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I see this being picked up in a thread, so I decided to make its own thread. List the 3 winners of the offseason, 3 losers of the offseason and what teams stayed the same and did not lose or win. With explanation if possible..
3 winners:
Red Sox: They finally got their 1B with lots of talent and an OF they like and who will help a lot.
White Sox: They no doubt won, got their DH (Dunn), put together a nice pen and resign their bigs (Konerko and AJ).
Brewers: They put together a solid roation to go along with a solid offense. They just need to lock up their 1B to make it even better (looking more and more like that won't happen).
3 losers:
Padres: They went from almost making the playoffs in 2010 to probably competing for last place in 2011. Lost all free agents and their all-star 1B.
Rays: Because of money conditions they had to cut but they lost way to much and them running with the AL East will come to an end. The departures of Crawford, Pena, Garza and their pen will hurt.
Angels: They lost on all their top targets...Beltre, Crawford, Werth, Soriano etc. Then they had to overpay for a good but expensive OF (Wells).
3 same:
Yankees: They have and will always have a good team because they spend but they didn't do much besides re-signing Jeter and getting their set-up man in Soriano.. It will be a good competition with the Red Sox and Yanks but I don't know if the Yanks did enough to win the division over the Sox.
Reds: I know they won the division in 2010 but it was not by much and all teams below them upgraded their team. So I think they will fall in 2011.
Texas: I know they lost Cliff Lee but I think they will be OK, just like in 2010. However, they did sign a big bat in Beltre. So maybe offense will win games over pitching.. Only time will tell..
Honorable mention:
Cubs: I know this may come off bias but I think JH did a good job on limited resources. He got his 1B and a lefty one, got a top-line pitcher and an end of the pen pitcher. Also I thought he got a good return for Gorzo.. I'm not trying to be bias..
Thoughts?
3 winners:
Red Sox: They finally got their 1B with lots of talent and an OF they like and who will help a lot.
White Sox: They no doubt won, got their DH (Dunn), put together a nice pen and resign their bigs (Konerko and AJ).
Brewers: They put together a solid roation to go along with a solid offense. They just need to lock up their 1B to make it even better (looking more and more like that won't happen).
3 losers:
Padres: They went from almost making the playoffs in 2010 to probably competing for last place in 2011. Lost all free agents and their all-star 1B.
Rays: Because of money conditions they had to cut but they lost way to much and them running with the AL East will come to an end. The departures of Crawford, Pena, Garza and their pen will hurt.
Angels: They lost on all their top targets...Beltre, Crawford, Werth, Soriano etc. Then they had to overpay for a good but expensive OF (Wells).
3 same:
Yankees: They have and will always have a good team because they spend but they didn't do much besides re-signing Jeter and getting their set-up man in Soriano.. It will be a good competition with the Red Sox and Yanks but I don't know if the Yanks did enough to win the division over the Sox.
Reds: I know they won the division in 2010 but it was not by much and all teams below them upgraded their team. So I think they will fall in 2011.
Texas: I know they lost Cliff Lee but I think they will be OK, just like in 2010. However, they did sign a big bat in Beltre. So maybe offense will win games over pitching.. Only time will tell..
Honorable mention:
Cubs: I know this may come off bias but I think JH did a good job on limited resources. He got his 1B and a lefty one, got a top-line pitcher and an end of the pen pitcher. Also I thought he got a good return for Gorzo.. I'm not trying to be bias..
Thoughts?
