MLB Offseason Grades for All 30 Teams Entering 2023 Spring Training

The 2022-23 Major League Baseball offseason is over. Not technically, perhaps, but practically. Spring training begins this week, after all.

And thus, the big question: How did everyone do this winter?

We've provided answers in the form of offseason grades for all 30 teams. This involved weighing what they gained and lost, as well as any in-house business they took care of. Whether rebuilder or contender, generally what we wanted to see was effort.

We'll proceed in alphabetical order by city.

2022 Record: 74-88

Key Additions: C Gabriel Moreno, LF Lourdes Gurriel Jr., OF Kyle Lewis, LHP Andrew Chafin, RHP Scott McGough, RHP Zach Davies, 3B Evan Longoria, RHP Miguel Castro

Key Losses: CF Daulton Varsho, OF Jordan Luplow

When Diamondbacks general manager Mike Hazen outlined a fairly complex plan for the team's offseason last October, he tabbed bullpen arms, right-handed hitting and starting pitching depth as musts and a trade of a surplus left-handed hitter as a maybe.

"Mission accomplished" seems a fair thing to say, and some of the newcomers bring real upside to the desert. Moreno, a .310 career hitter in the minors, was one of the 10 best prospects in baseball this time last year. It's a big "if," but Lewis may yet recapture the form that won him the American League Rookie of the Year honors in 2020 if he can stay healthy.

It does, however, hurt to lose a 27-homer slugger and spectacular defender of Varsho's ilk. And as nice as upside is, it's not to be confused with immediate impact. These are nice ways of saying that Arizona still looks like an also-ran in the National League West.

Grade: B

2022 Record: 101-61

Key Additions: C Sean Murphy, OF Jordan Luplow, RHP Nick Anderson, OF Sam Hilliard, RHP Joe Jiménez, RHP Dennis Santana, LHP Lucas Luetge

Key Losses: SS Dansby Swanson, RHP Kenley Jansen, RHP Luke Jackson, C William Contreras, C Manny Piña

Key Extensions: C Sean Murphy

It ought to be an outrage that Atlanta basically sat out the free-agent market, where it spent a league-low $3.0 million. And it kind of is, at least to the extent that they were apparently indifferent about retaining Swanson at shortstop.

The trade for and subsequent $73 million extension of Murphy, though, aren't bad as far as face-saving measures go. He's a talented two-way catcher in general, and he was last seen playing at something more like an elite level in the second half of 2022.

And now for the part where we whisper, "Pssst, Jiménez could be the steal of the winter." He may not have Jansen's creds, but he's coming off a strong year that was backed by even stronger peripheral metrics. The Raisel Iglesias energy is strong in him.

Grade: B

2022 Record: 83-79

Key Additions: RHP Kyle Gibson, LHP Cole Irvin, 2B Adam Frazier, RHP Mychal Givens, C James McCann

Key Losses: RHP Jordan Lyles, 1B Jesús Aguilar, OF Brett Phillips

Let us hop in the way-back machine and turn the dial to Aug. 2022, when Orioles GM Mike Elias momentarily had the fan base hyped with these comments:

And now back to the present, wherein Baltimore's projected Opening Day payroll of $63 million is exactly the same as where the club ended 2022.

It's not all bad, as Frazier was a good get on a buy-low deal and Gibson and Irvin are precisely the veteran arms that the team's rotation lacked last season. The taste is nonetheless one of bitter disappointment that should have fans asking just what the heck the club's dysfunctional ownership is feeding them.

Grade: D

2022 Record: 78-84

Key Additions: LF Masataka Yoshida, RHP Kenley Jansen, 3B/DH Justin Turner, RHP Chris Martin, RHP Corey Kluber, OF Adam Duvall, LHP Joely Rodríguez, SS Adalberto Mondesi, LHP Richard Bleier

Key Losses: SS Xander Bogaerts, DH J.D. Martinez, RHP Nathan Eovaldi, LHP Matt Strahm, LHP Rich Hill, OF Tommy Pham, 1B Eric Hosmer

Key Extensions: 3B Rafael Devers

We were figuratively booing the Red Sox and their principal owner, John Henry, in December. Come January, fans were literally booing him and chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom at the NHL's Winter Classic at Fenway Park.

That's what happens when you lose a guy like Bogaerts, especially given that Boston's last offer was reportedly $120 million short of what the San Diego Padres were willing to pay. Between that and a projected 2023 payroll that's slated to be about $30 million lighter than what they spent in 2022, the Red Sox's offseason feels like a penny-pinching operation.

Devers' well-deserved $331 million extension lessens that feeling a little. And the club's assorted new depth pieces are at least better than nothing, particularly with regard to a bullpen that badly needed guys like Jansen, Martin, Rodríguez and Bleier in 2022.

Grade: C

2022 Record: 74-88

Key Additions: SS Dansby Swanson, RHP Jameson Taillon, LHP Drew Smyly, CF Cody Bellinger, 1B/DH Trey Mancini, C Tucker Barnhart, RHP Brad Boxberger, RHP Michael Fulmer, 1B Eric Hosmer

Key Losses: C Willson Contreras, LHP Wade Miley

Let's not simply gloss over the loss of Contreras. He spent seven seasons with the Cubs gracing them with offense the likes of which is hard to find at catcher, hitting upwards of 20 home runs for them on four different occasions.

In his place, though, is a Gold Glover in Barnhart. Swanson is also one of those, as is Bellinger. As incumbent second baseman Nico Hoerner is an ace defender in his own right, the Cubs are clearly looking to greet baseball's post-shift era with an elite defense. Taillon and the other new hurlers will also aid what should be a veritable run prevention machine.

However, there remains a question as to whether said machine will be backed by a good enough lineup. It's hard to tell who, exactly, is supposed to carry an offense that finished 11th in the National League in runs scored last season.

Grade: B

2022 Record: 81-81

Key Additions: LF Andrew Benintendi, RHP Mike Clevinger

Key Losses: 1B José Abreu, RHP Johnny Cueto, OF AJ Pollock, RHP Vince Velasquez, INF/OF Josh Harrison, INF Danny Mendick, OF Adam Engel

When, or even if, Clevinger will suit up for the White Sox is up in the air after MLB opened an investigation into the right-hander following allegations of domestic violence and child abuse from the mother of his child.

Tabbing Benintendi to be the recipient of a club-record $75 million contract is...a choice. He's a good contact hitter and defender, sure, but he has little in the way of power or speed. He hit all of five home runs and stole all of eight bases in 2022.

Otherwise, that's quite a long list of departures. Cueto was a godsend for Chicago's faulty rotation last year, while Abreu was a lineup mainstay and a clubhouse leader for nearly a decade after first signing with the White Sox ahead of 2014. They, especially, will be missed.

Grade: D

2022 Record: 62-100

Key Additions: INF/OF Wil Myers, C Curt Casali, RHP Luke Weaver, C Luke Maile, INF Kevin Newman, INF Nick Solak

Key Losses: INF Kyle Farmer

You could practically hear the small violins playing when Reds president Phil Castellini bemoaned just how hard it is to run a business that Forbes values at $1.2 billion. Clearly, the guy just likes insulting peoples' intelligence.

But we digress...or do we? Because, really, what else is there to say about what the Reds did this offseason?

One supposes there's some upside among their newcomers, especially if Myers can turn his clock back to 2020 or 2016. But it's generally a nondescript collection of newcomers, which is a word that's likely to also end up describing the 2023 Reds pretty well.

Grade: F

2022 Record: 92-70

Key Additions: 1B Josh Bell, C Mike Zunino

Key Losses: C Austin Hedges, C Luke Maile, INF/OF Owen Miller

It may look like the Guardians have laid low this winter, but here's something that might shock you: their $39 million in free-agent expenses is only $5.5 million less than what the deep-pocketed Los Angeles Dodgers have spent.

Of that, $33 million is for Bell and $6 million is for Zunino. Both are worthwhile as low-risk dice rolls, as one only need go back to 2021 to find a time when they would have combined for 60 home runs if they'd been teammates. After hitting just 127 home runs in 2022, the Guardians needed power bats like theirs.

Could the Guardians have done more? Well, sure. It would have been great if they had landed Sean Murphy, for example. Even still, you'd be hard-pressed to argue that they've gone backwards this winter.

Grade: B+

2022 Record: 68-94

Key Additions: RHP Pierce Johnson, RHP José Ureña, RHP Connor Seabold

Key Losses: RHP Carlos Estévez, OF Sam Hilliard, OF Connor Joe

Key Extensions: RHP Tyler Kinley

So, Rockies owner Dick Monfort. What are your hopes for the team heading into 2023? Win the World Series? Make the playoffs? Or...oh:

To be fair, a .500 record would be a heck of an improvement after a 94-loss season. And it's not entirely out of the question, even if it'll be that much harder to see if Kris Bryant suffers another injury-plagued year like he did in the first year of his $187 million contract in 2022.

Otherwise, one supposes low effort would indeed beget low ambitions. Johnson might be a nice pick-up if he can get back to what he was in 2020 and 2021, but that's about the only compliment we can force. Offseasons don't get any more dud-like than this.

Grade: F

2022 Record: 66-96

Key Additions: LHP Matthew Boyd, RHP Michael Lorenzen, 3B Nick Maton, C Donny Sands, OF Matt Vierling

Key Losses: LHP Gregory Soto, C Tucker Barnhart, 3B Jeimer Candelario

Even if it didn't technically happen during the offseason, the most consequential move of recent vintage that the Tigers made was hiring Scott Harris to head their front office.

He arrived in Detroit by way of a stint in the San Francisco Giants front office, and he's already applying some of the same tricks that conjured a 107-win team seemingly out of nowhere in 2021. Namely, revamping the coaching staff to be, well, bigger.

Harris' actual roster moves are no worse than inoffensive, and one might even call them crafty. To wit, Vierling quietly showcased elite speed and a good feel for both making contact and hitting the ball hard with the Philadelphia Phillies last year.

Grade: C+

2022 Record: 106-56

Key Additions: 1B José Abreu, RHP Rafael Montero, LF/DH Michael Brantley

Key Losses: RHP Justin Verlander, C Christian Vázquez, INF Aledmys Díaz, 1B/DH Trey Mancini

Key Extensions: RHP Cristian Javier

Basically no time lapsed at all between the Astros winning the World Series and things getting dramatic at the upper levels of the organization. They parted ways with GM James Click in November and didn't hire Dana Brown to take his place until late January.

As to on-field matters, it remains surprising that the Astros not only let Verlander walk, but have done nothing to replace the three-time Cy Young Award winner. And for their parts, Montero and Brantley are more retentions than additions and how much Abreu has left to give is a fair question. He's 36 and coming off a year marked by struggles against fastballs. All in all, the vibe here is distressingly weird.

The best thing the Astros did with their offseason happened just on Friday, when they signed Javier to a five-year, $64 million contract that bought out two free-agent seasons. He looks like an ascendant ace after dominating with a 2.54 ERA in 2022, so that should prove to be a very club-friendly deal.

Grade: C+

2022 Record: 65-97

Key Additions: RHP Jordan Lyles, RHP Zack Greinke, LHP Aroldis Chapman, LHP Ryan Yarbrough, LHP Josh Taylor

Key Losses: SS Adalberto Mondesi, CF Michael A. Taylor

For the first time in a long time, somebody other than Dayton Moore was calling the shots for the Royals this winter. And in context of the club's circumstances as a rebuilder, J.J. Picollo did OK for himself.

Gibson and Greinke are both capable veteran innings eaters, while Yarbrough's penchant for stifling hard contact should play well at Kauffman Stadium. Though Chapman isn't what he once was, he and Taylor are the lefties the Royals bullpen needed.

What we really wanted to see from the Royals were extensions from some of their young stars, such as Bobby Witt Jr., Brady Singer and Vinnie Pasquantino. To his credit, though, such things are at least on owner John Sherman's mind heading into spring training.

Grade: B-

2022 Record: 73-89

Key Additions: LHP Tyler Anderson, INF Brandon Drury, RHP Carlos Estévez, OF Brett Phillips, 3B Gio Urshela, RF Hunter Renfroe

Key Losses: RHP Michael Lorenzen

Whether the most recent news to come out of Anaheim is of the good variety is subject to debate. After eight straight seasons without a playoff berth, Angels fans might have preferred that Arte Moreno had followed through on selling the team.

There should nonetheless be some hope in the air in Anaheim, and not just because Moreno is saying the right things about wanting to keep Shohei Ohtani in town beyond 2023. Albeit under the radar, the Angels made some good moves this winter.

A rotation that was sneaky-excellent in the back half of 2022 now has Anderson, who pitched to a 2.57 ERA over 178.2 innings last year. Drury, Urshela and Renfroe are much-needed pieces of offensive depth, while Estévez has closer-caliber stuff.

Grade: B+

2022 Record: 111-51

Key Additions: SS Miguel Rojas, LHP Clayton Kershaw, RHP Noah Syndergaard, DH J.D. Martinez, OF David Peralta, RHP Shelby Miller, RHP Alex Reyes, RHP J.P. Feyereisen

Key Losses: SS Trea Turner, LHP Tyler Anderson, LHP Andrew Heaney, 3B Justin Turner, CF Cody Bellinger, RHP Chris Martin, RHP Tommy Kahnle, OF Joey Gallo, RHP Craig Kimbrel

Key Extensions: SS Miguel Rojas

That list of losses elicits a cringe. Trea Turner is obviously a superstar, and there's otherwise another good hitter, two very good left-handers, a former MVP who's still an elite defender and a couple of solid relief pitchers in there.

As for the players the Dodgers have added this winter, they're...fine. Just fine. Rojas will provide good defense at shortstop. Kershaw and Syndergaard will eat innings. Martinez and Peralta are at least useful as platoon hitters. And Miller and Reyes have upside in relief roles.

Nonetheless, this is not what Dodgers fans must have expected after a 111-win season and with so much money coming off the team's books. It seems like the luxury tax drove the decision-making this winter, not a desire to keep winning games at historic rates.

Grade: C-

2022 Record: 69-93

Key Additions: 2B Luis Arraez, 3B Jean Segura, RHP Johnny Cueto, RHP Matt Barnes, RHP JT Chargois, LHP A.J. Puk

Key Losses: RHP Pablo López, 3B/OF Brian Anderson, LHP Richard Bleier, OF JJ Bleday

The signing of Cueto gave the Marlins even more leeway to finally pull off a move that had been teased for a while: a trade of a surplus arm for a much-needed bat.

The Marlins got a good one in swapping out López for Arraez, who's a .314 career hitter fresh off winning the American League batting title. Putting the ball in play is the name of his game, and the same is true of Segura. Miami's offense is surely deeper with them.

But since the Marlins still needed more power potential, it was weird to see them turn around and deal Bleday, who was the club's No. 4 pick in 2019, to the Oakland Athletics for a good-not-great reliever in Puk. The team may be putting all its chips on Jorge Soler and Avisaíl García bouncing back after both fell flat in their Miami debuts last season.

Grade: C+

2022 Record: 86-76

Key Additions: LF/DH Jesse Winker, C William Contreras, LHP Wade Miley, 3B/RF Brian Anderson, RHP Javy Guerra, RHP Bryse Wilson

Key Losses: RF Hunter Renfroe, 2B Kolten Wong, LHP Taylor Rogers, C Omar Narváez, INF Jace Peterson, DH Andrew McCutchen, RHP Brad Boxberger, RHP Trevor Gott, OF Esteury Ruiz

The Brewers were practically destined to cut payroll this winter, so it should have surprised nobody when they traded Renfroe and Wong. Nor, for that matter, should it surprise anyone that the club's free-agent expenses amount to just $4.5 million.

Credit where it's due, the Brewers did get an All-Star hitter with club control though 2027 when they scored Contreras as part of the Sean Murphy trade. Winker is more of a wild card after a lost season in 2022, but he was previously an All-Star hitter in his own right in 2021.

It's nonetheless hard to make a case that the Brewers are any better now than where they ended 2022. And as such, it's that much easier to envision trades of Willy Adames, Corbin Burnes or Brandon Woodruff in the near future.

Grade: C

2022 Record: 78-84

Key Additions: SS Carlos Correa, RHP Pablo López, C Christian Vázquez, OF Joey Gallo, INF Kyle Farmer, OF Michael A. Taylor

Key Losses: 2B Luis Arraez, 3B Gio Urshela

Key Extensions: RHP Chris Paddack

Correa ending up back with the Twins never seemed likely after he opted out of his contract in November, but here we are. That just goes to show that anything is possible when $665 million worth of contracts fall apart elsewhere.

Questions about Correa's right ankle notwithstanding, having the two-time All-Star back at shortstop is clearly a huge win for the Twins. Their rotation also needed a guy like López, who's pitched to a squarely above-average 119 ERA+ over the last three seasons.

Whether the Twins will miss Arraez and Urshela will depend on Vázquez, who has a solid floor, and Gallo, who has a massively high ceiling. The Twins can at least hope for another 35-to-40-homer season from Gallo, even if it comes paired with another sub-.200 average.

Grade: A-

2022 Record: 101-61

Key Additions: CF Brandon Nimmo, RHP Edwin Díaz, RHP Justin Verlander, RHP Kodai Senga, LHP José Quintana, C Omar Narváez, RHP Adam Ottavino, RHP David Robertson, OF Tommy Pham, INF Danny Mendick, LHP Brooks Raley, RHP Elieser Hernandez

Key Losses: RHP Jacob deGrom, RHP Taijuan Walker, RHP Chris Bassitt, C James McCann, RHP Seth Lugo, RHP Trevor Williams, RHP Trevor May, RHP Mychal Givens, LHP Joely Rodríguez, 1B Dominic Smith

Key Extensions: INF/OF Jeff McNeil

There's a metric ton of stuff to unpack here, but the Mets deserve a good grade for their offseason just for not only replacing deGrom, Walker and Bassitt, but upgrading in the process.

Verlander needs no introduction, especially after what he did last year. Quintana more quietly had a heck of a season as well, posting a sub-3.00 ERA over 32 starts. And then there's Senga, a Japanese ace with wicked stuff.

It was also key that the Mets retained Nimmo, Díaz and Ottavino, and likewise that they added Robertson to help out the latter two in the bullpen. It surely would have been key if the Mets had finalized their $315 million agreement with Correa to secure the power bat they needed, but that's really the only gripe to make about how they spent the winter.

Grade: A-

2022 Record: 99-63

Key Additions: RF Aaron Judge, LHP Carlos Rodón, 1B Anthony Rizzo, RHP Tommy Kahnle

Key Losses: LF Andrew Benintendi, RHP Jameson Taillon, DH Matt Carpenter, RHP Chad Green, LHP Aroldis Chapman, RHP Miguel Castro, LHP Lucas Luetge

There's a perspective from which you can look at the Yankees' offseason and see how little they actually added. And they have some holes because of it, particularly in left field.

But enough with the skepticism. Re-signing Judge after his record-setting, MVP-winning season in 2022 was an absolute must for the Yankees, so good on them for spending $360 million to make it happen. Likewise, Rizzo would have taken 32 home runs with him if he had left New York.

Of all the big signings that happened this winter, New York's $162 million deal with Rodón might be the most underrated. Though he comes with durability concerns, he's been perhaps baseball's best pitcher on a rate basis across the last two seasons. He and Gerrit Cole will be a proper ace duo.

Grade: A-

2022 Record: 60-102

Key Additions: INF Aledmys Díaz, INF Jace Peterson, RHP Trevor May, RHP Shintaro Fujinami, 1B Jesús Aguilar, RHP Drew Rucinski, CF Esteury Ruiz, C Manny Piña, OF JJ Bleday

Key Losses: C Sean Murphy, LHP Cole Irvin, LHP A.J. Puk

Yet another pain point was the last thing A's fans needed after the depressing slog that was the team's 2022 season. Even if it was always inevitable, the Murphy trade nonetheless qualifies.

Still, it's not impossible to force some optimism here. Rucinski and Fujinami did good work in Korea and Japan, respectively, and the speedy Ruiz looks like a dark-horse candidate for the AL Rookie of the Year. The Puk-for-Bleday trade could also be a steal if the A's get him to consistently tap into power that produced 20 homers in 85 games at Triple-A last year.

For their parts, Peterson, May, Aguilar and Piña are are least usable major league players. So even if there's no promising that the A's will actually contend this year, their chances of avoiding another 100-loss season are reasonably strong.

Grade: B-

2022 Record: 87-75

Key Additions: SS Trea Turner, RHP Taijuan Walker, LHP Matt Strahm, RHP Craig Kimbrel, INF Josh Harrison, LHP Gregory Soto

Key Losses: RHP Zach Eflin, 2B Jean Segura, RHP Noah Syndergaard, RHP Kyle Gibson, RHP David Robertson, INF Nick Maton, OF Matt Vierling

The Phillies absolutely needed to go get a shortstop this winter, and preferably one who could bat leadoff so that Kyle Schwarber would be able to take his power lower in the order.

Hence, a $300 million contract for Turner. It's an utterly perfect fit for precisely those reasons. The Phillies are otherwise to be credited for focusing their efforts on the mound, where Walker should be a solid mid-rotation guy while Strahm, Kimbrel and especially Soto pad out the depth around José Alvarado and Seranthony Domínguez in the pen.

The less-than-silver lining here is that the Phillies did lose some depth with all the guys who left town, but that shouldn't prove to be too catastrophic. This is a team capable of making yet another World Series run in 2023.

Grade: A-

2022 Record: 62-100

Key Additions: LHP Rich Hill, 1B Carlos Santana, DH Andrew McCutchen, C Austin Hedges, RHP Vince Velasquez, LHP Jarlín García, 1B Ji-Man Choi, OF Connor Joe

Key Losses: INF Kevin Newman, RHP Zach Thompson, RHP Bryse Wilson

It's often all too easy to accuse Pirates owner Bob Nutting of not doing enough to boost his team's on-field fortunes. After a respectable $30.4 million in free-agent spending, that's not the case right now.

McCutchen is certainly the main draw as the prodigal son set to return to the city where he won an MVP back in 2013. Hill is still a good pitcher, while Choi and Santana are two capable hitters who should benefit from the new regulations on shifts.

To be sure, the Pirates are still very much in a rebuilding phase. But it feels like less of a pure tank job now, and that's worth commending even if not all of the club's new additions are still with the team after this year's trade deadline.

Grade: B

2022 Record: 89-73

Key Additions: SS Xander Bogaerts, RHP Robert Suarez, RHP Nick Martinez, RHP Seth Lugo, DH Matt Carpenter, DH Nelson Cruz, OF Adam Engel

Key Losses: 1B Josh Bell, LHP Sean Manaea, INF Brandon Drury, RHP Mike Clevinger, INF/OF Wil Myers, RHP Pierce Johnson

Key Extensions: RHP Yu Darvish

There are more questions than answers pertaining to how the Padres are going to line up defensively in 2023. The back end of their rotation looks weak, and did they really need to extend Darvish through his age-42 season in 2028?

These, however, are more quibbles than actual complaints. The Bogaerts deal alone makes the Padres one of the big winners of the winter, as he, Manny Machado, Juan Soto and Fernando Tatis Jr. have the potential to be a truly dynamite offensive foursome. To wit, they would have combined for a 143 wRC+ and 122 home runs as teammates in 2021.

Carpenter and Cruz also have the potential to be high-impact hitters in 2023, while Suarez showed his relief ace bona fides with a scoreless September in 2022. So quibbles aside, Padres GM A.J. Preller has pretty much done his "rock star" thing again.

Grade: A-

2022 Record: 81-81

Key Additions: RF Mitch Haniger, OF Michael Conforto, LHP Taylor Rogers, RHP Ross Stripling, LHP Sean Manaea, OF Joc Pederson, RHP Luke Jackson

Key Losses: LHP Carlos Rodón, 1B Brandon Belt, 3B Evan Longoria, LHP Jarlín García, RHP Shelby Miller, INF Tommy La Stella

There's no ignoring the players the Giants didn't sign this winter. They nearly had Aaron Judge before that went up in flames, and Carlos Correa was actually in their clutches before they took a close look at his ankle and ghosted him.

Between those two swings and misses and Rodón's departure, nobody can claim the Giants have had a good offseason. It'll have to do that they avoided total disaster by scoring some nice pieces in the signings they did make.

Stripling and Manaea should provide solid innings out of the rotation, while Rogers is a nice upside play alongside his brother, Tyler, in the bullpen. Speaking of, the upside of Haniger, who hit 39 home runs in 2021, and Conforto, who was good for a 134 OPS+ between 2017 and 2020, is measured in actual oodles.

Grade: C

2022 Record: 90-72

Key Additions: RF Teoscar Hernández, 2B Kolten Wong, OF AJ Pollock, RHP Trevor Gott, INF Tommy La Stella

Key Losses: LF/DH Jesse Winker, INF Abraham Toro, OF Kyle Lewis, RHP Erik Swanson, RF Mitch Haniger, LHP Matthew Boyd, INF Adam Frazier, 1B Carlos Santana, C Curt Casali, RHP Luke Weaver

Key Extensions: INF/OF Dylan Moore

The Mariners have basically sat out free agency, signing only Pollock, Gott and La Stella to deals totaling $8.9 million. So much for the run at one of the market's top shortstops that GM Jerry Dipoto seemed to tease in October.

On the plus side, the Mariners simply had to move on from Winker after he wore out his welcome in Seattle last year. Hernández should provide the level of offense they were hoping to get from Winker, while Wong's defense should be that much more valuable in a post-shift world.

The guy the Mariners might actually miss is Swanson, who casually put up a 1.68 ERA out of the bullpen last season. Both relief pitching and starting pitching nonetheless figure to be strengths in 2023, so the Mariners haven't exactly downgraded after snapping their 21-year playoff drought in 2022.

Grade: B-

2022 Record: 93-69

Key Additions: C Willson Contreras

Key Losses: LHP José Quintana, OF Corey Dickerson

Mind you, this isn't counting Adam Wainwright, who re-signed with the Cardinals before he had the chance to file for free agency, and Nolan Arenado, who chose not to exercise the opt-out in his contract. Such things make the club's offseason look a tad more action-packed.

Otherwise, the Cardinals simultaneously provided for themselves and denied the enemy when they signed Contreras away from the Cubs. Nobody will accuse him of being capable of replacing Yadier Molina's defense, but his superior bat can make up for that.

Where St. Louis has come up short this winter is in adding to a rotation that has quite a few durability-related question marks. The club's surplus of young hitters hypothetically leaves the door open for a trade, but for now it's a disappointment and a source of concern with the season looming.

Grade: B-

2022 Record: 86-76

Key Additions: RHP Zach Eflin

Key Losses: RHP Corey Kluber, CF Kevin Kiermaier, C Mike Zunino, LHP Ryan Yarbrough, 1B Ji-Man Choi, RHP JT Chargois, RHP Javy Guerra, RHP J.P. Feyereisen, LHP Brooks Raley

Key Extensions: 3B Yandy Díaz, LHP Jeffrey Springs, RHP Pete Fairbanks

That's quite a long list of departures, but none of them is particularly devastating. Those are all guys the Rays should be able to live without.

Additions-wise, Eflin might seem an odd choice for the richest contract in team history at $40 million. But his subpar 95 ERA+ obscures what there is to like about him, specifically a strong set of peripherals that included a hard-hit rate in the 94th percentile last season.

It was also very much like the Rays to do team-friendly extensions with Díaz, Springs and Fairbanks, all three of whom are coming off impressive seasons. Fairbanks, especially, may be on the verge of becoming a household name after finishing last season with a run that saw him strike out 36, walk only three and allow zero runs over 22 innings.

Grade: B

2022 Record: 68-94

Key Additions: RHP Jacob deGrom, RHP Nathan Eovaldi, LHP Andrew Heaney, LHP Martín Pérez, RHP Jake Odorizzi

Key Losses: RHP Dennis Santana, LHP Kolby Allard, INF Nick Solak

This was Rangers GM Chris Young's first offseason at the controls and, well, can you tell that he's a former pitcher?

The Rangers' new arms come with plenty of risk, and deGrom more than most given that he's a 34-year-old who's had both arm and shoulder trouble in the last two years. But the upside here is appropriately Texas-sized, as only the Yankees project to get more WAR out of their starters in 2023.

Starting pitching alone can only take a team so far, though. It would have been nice to see Young add another hitter, and even nicer to see him add an impact reliever to a bullpen that doesn't project nearly as well as the rotation.

Grade: B

2022 Record: 92-70

Key Additions: CF Daulton Varsho, RHP Chris Bassitt, 1B Brandon Belt, CF Kevin Kiermaier, RHP Chad Green, RHP Erik Swanson

Key Losses: RF Teoscar Hernández, LF Lourdes Gurriel Jr., C Gabriel Moreno, RHP Ross Stripling

The catching tandem of Alejandro Kirk and Danny Jansen may have made Moreno expendable, but Hernández and Gurriel comprised two-thirds of the Blue Jays outfield in 2022. For his part, Stripling pitched to a 3.01 ERA over 134.1 innings.

That Toronto's offseason nonetheless looks like a success in retrospect speaks to the strength of the team's additions.

Varsho and Kiermaier will boost the quality of Toronto's outfield defense and, along with Belt on a platoon basis, balance a lineup that had leaned heavily to the right. Bassitt and Swanson are two of the better pitching pickups of the winter. The former has gotten Cy Young votes two years in a row, while the latter seems like a relief ace on the rise.

Grade: B+

2022 Record: 55-107

Key Additions: RHP Trevor Williams, 3B Jeimer Candelario, OF Corey Dickerson, 1B Dominic Smith, 1B Erasmo Ramírez

Key Losses: DH Nelson Cruz

The Nationals are doing what they must to move their rebuild along, which is pick up players discarded by other teams and try to refurbish them into trade bait.

Candelario and Smith are the two most promising projects in this regard. The 2020 and 2021 seasons saw Candelario post a 125 OPS+ with a league-leading 42 doubles in the latter. Smith has had two rough seasons in a row, but he previously posted a superb 150 OPS+ across 2019 and 2020.

All the same, Nationals fans should buckle up for another long year. Once these guys get traded at the deadline, a second straight 100-loss season will be that much more likely.

Grade: C+

Stats courtesy of Baseball Reference, FanGraphs and Baseball Savant.