so far from being competitive. If any of them signed Alex Bregman, the Yankees and the stars would be out of this conversation, but their winters seem incomplete at this time.
And finally, the rockies are still stagnant aimlessly, reducing their payroll by $ 24 million compared to last season and adding only two box players (Thairo Estrada and Kyle Farmer) with free agent contracts in a quiet winter. The depth tables of AGRAPHS have Colorado as the worst team of the National League for a wide margin after the worst team of the National League has been last last season.
