Baseball season has finally arrived and that means that the offseason is almost officially over.  So we at PRO Rumors decided to take a look back at the offseason that each AL team had and how they compared to other clubs in the league.  Some clubs had an offseason to remember because of who they signed or traded for and others are trying to forget the winter.  Others succeeded because they were able to get rid of a bad contract.  Check out the rankings below!

1. Red Sox-When a team is able to acquire both Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford in the same month/week, they’re going to win most off season awards.  Gonzalez came to Boston via-trade form San Diego.  Though Boston did give up some of their top prospects for Gonzalez, they received a left handed hitting first basemen who they have coveted for many seasons.  Just days later, Theo Epstein swooped in and snatched up Carl Crawford from both of their rivals, the Angels and the Yankees.  Epstein didn’t stop there as he also signed ex- White Sox closer Bobby Jenks to a two-year deal to become Papelbon’s set-up guy.  He also becomes insurance in case Papelbon starts off the season ineffective or is injured.  The Sox also re-signed left handed reliever Hideki Okajima who prior to last season had three season where he posted an era of 3.39 or lower.

2. Athletics- The offseason got off to a rough start for the A’s as they were turned down by the higher profile free agents.  But that didn’t stop Billy Beane from rebounding nicely.  Beane brought in David DeJesus and Josh Willingham via-trades to help shore up the offense.  Hideki Matsui was also brought in on a one-year deal to take over the DH role and maybe to help attendance?  Grant Balfour and Brian Fuentes were both brought in on multi-year deals to help an already deep bullpen.  Rich Harden was also brought back on a one year-deal to compete for a spot in the rotation or to help out the bullpen.  With the many moves the A’s made, the AL West could come down to a three team race come September.

3. Rays- How could the Rays be ranked as having the 3rd best offseason in the AL? Easy they now have 10 of the first 60 picks in the upcoming draft which will be one of the deepest in years. The Rays have won two of three AL east titles with the nucleus of Carl Crawford, Jason Bartlett, Matt Garza, Grant Balfour and last season Rafael Soriano,  But they all left via free agency or were now priced out of the Rays price range.  But the Rays knew their budget and were able to turn these players into draft picks.  The Rays didn’t stop with just draft picks as they also brought in the likes of Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez for about $7mm combined. Kyle Farnsworth was also brought in as well as Juan Cruz to help out the back end of the bullpen.

4. White Sox- The White Sox could have been in a world of hurt had things not gone their way.  They were faced with losing their biggest power threat in Paul Konerko as well as their catcher A.J. Pierzynski and they lost their closer Bobby Jenks.  There were rumors that they were looking at trading their manager Ozzie Guillen to the Marlins for Mike Stanton.  In the end, they resigned Konerko for what I consider a discount at three-years $37.5mm.  They also brought back AJ Pierzynski on a one year deal and brought in the biggest slugger of the offseason in Adam Dunn on a four-year $56mm deal. They also brought in AL east veteran Jesse Crain on a three-year deal (yes they may have over paid) as well as Will Ohman on a two-year deal.

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