2023-2024 MLB offseason grades for all 30 teams - ESPN

We've been waiting to unveil our final offseason grades… and waiting… and waiting. We can wait no longer. Even though Blake Snell, Jordan Montgomery and J.D. Martinez remain unsigned among the major free agents, and useful players such as Michael Lorenzen, Adam Duvall and Tommy Pham are still out there, it's the middle of spring training. The Dodgers and Padres open in Korea in less than two weeks. We have to roll this out and move on.

As a reminder, we're grading on a bit of a curve: We don't expect the Pirates or Guardians to spend like the Dodgers or Yankees. But we do expect something, some sign that a club owner cares even a tiny little bit about winning. Granted, it was a strange offseason, with a risky top end of the free agent market beyond Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto — and the Dodgers landed both. Throw in concerns over the financial fallout from the Diamond Sports Group bankruptcy case, and the 12 teams contracted with Diamond for the regional sports networks had a convenient excuse not to increase payroll.

OK, let's get to it. You know the biggest winner ...

Jump to a team:

AL East: BAL | BOS | NYY | TB | TOR
AL Central: CHW | CLE | DET | KC | MIN
AL West: HOU | LAA | OAK | SEA | TEX

NL East: ATL | MIA | NYM | PHI | WSH
NL Central: CHC | CIN | MIL | PIT | STL
NL West: ARI | COL | LAD | SD | SF

Offseason needs: Starting pitchers

Major additions: DH/RHP Shohei Ohtani, RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto, RHP Tyler Glasnow, OF Teoscar Hernandez, LHP James Paxton (re-signed LHP Clayton Kershaw, OF Jason Heyward, RHP Ryan Brasier)

Payroll: Up $67 million

Is this the greatest offseason a team has ever had? It's difficult to argue against it, although time — and what happens in October — will ultimately answer the