Major League Baseball's free agency period is open, but it's come with a quiet beginning as teams wait for the market to set itself.

The MLB offseason is officially underway, and with contract option decisions and the non-tender deadline in the rearview, teams will now turn their full attention to free agency and the trade market.

Tracking the offseason MLB trades and signings with fantasy baseball implications for the upcoming season, Eric Karabell and Tristan H. Cockcroft will analyze and provide an outlook for all of the key players involved.

The Pittsburgh Pirates struck gold when they selected Paul Skenes with the first overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft out of LSU. After just his second season in Pittsburgh, the 23-year-old right-hander has solidified himself as the top pitcher in the National League.

The Mariners have been working overtime in the off-season to ensure they can return to excellence in 2026, as the Hot Stove League will only get hotter from her

All international sponsorships are supposed to go through the league to prevent a free-for-all. That's not what happened here.

The NFL, MLB and a revitalized broadcast schedule fueled Disney, Fox, Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery’s gains in Nielsen’s Media Distributor Gauge for the month of October. But it was not enough to topple YouTube.

The Atlanta Braves would gain solid rotation depth with this hypothetical move, but it would come a cost to the future

Four players this offseason have already made out very well by taking the one-year, $22.025 million qualifying offer: Gleyber Torres (Detroit Tigers), Brandon Woodruff (Milwaukee Brewers), Trent Grisham (New York Yankees) and Shota Imanaga (Chicago Cubs).