Your guide to the chaos — The moves that rocked the MLB offseason and will shape the 2022 season
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In a word, the 2021-22 MLB offseason was, well, … chaotic.
As soon as the Atlanta Braves were done celebrating their unexpected World Series title, the clouds of a looming lockout gathered over the hot stove season before a 99-day work stoppage split the winter into two frenzied stretches of signings and trades.
Maybe you were one of the fans who stayed up every night waiting to see if your favorite team signed that big-name free agent in November — or March — while holding your breath that the players and owners would come to an agreement to salvage the 2022 season. If not, looking at Opening Day lineups might lead to some pretty big surprises. If you’re playing catch-up after such a strange and often contentious offseason, we get it.
Whether you are just realizing Freddie Freeman moved to Los Angeles and the mega-class of shortstops led to some superstar infielders in unexpected places, or you know all the moves that went down and still aren’t quite sure what to make of them, there’s plenty to learn before the games begin. ESPN MLB experts Alden Gonzalez, Jesse Rogers and David Schoenfield break down the moves that rocked the offseason. What did they mean for the teams that made them — and for the rest of MLB?
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The pre-lockout frenzy
With a Dec. 1 deadline to reach a deal on a new collective-bargaining agreement approaching, an unsure feeling of whether players would sign or wait out the potential work stoppage hung over the sport — and then, boom, a free-agent frenzy swept through baseball over the final week of November.
Rangers land their half-billion dollar infield
Date of the deals: Nov. 28: Marcus Semien; Nov. 29: Corey Seager.
What it means for the 2022 Rangers: The team’s first two seasons in Globe Life Field were miserable disappointments, including the franchise’s first 100-loss season since…
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