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2015 RECAP
This past season's acquisitions produced impactful to highly satisfying to very disappointing results. Certain teams had productive outcomes, or, downright not very good results
Winners and Losers
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While all baseball publications declare winners and losers prior to the off-season or trading deadline, we wait till the season is totally complete. Those who were labeled as winners end up being losers, and those labeled as losers end up being winners. Therefore, here are our top 10 winners (with honorable mentions) and losers of this past season of players and our top 5 of teams- consisting the combination of the prior off-season and midseason.
PLAYERS
WINNERS
Max Scherzer (Nationals)
Nelson Cruz (Mariners)
Josh Donaldson (Blue Jays)
Andrew Miller (Yankees)
Kendrys Morales (Royals)
Cole Hamels (Rangers)
David Price (Blue Jays)
Troy Tulowitzki (Blue Jays)
Yoenis Cespedes (Mets)
Ben Zobrist (Royals)
Honorable Mentions
J.A Happ (Pirates)
Johnny Cueto (Royals)
Luke Gregerson (Astros)
David Robertson (White Sox)
Marco Estrada (Blue Jays)
Francisco Cervelli (Pirates)
Dee Gordon (Marlins)
Yasmani Grandal (Dodgers)
Colby Rasmus (Astros)
Jung-ho Kang (Pirates)
LOSERS
James Shields (Padres)
Pablo Sandoval (Red Sox)
Hanley Ramirez (Red Sox)
Jeff Samardzija (White Sox)
Mat Latos (Marlins, Dodgers)
Jonathan Papelbon (Nationals)
Jimmy Rollins (Dodgers)
Jim Johnson (Dodgers)
Alfredo Simon (Tigers)
Justin Masterson (Red Sox)
TEAMS
WINNERS
New York Mets
Houston Astros
Pittsburgh Pirates
Kansas City Royals
Toronto Blue Jays
LOSERS
Boston Red Sox
San Diego Padres
Los Angeles Dodgers
Chicago White Sox
Baltimore Orioles
TOP TEN FREE AGENTS
(Rankings determined by combination of MLBTR and MLB.com)
1. SP Max Scherzer- SIGNED (Nationals [7 yr deal])
2. SP Jon Lester- SIGNED (Cubs [6 yr deal])
3. SS Hanley Ramirez- SIGNED (Red Sox [4yr deal])
4. SP James Shields- SIGNED (Padres [4 yr deal])
5. DH/1B Victor Martinez- RE-SIGNED [4 yr deal]
6. DH/OF Nelson Cruz-SIGNED (Mariners [4 yr deal])
7. LF Melky Cabrera-SIGNED (White Sox [3 yr deal])
8. 3B Pablo Sandoval- SIGNED (Red Sox [5 yr deal])
9. OF Yasmany Tomas-SIGNED (Diamondbacks [6 yr deal])
10. C Russell Martin- SIGNED (Blue Jays [5 yr deal])
NOTABLES
OF Colby Rasmus- SIGNED (Astros [1 yr deal] )
RP Francisco Rodriguez- RE-SIGNED (Brewers [2 yr deal] )
RP Rafael Soriano- SIGNED (Cubs [rest of the season] )
SP Ryan Vogelsong RE-SIGNED (Giants [1 yr deal] )
SP Aaron Harang- SIGNED (Phillies [1 yr deal] )
OF Nori Aoki- SIGNED (Giants [1 yr deal] )
SS Stephen Drew- RE-SIGNED (Yankees [1 yr deal] )
RP David Robertson- SIGNED (White Sox [4 yr deal] )
SP Ervin Santana- SIGNED (Twins [4 yr deal] )
SP Francisco Liriano- RE-SIGNED (Pirates [3 yr deal] )
3B Chase Headley- RE-SIGNED (Yankees [4 yr deal])
RP Andrew Miller-SIGNED (Yankees [4 yr deal] )
2B Asdrubal Cabrera- SIGNED (Rays [1 yr deal] )
RF Nick Markakis-SIGNED (Braves [4 yr deal] )
1B Adam LaRoche-SIGNED (White Sox [2 yr deal] )
1B Mike Morse- SIGNED (Marlins [2 yr deal )
OF/1B Michael Cuddyer-SIGNED (Mets [2 yr deal] )