Baseball has no offseason. The World Series is over? Great, fire up the hot stove! While the Nationals were still celebrating their Game 7 victory Wednesday night, Gerrit Cole, arguably the winter’s top free agent, was speaking about Houston in the past tense while donning a Boras corporation cap. One-hundred and thirty-one players became free agents on Thursday, not counting those whose options were declined. The rumor mill is already churning. Opt-out decisions, including that of World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg, are imminent (Strasburg must decide by Saturday, J.D. Martinez has until Monday). It can all be a little overwhelming. So, as a primer for what is to come over the next three or four months, I have identified every team’s largest need, while also providing a quick-reference guide to each team’s free agents and player options.
In doing so, I tried to keep the focus on the word “need.” The Yankees might want another front-line starting pitcher, but…
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