Extra playoff spot means more teams believe they can contend. The competition for players should make for a compelling offseason.
The Padres took advantage of a soft market to pounce and sign Manny Machado before the 2019 season. At the trade deadline in 2020, when they splurged to add 10 players, the Padres were practically the only team in 'buy' mode. And Major League Baseball was still reeling from the COVID-19 shutdown and bracing for the 2022 lockout when A.J. Preller again went wild in the 2020-21 offseason, trading for three front-end starting pitchers and signing infielder Ha-Seong Kim.
“And they got in the playoffs, and they got piping hot and got to the World Series.' The Orioles and Diamondbacks were rebuilding in recent seasons, a process that involves stacking good decisions on top of each other over at least a multi-year period. Executives say rebuilding is still necessary for most teams. But the Orioles' ascension to being a playoff team came perhaps a year earlier than most expected.
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