general manager Perry Minasian two-way phenom this offseason. Ohtani, who will be eligible for free agency this time next year, will at least begin the 2023 campaign as a member of the Angels roster, per Minasian.Minasian's declaration may come as a surprise given that the Angels listened to inquiries about Ohtani at the trade deadline, and that they finished the season with a 73-89 record. Ohtani, for his part, has voiced his displeasure with how the Angels performed in 2022. ."Neverthele s, explaining why teams do things is part our busine s here at CBS Sports, so we decided to highlight four reasons why the Angels seem content to stand pat with Ohtani throughout the offseason, thereby taking the risk that they won't receive as good of compensation (either through trade or him leaving via free agency) as they could if they acted now. CBS Sports HQ Newsletter Your Ultimate Guide to Every Day in Sports Brandon Davidson Women Jersey We bring sports news that matters to your inbox, to help you stay informed and get a winning edge. I agree to receive the "CBS Sports HQ Newsletter" and marketing communications, updates, special offers (including partner offers), and other information from CBS Sports and the Paramount family of companies. By pre sing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the . Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. Thanks for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox. Sorry! There was an error proce sing your subscription. Back in July, . Sure enough, "Moreno told folks in his front office he simply could not trade Ohtani while and were out with injuries." , but it's unclear how much progre s he's made on that front, or when a deal could be finalized. For the time being, Moreno may feel it's not his place to trade Ohtani with the future of the franchise hanging in the balance. Conversely, he may not want his final major act as owner to entail trading a generational player before he absolutely had to do it.Moreno is the bo s Guy Lafleur Women Jersey until he's not, so it stands to reason that he was part of the decision-making proce s. In that respect, it doesn't matter what justification he used.The Angels have been both ble sed and cursed to employ Ohtani and Mike Trout, two historic Hall-of-Fame-caliber talents. Unfortunately for Ohtani and Trout, and the Angels fans, the front office has failed to build a consistent winner around them. In fact, Ohtani has been a member of the Angels organization since the 2018 season and has not enjoyed better than an 80-win season. Trout, meanwhile, has appeared in three postseason games for his career, and none since the fall of 2014.You would think that eventually, if only by luck, the Angels to get it right in a sembling a competent supporting cast around Ohtani and Trout. There's no way they strike out completely, right? That's to be seen, but you can understand if the Minasian and crew feel motivated to take one last swing while both Artturi Lehkonen Kids Jersey are under their employment. And if they get it wrong, again? They can trade Ohtani at the deadline.If the Angels are going to make a run in 2023, they're going to have to upgrade at several spots this offseason. , including in the bottom five at catcher (30th), first base (28th), third base (29th), and left field (28th). The Angels also ranked in the bottom 10 at shortstop (21st), meaning they were well below average at five positions. It might be overstating things to write that there's an upside to being so bad, but we're going to do it anyway. The silver lining we have in mind is that it should be easy to find upgrades this offseason. The Angels could pluck a few league-average performers and, provided they produced to expectations, see ma sive gains.Now, the last part -- the execution -- is key because the Angels have tried and tried again to sign middle-of-the-road free agents. It never seems to work for them, and they never seem to have the organizational depth required to replace the laggards, either through internal promotion or through external acquisitions. Minasian, to his credit, may have found a way to give the Angels some extra depth next season.We noted this at the deadline, but the Angels have been extremely aggre sive under Minasian when it comes to pushing their draft picks up the ranks. Karl Alzner Women Jersey Minasian has been at the helm for two drafts to this point, selecting nine total players in the top five rounds. Of those nine players, eight have already played at the Double-A level. That includes shortstop Zach Neto, the 13th pick in the 2022 draft, as well as his other three selections from this July. (And it doesn't include , an 11th-round pick in 2021 who has already made his big-league debut.)In addition to Neto, Byron Froese Men Jersey who posted an .874 OPS in 30 Double-A games, the Angels have right-handers Sam Bachmann, Ben Joyce , Luke Murphy, and Brett Kerry, as well as lefty , and first baseman Sonny DiChiara positioned where they can be reasonably certain they'll make their big-league debuts in 2023.How unusual is that approach? Let's put it this way. There were five collegiate hitters taken ahead of Neto in July, and only one of them has reached Double-A. Minasian and the Angels are banking on these youngsters being able to contribute to the majors sooner than later. It goes against the industry norm, and it seems like a risky strategy overall. If the Angels' need-for-speed development plan fails, they'll have wasted significant draft capital in what amounts to an unforced error.Perhaps Minasian views it this way: if his draftees don't start reaching the majors and producing in the near future, neither he nor Ohtani will be around when they do.

No matter what happens the rest of the way, the Marc-Edouard Vlasic Kids Jersey 2021 World Series and the 2021 baseball season will be over one week from Thursday. , so the offseason will begin next Thursday at the latest. The and are currently tied 1-1 in the Fall Cla sic.Once the offseason begins, the 30 will hunker down and evaluate the free agent market, and determine who they want to sign and who they're fine living without. Teams are smart enough and so proce s-oriented these days that a great (or terrible) postseason won't change how they value a free agent-to-be too much. It does happen on occasion though.The most notable recent example: . Eovaldi had a brilliant postseason with the 2018 , and turned it into a four-year, $68 million contract that offseason. He received the second largest pitching contract of the winter (behind ) despite a career plagued by injury and inconsistency, and not yet throwing a full season following his second Tommy John surgery. -- it's the "we want to keep the band together" effect -- though they're not the only teams guilty of signing a free agent to an inflated contract following a dominant postseason run (see: and the ). It's happened before and it will almost certainly happen again. With that in mind, let's rank the 10 free agents-to-be who have improved their stock this postseason, even if only slightly. To be clear, this is not a ranking of the 10 best free agents playing in the postseason. It is the 10 free agents-to-be who have improved their stock this most, relative to their free agent-to-be brethren. ATL LF #8 2021 postseason G12BA0.426R7HR3RBI11SB1 The last 11 months or so have been a whirlwind for Rosario. The non-tendered him last offseason rather than pay him roughly $9 million through arbitration, then Cleveland wanted so little to do with him this summer that they salary dumped him at the trade deadline. The released the player they received in the trade ( ) hours later.Now Rosario is a reigning and in the World Series. The 30-year-old hit .254/.296/.389 with Cleveland before the trade and .271/.330/.573 with the Braves after the trade. He had two hits in World Series Game 1, including a double, and his 14 hits in the NLCS tied the record for hits in a single postseason series. Postseason aside, Rosario is what he is at this point. He's going to hit .260-ish with 20-plus home runs if given enough at-bats, though he rarely walks and will post an on-base percentage closer to .300 than .350. Also, he's never rated as a particularly adept defender. Rosario has power and he doesn't strike out much, and that's not nothing. The rest of his game is just OK.One comp jumps to mind: Angel Pagn. Pagn was good with the 2012 during the Dalton Prout Jersey regular season (.288/.338/.440), then he provided several timely hits in October that made him the center of attention. San Francisco won the World Series that year and quickly re-signed Pagn to a four-year, $40 million contract. The postseason undoubtedly helped him land that nice deal.In 2021, no team is going to say "Rosario was great in the postseason, let's give him a big contract." That's not how they operate. Rosario's postseason could prompt a team to say "let's take another look at this guy, just in case" though, and really, all it takes is one team to buy into the postseason. Rosario's done nothing but help his free agent stock this postseason. BOS RP #74 2021 postseason G8ERA0.00WHIP.57IP7BB1K14 Jansen's reinvention occurred at midseason, when he went from 90 percent cutters to 60 percent cutters, and began throwing more sliders and sinkers. He was dominant the final two months of the regular season (held hitters to .087/.168/.141 in his final 27 2/3 innings) and out of this world good in October, Brandon Bollig Kids Jersey retiring 21 of the 25 batters he faced with 14 strikeouts.Even at age 34, Jansen remains a lockdown closer, and he showed the willingne s and adaptability to pitch earlier in the game in the postseason as well. Three of his eight appearances came in the eighth inning, which is something we've seen other established closers struggle with at times (see: ). Jansen is excellent and can pitch whenever he's needed.Kenley is all but certain to have to take a pay cut given his age (his just completed contract averaged $16 million per year), though he should be able to command multiple years given his dominance the final three months of 2021. Jansen is still an elite closer and it's hard to see him with a team other than the Dodgers, but we don't know the team's plans just yet. LAD CF #3 2021 postseason G11BA0.351R9HR4RBI12SB3 Hitting a walk-off home run in the NL Wild Card Game and then three home runs in an elimination game is a good way to make a name for yourself in October, eh? Also, Taylor has been to the postseason enough times with the Dodgers that his body of work in October isn't small a sample size anymore:Taylor in regular season: .264/.341/.458 in 657 games (Dodgers only)Taylor in the postseason: .259/.364/.478 in 62 gamesTaylor is the kind of player who could fit with every team because he's productive at the plate and can play just about any position on the field. His age (31) will prevent him from securing a ma sive payday, though he was always heading for a lucrative multi-year contract. The strong postseason Evander Kane Men Jersey run (particularly in the NLCS) will only heighten his value. MIN SS #4 2021 postseason G12BA0.273R9HR1RBI6SB0 Truth be told, there wasn't much Correa could do this postseason to change his free agent stock in either direction. He's going to be the No. 1 free agent on the market as a just turned 27-year-old superstar shortstop. A case can be made Correa will be the most desirable free agent since Alex Rodriguez in 2001. He's excellent in all phases of the game and still so very young, and if you think the sign-stealing scandal will cost him, I will politely remind you . Correa's overall postseason numbers are good and he's had a handful of big moments, like his go-ahead two-run double in ALDS Game 4 against the and his game-winning home run in ALCS Game 1 against the Red Sox. It speaks to Correa's excellence that he's been as productive as he's been this postseason, and it just kind of flies under the radar. A bad postseason wasn't going to cost him and a good postseason wasn't going to up his payday, but he took no chances. Correa's been great. Dillon Hamaliuk Jersey DET SP #57 2021 postseason G3ERA4.97WHIP.96IP12.2BB2K14 At 28, Rodriguez will be one of the youngest free agents on the market this offseason. He mi sed last year after developing a heart i sue related to COVID-19, and his return this season was only so-so. In 31 regular season starts (plus one relief appearance) Rodriguez pitched to a 4.74 ERA with a career worst 1.39 WHIP. He took the ball every fifth day following the lost season and that's a plus. Overall though, he wasn't great.The underlying numbers s

New York Yankees to retire Paul O'Neill's No. 21 on Aug. 21 February 22 sharefacebooktwitterredditlink NEW YORK (AP) Paul O'Neill's No. 21 will be retired by the New York Yankees on Aug. 21.The Yankees said Tuesday they will hold Paul O'Neill Day ceremonies before that day's game against Toronto a suming the lockout ends and the 2022 season is played.ONeill will become the 23rd player or manager whose number was Brandon Bollig Women Jersey retired by the Yankees.A four-time World Series champion for the Yankees nicknamed The Warrior by the late owner George Steinbrenner, O'Neill hit .303 with 185 homers and 858 RBIs for the Yankees from 1993-2001. He was a four-time All-Star with the Yankees and won the 1994 AL Barclay Goodrow Jersey batting title during a strike-shortened season.A plaque for O'Neill in Yankee Stadium's Monument Park was dedicated on Aug. 9, 2014.He is among the broadcast analysts for the Yankees' YES Network.Other Yankees with retired numbers are: No. 1 (Billy Martin, 1986), No. 2 (Derek Jeter, 2017), No. 3 (Babe Ruth, 1948), No. 4 (Lou Gehrig, 1939), No. 5 (Joe DiMaggio, 1952), No. 6 (Joe Torre, Joe Thornton Kids Jersey 2014), No. 7 (Mickey Mantle, 1969), No. 8 (Yogi Berra and Bill Dickey, 1972), No. 9 (Roger Maris, 1984), No. 10 (Phil Rizzuto, 1985), No. 15 (Thurman Munson, 1979), No. 16 (Whitey Ford, 1974), No. 20 (Jorge Posada, 2015), No. 23 (Don Mattingly, 1997), No. 32 (Elston Howard, 1984), No. 37 (Casey Stengel, 1970), No. 42 (Mariano Rivera, 2013), No. 44 (Reggie Jackson, 1993), No. 46 (Andy Pettitte, 2015), No. 49 (Ron Guidry, 2003) and Ryan Carpenter Kids Jersey No. 51 (Bernie Williams, 2015).___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports in this topic New York Yankees Major League Baseball New York Yankees share Mbapp is bringing soccer to a new dimension at World Cup Cristiano Ronaldos precision 25 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Poland finds its true level at World Cup, beaten by the best Poland heads home from the World Cup as the latest team unable to resist an inspired Kylian Mbapp 26 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS World Cup fans find booze at Jonny Brodzinski Jersey hotels, Qatar's 1 liquor store Qatar's strict rules regarding alcohol have drawn attention as it hosts the World Cup 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Sterling leaves England World Cup camp after home break-in England forward Raheem Sterling has left his teams World Cup camp in Qatar and returned to the U.K. after a break-in at his home 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ronaldo looks to shine like Mbapp and Me si at World Cup Cristiano Ronaldo has been overshadowed by the brilliance of Lionel Me si and Kylian Mbapp so far at the World Cup 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS

The 2020 season may not have gotten underway yet, but that hasn't stopped outfielders from making some remarkable plays. Le s than a week after made a sensational grab, 2019 first round pick committed some robbery of his own.During an intrasquad game on Monday, C.J. Cron sent a deep fly Wayne Gretzky Women Jersey ball that should've cleared the left field wall at Comerica Park. However, Greene leaped up onto the fence and pulled the ball back into the field of play for an incredible catch. 19-year-old out here robbing homers. MLB (@MLB) As he rounded first base, Cron appeared to be truly stunned that Greene was able to rob him of a home run. star even tweeted Butch Goring Men Jersey his approval for the spectacular play that Greene made. Mike Trout (@MikeTrout) Greene is currently rated as the No. 3 prospect in the Tigers system behind pitchers and . In addition, the outfielder is tabbed as the league's Nic Dowd Jersey 31st-best prospect, according to Pipeline. While the play was impre sive, Greene's production wasn't limited to just the defensive area of the diamond. Greene also hit a two-run RBI single off of pitcher in the top of the sixth inning prior to this tremendous catch.Greene could crack Detroit Marcel Dionne Women Jersey 's major league roster in the very near future after a productive first year in the team's minor league system. In 57 total games in the minors after being drafted, Greene hit .271 with five home runs and 28 RBIs. He finished off the year in Single-A West Michigan where he hit .219 with two home runs and 13 RBIs.Last Wednesday, center fielder Derek Hill made a sensational catch in another intrasquad game. Hill tracked the ball down in the air before being forced to reach over his shoulder and eventually bare-hand the ball as he was going to the ground. While it's early in the year, the Tigers defense Brooks Laich Jersey could be a very big bright spot for the team in the upcoming 60-game season.

Even though the 2020 MLB season is still , the league is beginning to establish a theoretical framework for a return to action and an idea of what the abbreviated season might look like. On that front, on Friday tweeted out a series of scoops regarding the structure of the 2020 season that's beginning take shape. Most notably, Heyman tweets that is from Brooks Laich Women Jersey 10 teams to 14 teams for 2020. Back in February, it was reported that to the postseason format on a permanent Marcel Dionne Kids Jersey basis, and this would perhaps serve as a more tangible trial balloon for that very thing. Here's more from Heyman: At the moment, seems like the best po sible outcome. The aim for the time being is to play a 140-game season. ( , MLB will consider going with 29-man rosters in order to help teams handle the compre sed schedule.) starting the season in, say, spring training locales as opposed to current COVID-19 hotspots like New York City.While MLB hopes to avoid playing games without fans in attendance, should circumstances warrant.The MLB calendar would likely be extended on the back end, which would mean for the ( Scott Wedgewood Women Jersey expanded) playoffs. The presence of cold-weather teams in the later rounds of the postseason could of course complicate this plan.Much, of course, depends upon the current arc of the pandemic and when social distancing measures might be eased. As well, players will need to time to ramp up once again into a state of game readine Jeff Zatkoff Jersey s, and at least two weeks of organized training will likely be required. That, in turn, would require the flexibility to hold group workouts and exhibition games in advance of that late May target date. Should the coronavirus not cooperate and push back that timeline, then a 140-game schedule -- already a highly ambitious aim -- probably won't be po sible. We're a long way from knowing the specifics of what the 2020 season will look like, but the realistic to semi-realistic hopes of what it Andy Andreoff Men Jersey could look like have taken shape. Now the big question is whether these very substantial outside forces will accommodate MLB's vision for a 2020 season that no matter what will look like something we've never before seen.

I know it feels like the 2021 MLB season is just getting underway, but we're now closer to the trade deadline (eight weeks and two days) than we are Opening Day (eight weeks and six days). That happened fast, huh? The All-Star break is only six weeks away. Our weekly series examining various trends acro s the league continues with a look at a slugger turning his season around, an aging pitcher at the top of his game, and one bullpen's terrible month. . BOS LF #22 first season with the did not go according to plan. He tested positive for COVID-19 shortly after summer camp opened, then suffered a Nick Holden Men Jersey broken hamate bone in his right hand in August. It sidelined him about a month. In 31 games around the virus and hand injury, Pham authored a meager .211/.312/.312 batting line with three home runs. Things did not get better in the offseason. , though no organs were damaged. He also had surgery to repair cartilage damage in his left wrist at some point over the winter. Those five months from July through November took a toll on Pham. Early on this season, all the injuries and health problems appeared to hamper Pham at the plate. He hit .179/.209/.194 in April and did not have his first multi-hit game of the year until May 2. On the morning of May 21, Pham was sitting on .182/.313/.218 batting line, and a .191/.313/.265 batting line in 259 plate appearances as a Padre. He'd been one of the worst hitters in baseball. The tide is beginning to turn, however. Pham went 2 for 3 with a triple on May 21, and three days later he slugged a home run against lefty . With a 108-mph exit velocity, it was Pham's hardest hit fly ball since Aug. 2019, and at 430 feet, it was his longest home run since July 2020. After going deep Tuesday, Pham is now 15 for 47 (.319) with a double, two triples, three home runs, and nearly as many walks (11) as strikeouts (14) in his last 12 games. At one point he strung together four consecutive multi-hit games after having only four multi-hit games in his previous 69 regular season contests dating back to last season. "His at-bats have been a lot better," Padres manager Jayce Tingler told reporters, , this past weekend. "He's getting on base. Now there's a combination -- he's getting on base with a great eye, and he's starting to slug a Maxime Lagace Kids Jersey little bit. So I think that's a really good combination." Pham is only in the early stages of turning his season around. His expected batting average, which Statcast calculates using quality of contact measures like exit velocity and launch angle, sits at .254. His expected slugging percentage is .450. Here are the largest gaps between actual slugging percentage and expected slugging percentage going into Tuesday (min. 150 plate appearances): , : .154 (.333 SLG vs. .487 xSLG)Tommy Pham, Padres: .132 (.318 SLG vs. .450 xSLG) , : . Oscar Dansk Kids Jersey 131 (.314 SLG vs. .445 xSLG) , : .128 (.387 SLG vs. .515 xSLG) , : .124 (.302 SLG vs. .426 xSLG)More than anything, Pham looks like a player who is starting to get healthy after a rough year. He had COVID, surgery on both hands/wrists, and had a near-death experience off the field. This is a player who hit .284/.381/.475 in over 1,700 plate appearances from 2017-19. When healthy, Pham is a very good hitter, and he's starting to get back to being that guy as he gets further away from his physical i sues. "If you continue to work hard and you stay focused on the proce s, you start seeing some results," Pham recently told reporters, . "... You really just have to work on a month-by-month basis and evaluate yourself from there. To have a great season it takes two good months and four average months. I had a terrible month. I need to have three good months this year and two average months to make up for it." BOS SP #44 On Monday, left-hander stymied an admittedly weak offense, holding them to three singles and two walks in five shutout innings. That came six days after Hill struck out a career-high 13 batters in eight innings against the Royals. In his last seven starts, Hill has allowed zero runs four times, one run twice, and two runs once. "Limiting runs, a lot," Rays manager Kevin Cash told reporters, , when asked about Hill's season on Monday. "He's feeling really good on the mound right now. Pitchers go through stretches where everything lines up for them. All the pitches are working and are kind of at the top of his game. Right now, he's featuring his best weapons of the season so far, and he's been able to string it together." In six starts in May, the 41-year-old Hill pitched to a 0.78 ERA and held opponents to a Shea Theodore Men Jersey .145/.242/.214 batting line. Here are the best individual months (by ERA) among 40-somethings since earned runs became an official stat in 1913 (min. 25 innings): Eppa Rixey, age 41: 0.60 ERA (Aug. 1932 with )Johnny Niggeling, age 42: 0.64 ERA (May 1946 with Senators)Rich Hill, age 41: 0.78 ERA (May 2021 with Rays)Johnny Niggeling, age 40: 0.79 ERA (Sept. 1943 with Senators)Kenny Rogers, age 40: 0.98 ERA (May 2005 with )Furthermore, Hill is the first pitcher age 41-plus to lead his league in ERA in a calendar month since Roger Clemens in May 2005. Hall of Famers Satchel Paige, Hoyt Wilhelm, and Nolan Ryan (twice) are the only other pitchers who have done it. It's not often a pitcher Hill's age is this effective, even for just a one-month stretch. Since reviving his career in 2015, Hill has never not been excellent when on the mound. The only question is health. He averaged 109.3 innings per year from 2016-19, and he's already thrown nearly as many innings this season (57) as he did in 2019 (58 2/3). Health Brayden McNabb Kids Jersey is a concern, and fatigue could become a factor as well. (Hill threw 38 2/3 innings during the 60-game 2020 season). History suggests Hill, who has battled blister problems (among other things), will spend time on the injured list at some point. The Rays knew that when they signed him to a one-year deal worth $2.5 million. They will happily take elite performance from him for as long as po sible before figuring out how to cover the rest of the innings, and to date, it's working wonderfully. "I think that's been proven over my career," . "That's what I say, keep working and continue to put in the time and the effort, and good things happen." At 15-12, the had one of the six best records in the American League in May, and they did it despite a bullpen that can generously be described as deficient. The bullpen surrendered 70 runs (only 53 earned because of the extra innings auto-runner) in 93 innings in May, and allowed a .253/.353/.429 opponent's batting line. That ain't good. " was outstanding," Astros manager Dusty Baker told reporters, , after Greinke threw eight innings this past Sunday. "... We badly needed this to give the bullpen a rest because we didn't have l

The calendar has flipped to 2021, and the only thing you Oscar Lindberg Jersey can say about Major League Baseball's competitive landscape is that it looks an awful lot like it did last year. The and gave the hot stove a much-needed jolt these last two weeks, otherwise things have been very quiet. , including only one of the top 14.Spring training is scheduled to begin in five weeks, though there's a chance it will be delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. . History tells us the two sides will continue their bickering publicly over the next few weeks. Hopefully hot stove action provides a nice distraction from the labor war. Now that we're in a new year, let's take a look at the National League's competitive landscape. It's important to note this is only a snapshot in time, because rosters will change between now and spring training, whenever that is. , and now it's time to cover the Senior Circuit (teams are listed alphabetically within each tier). The powerhouses As they've done under GM Alex Anthopoulos the last few years, the again struck quickly this offseason and signed and to one-year contracts in November. They'll join , , and a hopefully healthy in the rotation. Atlanta still has needs in the outfield -- at the moment they have , , and penciled in alongside Jr. -- and questions about third base (why not call Cleveland and ask about at this point?), and re-signing or replacing and rather than winging it with internal bullpen options wouldn't be a bad idea either. The core of the team that won the last three NL East titles remains intact. The Braves just need to supplement that core with another outfielder and maybe a third baseman. There's little reason to think they will be anything but one of the best teams in the league again in 2021. It has been a relatively quiet offseason for the defending World Series champions. The re-signed , traded for , and signed (he signed a two-year deal and will mi s 2021 while rehabbing from Tommy John surgery), and that's about it. And, truth be told, I'm not sure the Dodgers need to do a ton more than that. They could use Brandon Pirri Men Jersey a third baseman -- I still think a reunion with is inevitable -- though and are viable in-house options. Los Angeles could probably live with them at the hot corner. A versatile fourth outfielder type to replace figures to be on the shopping list as well. The Dodgers were the best team in baseball all last season and, on paper, I think they'll again be the best team in baseball going into next year. Patch up third base and the outfield, and off they go. I was all set to put the Mets in their own "burgeoning powerhouse" tier, then they went out and added and without giving up anything they'll mi s, so into the powerhouse tier they go. The Mets still lack a natural center fielder and there's room for another pitcher. They can sign a starter and put in the bullpen, or sign a reliever and put Lugo in the rotation. The Mets have flexibility there. Keep in mind the Mets have a ton of players entering their contract year (Lindor, , , , , , , ). I have to think a Lindor extension is coming. The Tomas Hyka Men Jersey others will need to be re-signed or replaced. That could make Jr. a more sensible fit than to fill that center field spot. Either way, the Mets have a lot to prove after going 26-34 last year, and adding Carrasco and Lindor (and e sentially Stroman, who opted out of 2020) is a huge step in the right direction. No team has made more big splashes this offseason than the Padres, and they made all those big splashes in a 24-hour span. and bolster the rotation, Ha-Seong Kim improves their infield and overall depth, and reports San Diego made a run at Japanese ace Tomoyuki Sugano before, which tells me they aren't done this offseason (also, the interest in Sugano is not easing my concerns about health). I think the Padres have the most complete roster in the National League right now., though they don't have a glaring need like the Braves and their outfield, the Dodgers and third base, or the Mets and center field. San Diego had the third best record (37-23) and second best run differential (plus-84) in baseball last year and they've added significantly this winter. They are no longer an underdog. They're a bona fide powerhouse. The Tomas Nosek Kids Jersey division no team wants to win The snuck into the postseason with a 29-31 record last year, and with all due respect to , they've done nothing this offseason. They traded Corey Knebel -- traded him only because they were going to non-tender him, I should note -- and declined several club options, most notably , and that's it. The roster at this point is slightly worse than last year's and last year's roster was one of the worst offensive teams in the sport. It's not unreasonable to expect more from and in 2021, plus will return after opting out, though Milwaukee has obvious needs all around the infield and in the bullpen. There is some merit to sticking with , , and . It's just that with the NL Central so wide open, it wouldn't take a whole lot to vault the Brewers into the mix for the division title, so make an effort. There are clear ways to improve this roster and the reward could be significant. If we include Rule 5 Draft picks, the are the only team in baseball to not add a player to their 40-man roster from outside the organization this offseason. They declined affordable option and that's it, folks. That is the extent of the changes to their MLB roster. Last year's Cardinals were pretty mediocre (30-28 with a plus-11 run differential) and having a full year of top prospect should help, ditto a bounce-back year, but gosh, what an uninspiring offseason this has been for St. Louis. is likely to return at catcher -- I'll believe he will sign with another team when I see it -- yet there are still needs on the infield (second and third bases), on the bench, and at the back of the rotation. Might be time to get on that, Cardinals. The division is there for the taking. Fun fact: The won the NL Central in 2020. That's a real thing that happened. And James Neal Men Jersey yet, , Chicago's payroll is down $75 million -- $75 million! -- from last year thanks to trades ( and Yu Darvish), non-tenders ( Jr. and ), and free agency ( and ). Payroll could drop even further should the Cubs trade and/or . The Cubs badly need another outfielder, an innings-eater for the back of the rotation, most of a bench, and a reliever or four. The crazy thing is this roster, as it currently sits, could win the NL Central in 2021. There's still talent on the roster and every other team in the division is cutting back. I get it, the pandemic has cut into revenues and teams all around MLB are reducing payroll, but no big-market team has done it as shamele sly and as much to the detriment of their contention window as the Cubs this offseason. . It is disappointing then to see them cutting costs this offseason. Trade deadline pickups and were non-tendered, was traded in what amounts to a salary dump

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