Offseason Rankings (Pre-FA)

[Cardinals GM (Wood)]

I Will just through something together with Rankings by Tiers and Team needs.

Will be Placing team by following Criteria.
-Team Readiness
-Team is Setup to Compete?!
-Holes on Roster
-Farm and Future

*Note Placing in Tiers is by Alphabetical Order!
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All-Star Tier (1):

Chicago White Sox - Built for Success.
-Team Needs: LF and Depth

Detroit Tigers - Only Flaw is C and Pen
-Team Needs: RP/C

Miami Marlins - Built Tough, just need to replenish what was lost.
Team Needs: SP/C

Elite Tier (II):

Los Angeles Angels - Overall lineup is top notch, issues lie around Pitching.
-Team Needs: SP/RP/1B

Milwaukee Brewers - Solid Team overall with just a few areas that need upgrading
Team Needs: SP/CF

New York Yankees - Solid build team just missing some Key Areas with a few contract killers.
-Team Needs: RP/Closer/1B/SS

St. Louis Cardinals - Just missed All-star tier due to ?? with OF
Team Needs: 1B/CF/RF

Texas Rangers - On the Verge of All-Star, Catcher, Pen and Depth being issues
-Team Needs: C/RP/Closer/Depth

Washington Nationals - Overall has very nice team, just needs a few big pieces in lineup and pitching
Team Needs: 3B/RP

Veteran Tier (III):

Baltimore Orioles - Bats lead the presence here, Arms need working.
-Team Needs: SP/C/3B

Colorado Rockies - Has the pieces to make that next step, just needs upgrades and pieces to move forward
Team Needs: SP/C/1B/OF

Kansas City Royals - Biggest Issue for this team is Pitching depth and Pen
-Team Needs: SP/RP/CF

Los Angeles Dodgers - Biggest issues this team will encounter is Pitching.
Team Needs: SP

Minnesota Twins - Pitching in general Needs complete overhaul, otherwise solid lineup.
-Team Needs: SP/RP

New York Mets - Good Foundation, but has to make some good upgrades
Team Needs: SP/C/Depth

Oakland Athletics - Solid built with just a few tweaks here and there needed
-Team Needs: SP/Closer/Depth

Pittsburgh Pirates - Solid Crop of Pieces with some solid additions in Offseason this team could make the next step.
Team Needs: SP/RP/2B/3B/CF

Tampa Bay Rays - Sound team with some upgrades needed and depth for that big push.
-Team Needs: SP/2B/CF/RF

Starter Tier (IV):

Arizona Diamondbacks - Solid pieces are here, just not enough to take a step forward
Team Needs: Upgrades Everywhere

Cincinnati Reds - Has some Solid Pieces to work with but needs to upgrade everywhere
Team Needs: Everything

Cleveland Indians - Team has the base to build on, but needs big upgrades everywhere to push further on.
-Team Needs: SS/Upgrades for Most Positions

Houston Astros - Solid Base to build on, still needs upgrading everywhere.
-Team Needs: SP/RP/2B/3B/OF

Philadelphia Phillies - Has some solid pieces to work but overall needs to add more upgraded pieces to take that next step
Team Needs: Everything but 2B/LF/RF

San Diego Padres - They have the pieces to work with and move to the next step
Team Needs: Everything

San Francisco Giants - Just Missed making Veteran Tier, biggest Issue is Pitching
Team Needs: SP/RP/C/2B/3B

Seattle Mariners - Good Base to work with, Upgrades are a must.
-Team Needs: SP/RP/Upgrades everywhere

Rookie Tier (V):

Boston Red Sox - Outside of Eloy Lineup needs some big adds, Rotation needs frontline and middle help, while Pen needs upgrading.
-Team Needs: Everywhere but LF

Chicago Cubs - Needs everything
Team Needs: Everything

Draftee Tier (VI):

Atlanta Braves - Big Rebuild
Team Needs: Everything

Toronto Blue Jays - Team has a few noteworthy players but overall big need for help all over.
-Team Needs: Everywhere but 3B

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Tier Groupings are just fun names but should be close to level of Team.

"There is no limit to what can be accomplished when nobody cares who gets the credit."

[Cardinals GM (Wood)]

Complete with AL and NL

"There is no limit to what can be accomplished when nobody cares who gets the credit."

[Marlins GM (Jeremy)]

Nice work Wood, thanks for doing this !!!!

[Marlins GM (Jeremy)]

2020 Playoff Teams (listed by Preseason Ranking)

All Star: Tigers, Marlins

Elite: Cardinals, Rangers,

Starter: Diamondbacks

Rookie: Red Sox

[Rangers GM (Phil)]

Catcher, Pen, and Depth being issues still sounds about right for Texas! Just look at that playoff pitching I'm rolling out there sans Strasburg, Soroka, and Puk, and possibly Fried and Gausman too. Pulling for my catching duo of Wieters and Higashioka to get the pitching through the injuries and maybe do something with the bat too!