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Major League Baseball
Winter signings breakdown

By Seattle Times staff

The big spenders

New York Yankees: Giambi, Ventura should look nice in pinstripes

New York Mets: Alomar, Vaughn, Cedeno will jump-start offense

Texas: Added No. 1 starter, Juan Gone to an already potent lineup

Chicago Cubs: We smell a World Series ... just kidding

Making progress

San Francisco: Giants make big splash by keeping Bonds

Anaheim: Sele, Appier will win, but Angels still have offensive holes

St. Louis: Cards find a closer, replace McGwire with Tino

Seattle: Cirillo is an upgrade, keeping Boone was huge

Boston: Darren Oliver stinks, but at least Red Sox got rid of Carl Everett

Under construction

Los Angeles: Won bidding for Ishii, would like to trade Sheffield

Baltimore: Not much yet, but might deal young pitcher(s) for hitting

Chicago White Sox: Added starter Todd Ritchie but missed on Erstad

Just hope they still

have a team

Montreal: Two words, Vlad: Dispersal draft

Minnesota: Couldn't even hire Paul Molitor

Florida: Hard to make any moves when you don't have a GM

Small-market blues

Oakland: Koch, Justice will help, but losing Giambi hurts

San Diego: Could have Seattle flavor with Vazquez, Tomko, Ramsay

Pittsburgh: Pirates are trying to rebuild with kids

No blockbusters here

Philadelphia: Rolen mess starting to look like repeat of A-Rod

Atlanta: Signing Vinny Castilla means Chipper moves to the outfield

Arizona: That's it, no more handshake deals with David Wells

Houston: Biggest offseason pickup: Brian L. Hunter

Kansas City: Royals take Knoblauch off Yankees' hands

Detroit: Tigers deal Encarnacion for Dmitri Young

Milwaukee: Hasn't Jeromy Burnitz been traded yet?

Slicing payroll

Cleveland: Brady Anderson, Matt Lawton are in, Alomar, Gonzalez, Lofton are out

Toronto: Mondesi or Stewart could be next Blue Jays' giveaway

Tampa Bay: D-rays hope they're still in Tampa when kids mature

Colorado: Now Paniagua is the Rockies' closer of the future

Who's running this team?

Cincinnati: Hey Junior, still glad you went home?


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