The New 12 months serves as a symbolic midway level of the offseason. We’re two months faraway from the ultimate sport of final yr’s Fall Traditional and about seven weeks from the primary Spring Coaching contests of 2024. There’s nonetheless loads of offseason to go — solely 22 of MLBTR’s Prime 50 free brokers are off the board — however we’ll take this chance to verify in on which groups have been probably the most energetic to this point.
Utilizing our Contract Tracker, we see all of this offseason’s free agent exercise. We’ll restrict this look to gamers who inked main league contracts and set the cutoff as November 6 — the date on which free brokers have been first permitted to talk with groups apart from their 2023 membership. This excludes the extensions signed by Joe Jiménez (Braves), Max Muncy (Dodgers) and Colin Rea (Brewers) between the beginning of the offseason and the official opening of free company.
This isn’t an exhaustive take a look at a crew’s offseason exercise. The Yankees (Juan Soto) and Braves (Chris Sale) took on high-priced star gamers in commerce, whereas the Dodgers prolonged Tyler Glasnow and the Brewers signed a long-term cope with high prospect Jackson Chourio. This appears to be like solely at free company. Groups are ordered by total spending.
Los Angeles Dodgers
Whole ensures: $1.043 billion
Philadelphia Phillies
Whole ensures: $172MM
Arizona Diamondbacks
Whole ensures: $122MM
San Francisco Giants
Whole ensures: $121.25MM
Cincinnati Reds
Whole ensures: $106.2MM
Kansas Metropolis Royals
Whole ensures: $105MM
St. Louis Cardinals
Whole ensures: $99MM
Detroit Tigers
Whole ensures: $45.75MM
Boston Crimson Sox
Whole ensures: $39.5MM
Atlanta Braves
Whole ensures: $30MM
San Diego Padres
Whole ensures: $28MM
Texas Rangers
Whole ensures: $26.5MM
Toronto Blue Jays
Whole ensures: $25.5MM
Chicago White Sox
Whole ensures: $24.3MM
Seattle Mariners
Whole ensures: $24MM
New York Mets
Whole ensures: $18.8MM
Pittsburgh Pirates
Whole ensures: $16.2MM
Baltimore Orioles
Whole ensures: $13MM
Houston Astros
Whole ensures: $12MM
Milwaukee Brewers
Whole ensures: $11.25MM
Los Angeles Angels
Whole ensures: Greater than $6.8MM
Cleveland Guardians
Whole ensures: $4.75MM
Washington Nationals
Whole ensures: $4.25MM
Oakland A’s
Whole ensures: $1.5MM
Tampa Bay Rays
Whole ensures: $1.1MM
Minnesota Twins
Whole ensures: $950K
New York Yankees
Whole ensures: $0
Chicago Cubs
Whole ensures: $0
Miami Marlins
Whole ensures: $0
Colorado Rockies
Whole ensures: $0
