MLB offseason lessons: Dodgers' spending, Skubal rumors, more

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With pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training across Arizona and Florida next week and all of Kiley McDaniel's top 10 free agents now signed, there is light at the end of the offseason tunnel for baseball fans.

But before we say goodbye to the 2025-26 MLB offseason, it is a perfect time to make sense of the biggest themes of a wild winter and examine what they mean for the 2026 season -- and the future of MLB.

How do the latest spending sprees by the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets impact the mindset of baseball's 28 other teams? What does an offseason of trade rumors mean for next summer's trade deadline? And how…