Whereas some National League East and NL Central groups had robust offseasons, no different ball membership was as energetic because the Los Angeles Dodgers, who reside within the NL West.
With spring coaching proper across the nook, here is the place every crew stands and their offseason grade as of mid-January:
Los Angeles Dodgers: A+
The Dodgers have not backed down after successful the World Collection. They’ve in some way gotten even higher, most not too long ago including Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki to a rotation that additionally gained Blake Snell earlier within the offseason.
Someday after signing Sasaki, Los Angeles inked prime free-agent reliever Tanner Scott to bolster their robust bullpen. The Dodgers stocked up on pitching as their depth has taken a major hit over the previous couple of years resulting from accidents.
L.A. re-signed Teoscar Hernandez following an incredible first season with the membership. In addition they poached Michael Conforto away from division rival San Francisco Giants. Korean second baseman Hyeseong Kim will be part of the Dodgers’ infield, with Gavin Lux now a Cincinnati Purple. Los Angeles has an ideal likelihood to repeat as World Collection champions in 2025.
Arizona Diamondbacks: B
In truth, the Diamondbacks did not have a very robust offseason, and so they misplaced some important names from their lineup, together with Christian Walker and Joc Pederson.
However they did add former Cy Younger Award winner Corbin Burnes and traded for first baseman Josh Naylor, who’s coming off a profession 12 months with the Cleveland Guardians.
Naylor hit 31 house runs and had 108 RBI throughout 152 video games. The 2024 All-Star will substitute Walker at first base, and he has large footwear to fill, as he was a three-time Gold Glove Award winner.
San Francisco Giants: C+
Justin Verlander’s signing with San Francisco was an attention-grabbing improvement. Coming into his age-42 season in 2025, it stays to be seen what the Giants will get out of him. Nevertheless, Verlander nonetheless has loads of gasoline within the tank.
The crew’s greatest offseason splash was signing Willy Adames. He had a career-high 32 house runs and 112 RBI in 2024. After years of declining manufacturing, the Giants hope he can assist fortify the shortstop place.
Colorado Rockies: D-
Remarkably, the Rockies obtain a greater grade than the Padres for his or her offseason strikes. That mentioned, they nonetheless aren’t that nice.
Amongst their most notable strikes are signing infielders Thairo Estrada, Kyle Farmer and catchers Jacob Stallings and Austin Nola.
San Diego Padres: F
Final season, the Padres have been one win away from beating the Dodgers within the NLDS, however they failed to attain within the closing two video games and have been despatched packing. Quite a few pundits named them World Collection favorites, nevertheless it was one other disappointing conclusion to their season.
And sadly for followers, there is not a lot to look ahead to in 2025. Their rivals in L.A. have solely improved, signing their nearer away from them, and fan-favorite shortstop Ha-Seong Kim continues to be a free agent.
