Have the Yankees signed everyone yet?
Have you ever thought your team’s GM made a stupid trade? Paid too much for a free agent? Wish you had the opportunity to run the team more effectively? I gave the opportunity to 30 fans to run their team how they saw fit in an Offseason Simulation, cramming an entire winter of transactions into four days. I gave each team a recommended budget and asked them to negotiate with each other on trades, and with me on free agents.
The following is a summary of what transpired over one week. You can see complete rules and timeline here. Here is a spreadsheet listing every team's payroll situation and where each free agent signed.
Qualifying offers made to:
Brett Anderson (accepted)
Wei-Yin Chen
Chris Davis
Ian Desmond
Dexter Fowler
David Freese
Yovani Gallardo
Alex Gordon
Zack Greinke
Hisahi Iwakuma
Jason Heyward
Howie Kendrick
Ian Kennedy
John Lackey
Daniel Murphy
Colby Rasmus (accepted)
Jeff Samardzija
Justin Upton
Matt Wieters (accepted)
Jordan Zimmerman
Here is a team-by-team summary of what transpired:
Arizona Diamondbacks
Exercised the option of Brad Ziegler, declined the option on Josh Collmenter
Non-tendered Jhouly Chacin and Jeremy Hellickson
Acquired Brandon Phillips, Ramon Cabrera, Pedro Villarreal, $5 million from Cincinnati for Brandon Drury, Taylor Clarke, and Rubby De La Rosa
Acquired Rafael Montero from the Mets for Yasmany Tomas
Acquired Eric Sogard from Oakland for Aaron Hill, Silvino Bracho and $4 million
Acquired Tony Zych and Dave Rollins from Seattle for Pete O’Brien
Acquired Chad Kuhl from Pittsburgh for Matt Reynolds
Signed David Price to a 7 year $259 million
Signed Scott Kazmir to a 4 year $64 million deal
Recommended Budget: $101 million
Final Payroll: $98.4 million
Atlanta Braves
Non-tendered Mike Minor and Pedro Ciriaco
Acquired DJ Peterson from Seattle for Cameron Maybin and Jordan Edgerton
Acquired James Loney, Enny Romero, and David Rodriguez from Tampa Bay for Andrew McKirahan and Carlos Salazar
Acquired Dario Alvarez and Eric Campbell from the NY Mets for Adonis Garcia
Signed Chris Ianetta to a 2 year $12 million deal
Signed John Axford to a 1 year $3 million deal
Signed Matt Joyce to a 1 year $2 million deal
Signed Anthony Recker, Gordon Beckham, Will Middlebrooks, Anthony Varvaro, Eric O’Flaherty, and Rafael Betancourt to minor league deals
Recommended Budget: $107 million
Final Payroll: $97.5 million
Baltimore Orioles
Non-tendered David Lough, Brian Matusz, Paul Janish
Acquired Jon Jay from St. Louis for Ubaldo Jimenez
Acquired Jared Hughes and Steven Brault from Pittsburgh for Caleb Joseph
Acquired Roman Quinn and Fraklyn Kilome from Philadelphia for Mychal Givens
Signed Jordan Zimmerman to a 6 year $144 million deal
Signed Dae Ho Lee to a 3 year $24 million deal
Signed Hyun Soo Kim to a three year $12 million deal
Signed John Jaso to a 2 year $11 million deal
Signed Steve Pearce to a 2 year $8 million deal
Signed Daniel Nava, Ryan Webb, Garrett Jones, Paul Janish, Neal Cotts, and Matt Thornton to minor league deals
Recommended Budget: $121 million
Final Payroll: $130.8 million
Boston Red Sox
Acquired Evan Longoria from Tampa Bay for Rafael Devers, Manny Margot, Brian Johnson, Rusney Castillo, and $30 million
Acquired Carlos Carrasco, Clint Frazier, Yandy Diaz, Shawn Armstrong, and Mike Clevinger from Cleveland for Christian Vazquez, Jackie Bradley Jr., Henry Owens, Robbie Ross, and Garin Cecchini
Acquired Jose Fernandez from Miami for Yoan Moncada, Clint Frazier, Michael Chavis, Edwin Escobar, and Austin Rei
Acquired Ben Revere from Toronto for Matt Barnes
Acquired Brett Garnder from NY Yankees for Ben Revere and Wendell Rijo
Acquired Scott Lieser from Milwaukee for Pablo Sandoval and Javier Guerra
Acquired Elniery Garcia from Philadelphia for Allen Craig and Joe Kelly
Acquired Danny Farquhar from Seattle for Devin Marrero
Signed Chris Davis to a 5 year $115 million deal
Signed Joakim Soria to a 3 year $33 million deal
Signed Tommy Hunter to a 2 year $10 million deal
Signed Brian Matusz to a 2 year $8 million deal
Signed Shane Victorino to a 1 year $2 million deal
Signed Jeff Francoeur and Rene Rivera to minor league deals
Recommended Budget: $206 million
Final Payroll: $195.1 million
Chicago Cubs
Non-tendered Jonathan Herrera
Acquired Charlie Blackmon and Eddie Butler from Colorado for Dan Vogelbach and Ryan Williams
Acquired Ian Clarkin, Jacob Lindgren, and Jose De Leon from the NY Yankees for Starlin Castro
Acquired Mark Melancon from Pittsburgh for Yoervis Medina and Felix Pena
Acqured Tyson Ross, Austin Smith, Jose Rondon and Jose Castillo from San Diego for Jorge Soler and Eric Jokisch
Acquired Cory Spangenberg, Travis Jankowski, and Casey Kelly from San Diego for Arismendy Alcantara
Acquired Carter Capps and Michael Mader from Miami for Donnie Dewees
Signed Jeff Samardzija to a 5 year $70 million deal
Signed Will Venable to a 1 year $2 million deal with a $3 million club option
Signed Nate McLouth, David DeJesus, Burke Badenhop and Ryan Cook to minor league deals
Recommended Budget: $131 million
Final Payroll: $132.1 million
Chicago White Sox
Exercised the option of Alexei Ramirez
Acquired Carlos Gonzalez and $17 million from Colorado for Carson Fulmer and Jason Coates
Acquired Rafael Rodriguez from San Francisco for Melky Cabrera
Acquired Neil Walker from Pittsburgh for Spencer Adams and Michael Ynoa
Signed Yoenis Cespedes to a 7 year $200 million deal
Signed Wei Yin Chen to a 5 year $86 million deal
Signed Nobuhiro Matsuda to a 2 year $12 million deal
Signed AJ Pieryznski to a 1 year $3 million deal
Recommended Budget: $127 million
Final Payroll: $150.1 million
Cincinnati Reds
Non-tendered Burke Badenhop, Skip Schumaker, Sam LeCure, Ryan Mattheus, Brennan Boesch, and Jason Bourgeois
Acquired Danny Salazar, Brady Aiken, Bobby Bradley from Cleveland for Todd Frazier and Tanner Rainey
Acquired Michael Pineda, Slade Heathcott, and John Ryan Murphy from the NY Yankees for Aroldis Chapman
Acquired Brandon Drury, Taylor Clarke, and Rubby De La Rosa from Arizona for Brandon Phillips, Ramon Cabrera, Pedro Villarreal, $5 million
Acquired Erik Goedell from the NY Mets for Adam Duvall
Signed Johnny Cueto to a 6 year $130 million deal
Signed Gerardo Parra to a 3 year $20 million deal
Signed Chad Qualls to a 2 year $6 million deal
Signed Sean Rodriguez to a 1 year $1 million deal
Signed Chris Heisey, Jonny Gomes, Joba Chamberlain, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Brian Duensing, Bud Norris, and Justin deFratus to minor league deals
Recommended Budget: $129 million
Final Payroll: $107 million
Cleveland Indians
Acquired Christian Vazquez, Jackie Bradley Jr., Henry Owens, Robbie Ross, and Garin Cecchini from Boston for Carlos Carrasco, Clint Frazier, Yandy Diaz, Shawn Armstrong, and Mike Clevinger
Acquired Todd Frazier, Tanner Rainey from Cincinnati for Danny Salazar, Brady Aiken, and Bobby Bradley
Acquired Jake McGee from Tampa Bay for Yan Gomes
Acquired Mark Canha from Oakland for Jose Ramirez and Adam Plutko
Signed Bartolo Colon to a 2 year $13 million deal with incentives
Signed Brandon Moss to a 1 year $6 million deal with a $4 million player option
Signed Brandon Morrow to a 1 year $1 million deal plus incentives
Recommended Budget: $95 million
Final Payroll: $92.8 million
Colorado Rockies
Declined the option on Justin Morneau
Non-tendered John Axford, Wilin Rosario, and Michael McKenry
Acquired Carson Fulmer and Jason Coates from the Chicago White Sox for Carlos Gonzalez and $17 million
Acquired Dan Vogelbach and Ryan Williams from the Chicago Cubs for Charlie Blackmon and Eddie Butler
Signed Marlon Byrd to a 1 year $6 million deal
Signed Mike Pelfrey to a 1 year $5 million deal with incentives
Recommended Budget: $112 million
Final Payroll: $98 million
Detroit Tigers
Non-tendered Neftali Feliz, Andrew Romine and Josh Wilson
Acquired Shin-Soo Choo, Rougned Odor and $10M in 2019 and 2020 from Texas for Ian Kinsler
Acquired Kevin Newman from Pittsburgh for Shane Greene
Signed Dom Brown to a 1 year $3 million deal with a club option ($1 million buyout)
Signed Bobby Parnell to a one year $1.5 million deal with incentives
Recommended Budget: $191 million
Final Payroll: $145.7 million
Houston Astros
Declined the option on Chad Qualls
Non-tendered Sam Deduno
Acquired Arquimedes Caminero, Mitch Keller, Yeudy Garcia, and Harold Ramirez from Pittsburgh for Jon Singleton and Jon Kemmer
Acquired Felix Jorge from Minnesota for Pat Neshek
Acquired Charlie Furbush from Seattle for Tony Kemp
Signed Tony Sipp to a 3 year $18 million deal with an $8 million mutual option
Recommended Budget: $95 million
Final Payroll: $92.9 million
Kansas City Royals
Exercised the options on Wade Davis and Alcides Escobar
Declined the options on Jeremy Guthrie, Alex Rios, and Jonny Gomes
Alex Gordon declined his player option
Non-tendered Greg Holland, Louis Coleman, Tim Collins, and Drew Butera
Acquired Charlie Morton from Pittsburgh for Omar Infante, Brett Eibner and Sam Selman
Acquired Oswaldo Arcia from Minnesota for Andy Ferguson and Michael Mariot
Signed Alex Gordon to a five year $105 million deal with incentives
Signed Howie Kendrick to a 3 year $36 million deal
Signed Chris Young to a one year $5 million deal with a $5 million club option ($1 million buyout)
Signed Justin Ruggiano to a 1 year $2 million deal
Signed Oliver Perez to a 1 year $1.75 million deal
Signed Jason Frasor to a 1 year $1 million deal
Signed Erik Kratz, Louis Coleman, Jeremy Guthrie, Chad Billingsley, and Shaun Marcum to minor league deals
Recommended Budget: $!25 million
Final Payroll: $128.6 million
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Declined options on David DeJesus and David Murphy
Non-tendered Fernando Salas
Acquired Ti’Quan Forbes from Texas for C.J. Wilson and $10 million
Signed Denard Span to a 3 year $43 million deal
Signed David Freese to a 2 year $12 million deal
Signed Alejandro de Aza to a 1 year $1 million deal
Signed Maicier Izturis, Donovan Solano, and Jerome Williams to minor league deals
Recommended Budget: $166 million
Final Payroll: $163.6 million
Los Angeles Dodgers
Declined options on Chase Utley, Bronson Arroyo, and Joel Peralta
Non-tendered Chris Heisey and Justin Ruggiano
Acquired Billy Butler, Chad Pinder, and Joe Wendle for Andre Ethier and $10 million
Signed Yovani Gollardo to a 3 year $36 million deal
Signed Cliff Pennington and Casey Janssen to minor league deals
Recommended Budget: LOL
Final Payroll: $209 million
Miami Marlins
Non-tendered Aaron Crow, Chris Narveson, and Donovan Solano
Acquired Jayson Werth, Jonathan Papelbon, Lucas Giolito, Trea Turner, Yunel Escobar, and $5 million from Washington for Adeiny Hechevarria, Dee Gordon, Kyle Barraclough, and Adam Conley
Acquired Yoan Moncada, Clint Frazier, Michael Chavis, Edwin Escobar, and Austin Rei from Boston for Jose Fernandez
Acquired Hunter Renfroe, Michael Gettys, Erick Fedde, Taylor Lindsey, Ryan Butler, and Melvin Upton, Jr. from San Diego for Christian Yelich.
Acquired Renato Nunez, Raul Alcantara, and RJ Alvarez from Oakland for Marcell Ozuna
Acquired Donnie Dewees from the Chicago Cubs for Carter Capps and Michael Mader
Acquired Matt Reynolds and Champ Stuart from the NY Mets for AJ Ramos
Signed Alexi Ogando to a 1 year $520k deal with a club option
Signed Anthony Bass and Ross Detwiler to minor league deals
Recommended Budget: $75 million
Final Payroll: $98 million
Milwaukee Brewers
Exercised the option on Adam Lind
Non-tendered Cesar Jimenez
Acquired Pablo Sandoval and Javier Guerra from Boston for Scott Lieser
Acquired Angel Pagan from San Francisco for Matt Garza
Acquired Levi Michael and Zack Jones from Minnesota for Francisco Rodriguez
Acquired Patrick Kivlehan and Paul Fry from Seattle for Adam Lind
Acquired Josh Bell from Pittsburgh for Taylor Jungmann
Signed Tommy Milone to a 2 year $11 million deal with a $10 million club option
Signed Jhouly Chacin to a one year $2 million deal
Signed Mike Minor to a 1 year $1 million deal with incentives
Signed Kyle Blanks, Rickie Weeks, and Chris Capuano to minor league deals
Recommended Budget: $116 million
Final Payroll: $72 million
Minnesota Twins
Non-tendered Kevin Jepsen, Tommy Milone, and Casey Fien
Acquired Francisco Cervelli and Pedro Alvarez from Pittsburgh for Jorge Polanco and Oswaldo Arcia
Acquired Ryan Zimmerman from Washington for Ricky Nolasco, Adam Brett Walker, and Pedro Alvarez
Acquired Travis Wood from the Chicago Cubs for J.T. Chargois, Trey Cabbage, Cam Booser
Acquired Joaquin Benoit from San Diego for Kennys Vargas and Taylor Rogers
Acquired Pat Neshsek from Houston for Felix Jorge
Signed Kelly Johnson to a one year $3.5 million deal
Signed Peter Bourjos to a minor league deal
Recommended Budget: $120 million
Final Payroll: $124 million
New York Mets
Non-tendered Ruben Tejada, Buddy Carlyle and Anthony Recker
Acquired Matt Kemp, Zach Lemond, Alex Dickerson and Kevin Quackenbush and $4 million from San Diego for Jon Niese, Juan Lagares, and Akeel Morris
Acquired Yasmany Tomas from Arizona for Rafael Montero
Acquired AJ Ramos from Miami for Matt Reynolds and Champ Stuart
Acquired Adam Duvall from Cincinnati for Erik Goedell
Acquired Adonis Garcia from Atlanta for Dario Alvarez and Eric Campbell
Signed Ian Desmond to a 3 year $39 million deal
Signed Aaron Crow to a 1 year $520k deal with incentives
Signed Drew Stubbs, Josh Collmenter, and Alfredo Simon to minor league deals
Recommended Budget: $112 million
Final Payroll: $115.5 million
New York Yankees
Declined option on Brendan Ryan, Ryan picked up the player option
Non-tendered Andrew Bailey and Sergio Santos
Acquired Aroldis Chapman from Cincinnati for Michael Pineda, Slade Heathcott, and John Ryan Murphy
Acquired Ben Revere and Wendell Rijo from Boston for Brett Gardner
Acquired Starlin Castro from the Chicago Cubs for Ian Clarkin, Jacob Lindgren, and Jose De Leon
Acquired Jorge Alfaro and Cornelius Randolph from Philadelphia for Rob Refsnyder and Nathan Eovaldi
Signed Justin Upton to a 8 year $230 million deal
Signed Zack Greinke for 7 years $210 million
Signed Tyler Clippard to a 3 year $26 million deal
Signed Doug Fister to a 2 year $25 million deal
Signed outfielder Chris Young to a 1 year $8 million deal
Signed Edwin Jackson to a minor league deal
Recommended Budget: $241 million
Final Payroll: $296.6 million
Oakland Athletics
Non-tendered Ike Davis, Felix Doubront, Sam Fuld, and Craig Gentry
Acquired Marcell Ozuna from Miami for Renato Nunez, Raul Alcantara, and RJ Alvarez
Acquired Jose Ramirez and Adam Plutko from Cleveland for Mark Canha
Acquired Aaron Hill, Silvino Bracho and $4 million from Arizona for Eric Sogard
Acquired Chris Taylor and Mayckol Guaipe from Seattle for Jesse Chavez and Skye Bolt
Acquired Justin Smoak (later non-tendered) at $1 million from Pittsburgh for Fernando Abad
Acquired Shane Dawson from Toronto for Evan Scribner
Acquired Andrew Lambo from Pittsburgh for Arnold Leon
Signed JA Happ to a 3 year $30 million deal
Signed Trevor Cahill to a 1 year $6 million deal with a club option
Signed Pedro Alvarez to a 1 year $5 million deal
Signed Jeremy Hellickson to a 1 year $3 million deal with incentives
Signed Josh Thole, Travis Snider, Kyle Kendrick, Casey Fien, Jeanmar Gomez and Craig Breslow to minor league deals
Recommended Budget: $95 million
Final Payroll: $78.5 million
Philadelphia Phillies
Declined the option on Cliff Lee
Non-tendered Jeanmar Gomez, Erik Kratz, Justin deFrautus
Acquired Mychal Givens from Baltimore for Roman Quinn and Fraklyn Kilome
Acquired Allen Craig and Joe Kelly from Boston for Elniery Garcia
Acquired Rob Refsnyder and Nathan Eovaldi from the NY Yankees for Jorge Alfaro and Cornelius Randolph
Signed Mike Leake to a 6 year $108 million deal
Signed Austin Jackson to a 2 year $25 million deal and a $7 million club option ($2 million buyout)
Signed Mark Lowe to a 2 year $12 million deal with a $6.5 million vesting option
Signed Shawn Kelley to a 3 year $14 million deal
Signed Asdrubal Cabrera to a 2 year $12 million deal
Signed Rajai Davis to a 2 year $10 million deal
Signed Marc Rzepczyznski to a 1 year $2 million deal
Signed Franklin Morales to a 1 year $2 million deal
Signed Logan Morrison to a 1 year $1.5 million deal
Signed Andrew Bailey, Dillon Gee and James Russell to minor league deals
Recommended Budget: $149 million
Final Payroll: $130.8 million
Pittsburgh Pirates
Non-tendered Travis Ishikawa, Chris Stewart, and Travis Snider
Acquired Aaron Sanchez, Justin Smoak, Steve Delabar, DJ Davis, and Matt Smoral from Toronto for Francisco Liriano, Stephen Tarpley, Ke’Bryan Hayes
Acquired Jorge Polanco and Oswaldo Arcia from Minnesota for Francisco Cervelli and Pedro Alvarez
Acquired Caleb Joseph from Baltimore for Jared Hughes and Steven Brault
Acquired Williams Perez, Brandon Barker, and Chad Sobotka from Atlanta for Jeff Locke
Acquired Omar Infante, Brett Eibner and Sam Selman from Kansas City for Charlie Morton
Acquired Yoervis Medina and Felix Pena from the Chicago Cubs for Mark Melancon
Acquired Spencer Adams and Michael Ynoa from the Chicago White Sox for Neil Walker
Acquired Drew Robinson and Jose Leclerc from Texas for Tony Watson
Acquired Fernando Abad from Oakland for Justin Smoak and $1 million
Acquired Jon Singleton and Jon Kemmer from Houston for Arquimedes Caminero, Mitch Keller, Yeudy Garcia, and Harold Ramirez
Acquired Andy Ferguson and Michael Mariot from Kansas City for Oswaldo Arcia
Acquired Shane Greene from Detroit for Kevin Newman
Acquired Matt Reynolds from Arizona for Chad Kuhl
Acquired Arnold Leon from Oakland for Andrew Lambo
Acquired Taylor Jungman from Milwaukee for Josh Bell
Signed Daniel Murphy to a 3 year $30 million deal with a $10 million club option
Signed Ian Kennedy to a 3 year $29 million deal with a $10 million club option and $1 million buyout
Signed Darren O’Day to a 4 year $29 million deal with a club option
Signed Rich Hill to a 1 year $5 million deal with two club options
Signed Dioner Navarro to a one year $3 million deal
Signed David Hernandez to a one year $2 million deal
Signed Justin Masterson to a one year $1.5 million deal with a $4 million club option ($500k buyout)
Signed Cesar Jimenez to a one year $1 million deal
Signed Samuel Deduno to a 1 year $1 million deal
Signed Fernando Salas to a 1 year $900k deal with a club option
Signed Drew Butera, Clint Barmes, Corey Hart, Ernesto Frieri, Roberto Hernandez, Felix Doubront, and Kyle Lohse to minor league deals
Recommended Budget: $97 million
Final Payroll: $74.8 million
San Diego Padres
Exercised the option on Joaquin Benoit
Declined the options on Cory Luebke and Clint Barmes
Non-tendered Marc Rzepczynski, Brett Wallace, and Will Middlebrooks
Acquired Prince Fielder, Jurickson Profar, Tony Watson, and $10 million ($2 mill per year for five years) from Texas for Austin Hedges
Acquired Christian Yelich from Miami for Hunter Renfroe, Michael Gettys, Erick Fedde, Taylor Lindsey, Ryan Butler, and Melvin Upton, Jr.
Acquired Jorge Soler and Eric Jokisch from Chi. Cubs for Tyson Ross, Austin Smith, Jose Rondon and Jose Castillo
Acquired Jon Niese, Juan Lagares, and Akeel Morris from the NY Mets for Matt Kemp, Zach Lemond, Alex Dickerson and Kevin Quackenbush and $4 million
Acquired Arismendy Alcantara from the Chicago Cubs for Cory Spangenberg, Travis Jankowski, and Casey Kelly
Acquired Kennys Vargas and Taylor Rogers from Minnesota for Joaquin Benoit
Acquired Kirby Yates from Tampa Bay for Yonder Alonso
Signed Ben Zobrist to a 5 year $108 million deal
Signed Brayan Pena to a 1 year $1.5 million deal
Signed Jonathan Broxton to a 1 year $750k deal with incentives
Signed Cory Luebke to minor league deals
Recommended Budget: $111 million
Final Payroll: $120.7 million
San Francisco Giants
Exercised the options for Nori Aoki and Santiago Casilla
Declined the option on Marlon Byrd
Acquired Melky Cabrera from the Chicago White Sox for Rafael Rodriguez
Acquired Matt Garza from Milwaukee for Angel Pagan
Signed Kenta Maeda to a 7 year $106 million deal
Signed Ah Seop Son on a 3 year $9 million deal
Signed Tim Lincecum to a 1 year $2.5 million deal with incentives
Signed Chris Denorfia to a minor league deal
Recommended Budget: $190 million
Final Payroll: $176 million
Seattle Mariners
Non-tendered Logan Morrison and Logan Kensing
Acquired Nathan Karns, Alex Colome, and Mikie Mathook from Tampa Bay for Brad Miller, Mark Trumbo, James Paxton, and Nick Wells
Acquired Cameron Maybin and Jordan Edgerton from Atlanta for DJ Peterson
Acquired Jesse Chavez and Skye Bolt from Oakland for Chris Taylor and Mayckol Guaipe
Acquired Derek Holland, Ryan Cordell and Leonys Martin from Texas for Nelson Cruz
Acquired Adam Lind from Milwaukee for Patrick Kivlehan and Paul Fry
Acquired Peter O’Brien from Arizona for Tony Zych and Dave Rollins
Acquired Devin Marrero from Boston for Danny Farquhar
Acquired Tony Kemp from Houston for Charlie Furbush
Signed Hisashi Iwakuma to a 2 year $30 million deal with a $15 million vesting option
Signed Alex Avila to a 2 year $10 million deal
Signed Kevin Jepsen to a 2 year $4 million deal
Signed Chase Utley to a 1 year $3 million deal with incentives
Signed Eduardo Nunez to a 1 year $1 million deal
Signed Travis Ishikawa to a minor league deal
Recommended Budget: $132 million
Final Payroll: $130.6 million
St. Louis Cardinals
Exercised the option on Jaime Garcia
Declined the option on Jonathan Broxton
Non-tendered Brandon Moss, Peter Bourjos, and Steve Cishek
Acquired Ubaldo Jimenez from Baltimore for Jon Jay
Signed Jason Heyward to an 11 year $310 million deal with an opt-out after five years
Signed Joe Thatcher to a 1 year $2 million deal
Signed Carlos Villanueva to a 1 year $1 million deal
Recommended Budget: $133 million
Final Payroll: $123.5 million
Tampa Bay Rays
Non-tendered Rene Rivera, JP Arencibia, Daniel Nava, Brandon Gomes
Acquired Yan Gomes from Cleveland for Jake McGee
Acquired R.A. Dickey, Jon Harris, Max Pentecost, Mitch Nay, and $5 million from Toronto for Drew Smyly, Desmond Jennings
Acquired Brad Miller, Mark Trumbo, James Paxton, and Nick Wells from Seattle for Nathan Karns, Alex Colome, and Mikie Mathook
Acquired Andrew McKirahan and Carlos Salazar from Atlanta for James Loney, Enny Romero, and David Rodriguez
Acquired Yonder Alonso from San Diego for Kirby Yates
Signed Seung-Hwan Oh to a four year $22 million deal
Signed Juan Uribe to a 2 year $12 million deal
Signed Steve Cishek to a one year $2 million deal
Signed JP Arencibia, Aubrey Huff, Justin Maxwell, Jason Motte, Sean Marshall, Jerry Blevins, Mark Reynolds, Ryan Vogelsong, Stephen Drew, Sergio Santos, Brandon Beachy to minor league deals
Recommended Budget: $84 million
Final Payroll: $63.3 million
Texas Rangers
Non-tendered Kyle Blanks, Carlos Corporan, Anthony Bass, Bobby Wilson
Acquired Austin Hedges from San Diego for Prince Fielder, Jurickson Profar, Tony Watson, and $10 million ($2 mill per year for five years)
Acquired Ian Kinsler from Detroit for Shin-Soo Choo, Rougned Odor and $10M in 2019 and 2020
Acquired Nelson Cruz from Seattle for Derek Holland, Ryan Cordell and Leonys Martin
Acquired C.J. Wilson and $10 million from the LA Angels for Ti’Quan Forbes
Acquired Andres Blanco from Philadelphia for Lisalverto Bonilla
Acquired Tony Watson from Pittsburgh for Drew Robinson and Jose Leclerc
Signed Mike Napoli to a 2 year $12 million deal
Signed Cliff Lee to one year $5 million deal
Signed Colby Lewis to a 1 year $5 million deal
Signed David Murphy and Neftali Feliz to minor league deals
Recommended Budget: $156 million
Final Payroll: $140.8 million
Toronto Blue Jays
Exercised the options on Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion, RA Dickey
Declined the option on Maicier Izturis
Non-tendered Josh Thole
Acquired Francisco Liriano, Stephen Tarpley, Ke’Bryan Hayes for Aaron Sanchez, Justin Smoak, Steve Delabar, DJ Davis, and Matt Smoral
Acquired Drew Smyly and Desmond Jennings from Tampa Bay for R.A. Dickey, Jon Harris, Max Pentecost, Mitch Nay, and $5 million
Acquired Martin Prado and $10.5 million from Miami for Carl Wise and Connor Greene
Acquired Matt Barnes from Boston for Ben Revere
Acquired Tanner Roark from Washington for Stephen Tarpley
Acquired Evan Scribner from Oakland for Shane Dawson
Signed John Lackey to a 3 year $32 million deal
Signed Mat Latos to a 2 year $22 million deal with a $10 million club option
Signed Geovany Soto to a 2 year $6 million deal
Signed David Lough, Craig Gentry, and Ike Davis to minor league deals
Recommended Budget: $135 million
Final Payroll: $135 million
Washington Nationals
Decline options on Casey Janssen and Nate McLouth
Non-tendered Wilson Ramos
Acquired Adeiny Hechevarria, Dee Gordon, Kyle Barraclough, and Adam Conley from Miami for Jayson Werth, Jonathan Papelbon, Lucas Giolito, Trea Turner, Yunel Escobar, and $5 million
Acquired Craig Kimbrel, Colin Rea, and Jacob Nix plus $8 million ($6 million in 2016) from San Diego for Stephen Strasburg, Erick Fedde, and Austin Voth
Acquired Ricky Nolasco, Adam Brett Walker, and Pedro Alvarez (later non-tendered) from Pittsburgh for Ryan Zimmerman
Acquired Stephen Tarpley from Toronto for Tanner Roark
Signed Dexter Fowler to a 6 year $106 million deal with incentives
Signed Greg Holland to a 2 year $17.5 million deal with two club options
Signed Ryan Madson to a 2 year $11 million deal with a $7 million vesting option
Signed Antonio Bastardo to a 2 year $9.5 million deal
Signed Joe Blanton to a two year, $8 million deal with a $6 million club option ($2 million buyout)
Signed Tim Collins to a two year, $3.5 million deal with two club options ($1 million buyout)
Signed Wilson Ramos to a 1 year $6 million deal
Signed Alex Rios, Randy Wolf and Jim Johnson to minor league deals
Recommended Budget: $181 million
Final Payroll: $127.5 million