Winners and losers of MLB's springtime hot stove: Blue Jays, Twins soar while elites scuffle
After a 99-day lockout, MLB's offseason is mostly over after a furious two weeks of transactions that included big signings and trades.
Gabe LacquesThe labor acrimony is over, and now, after nearly two weeks of furious transactions, Major League Baseball’s unprecedented offseason nearly is, too.
With just more than two weeks until Opening Day, every elite free agent has found a home and almost every trade chip has been cashed in. Oh, there are still impact players available, and as the final days draw near, a flurry of waiver claims and minor trades and probably a couple of major ones will pop off.
Yet the landscape is largely reset after the 99-day lockout finally ended and a 2022 season is finally taking form. Who best leveraged this hot stove spring training setting? Which players and teams, with the benefit of hindsight, maneuvered most deftly in the pre- and post-lockout landscapes?
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