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Winning Major League Baseball’s offseason doesn’t guarantee anything during the regular season, but it can be a big step in the right direction.
So, which teams have made the biggest strides (in either direction) thus far this winter?
On the one hand, it’s still early. In fact, the winter equinox isn’t until Sunday, and then we have three more months until Opening Day. Moreover, most of the cream of the crop free agents—Kyle Tucker, Bo Bichette, Framber Valdez, Alex Bregman, etc.—are still available, so there’s ample opportunity remaining for early losers to become winners.
On the other hand, deals have been struck with 21 of the 42 players (50 percent) who appeared atop MLB Trade Rumors’ ranking of the best free agents in early November, so we have kind of reached the halfway point of the offseason.
No time like the present for an update on who’s crushing it and who’s crashing out.
Winners and losers are presented in no particular order, aside from oscillating back and forth.