This off-season has been one of wait-and-see. We’ve waited for the lockout to end, without much speculation on what would happen next. Then when the lockout ended, there was no tidal wave of signings like we get in the NBA when the offseason floodgates open. Teams have had to slowly do their work.
The Tampa Bay Rays have been in on a few players who made big moved thus far, having made competitive offers for 1B Matt Olson and 3B Matt Chapman, both part of the Oakland Athletics teardown, and also pursued Japanese star OF Seiya Suzuki who is reportedly signing a five-year deal with the Cubs.