The story of the MLB offseason has undoubtedly been the collapse of the free agent market and the tight wallets of franchise owners. SB Nation’s entire season preview was based around it, and there are still players left to be signed mere days away from Opening Day.
For the Cleveland Indians, the offseason consisted of one big move: Signing Yonder Alonso. They agreed to pay the first baseman $16 over two years (with an option for a third), then claimed they were tapped out and sat on their hands. They reportedly did poke around with a few other targets, however, including preliminary talks with the Baltimore Orioles for Manny Machado and they offered Logan Morrison a two-year, $20 million deal that he rejected only to later signed a one-year, $6.