Despite the fact that pitchers and catchers report in less than a month, there is still plenty developing and remaining to be decided for a number of teams across Major League Baseball.
Players are still out there looking for jobs, and general managers are still trying to fill in holes via a key free agent signing or trade.
This week saw some big names catching on with new teams, so now is as good a time as ever to take a step back and try to rank some offseason winners and losers based on the moves they did or didn’t make during the Hot Stove season.
It’s obviously true that games and championships are not won during baseball’s offseason, but the restructuring and maneuvering of teams can have a huge impact.
I’ll go over 10 teams that improved, while also covering 10 teams that digressed during baseball’s offseason, and get you primed on what to expect for the new faces in new places across Major League Baseball.