MLB Power Rankings: Top 10 free agents and where they’ll sign
By Tim Boyle
2) MLB Power Rankings: Free agent Trea Turner signs with the Giants
This winter will have a Trea Turner heel turn as he goes from the Los Angeles Dodgers to the San Francisco Giants. It’s time for the Giants to move on from Brandon Crawford — or at least replace him as the starting shortstop.
Turner had a monster year for the Dodgers full of power and run production. He’ll be a very popular man this offseason. The Giants, in their quest to improve the offense, will look toward him as their next leadoff or No. 3 hitter.
Turner is one of the league’s most exciting players. He’s capable of doing a little of everything. The Giants need someone like him.
Does it end with Turner? There’s one other major free agent they’ve been linked to. Can they sign the second-best and the best free agent in the MLB Power Rankings?
1) MLB Power Rankings: Free agent Aaron Judge signs with the Yankees
The Aaron Judge saga ends with a return to the New York Yankees. It’s pretty simple. The Yankees don’t build monuments for people who leave in free agency after such a monstrous season.
Judge might eventually want to return home to Northern California, and maybe he will one day. In this trip to free agency, the Yankees will pay him the money he earned by hitting 62 home runs in 2022.
Nobody was more valuable to their team in the regular season than Judge. His ability to play center field saves the Yankees for months. Shohei Ohtani might be able to pitch, but Judge can do everything else at an All-Star level.
The Yankees go back to being the Yankees this offseason by securing Judge long-term. However, it does come with one downside: it’s about all they do this winter aside from a couple of minor moves.