Getting caught up on a lengthy offseason of wheeling and dealing and free-agent signings can be complicated for even the most committed fantasy baseball managers.
To that end, here's a brief snapshot of some of the higher-profile transactions in Major League Baseball that will impact your fantasy drafts, along with the names of a few players who may yet move to a new clubhouse before those first glimpses of grapefruit and cactus grace our televisions.
Players in bold are ranked in the top 100 of Tristan H. Cockcroft's 2019 fantasy baseball rankings.
Notable free-agent signings
C Robinson Chirinos, Houston Astros: 1 year for $5.75 million
C Yasmani Grandal, Milwaukee Brewers: 1 year for $18.25 million
C Jeff Mathis, Texas Rangers: 2 years for $6.25 million
C Wilson Ramos, New York Mets: 2 years for $19 million
C Kurt Suzuki, Washington Nationals: 2 years for $10 million
2B Asdrubal Cabrera, Texas Rangers: 1 year for $3.5 million
2B Brian Dozier, Washington Nationals: 1 year for $9 million
2B Ian Kinsler, San Diego Padres: 2 years for $8 million
2B Jed Lowrie, New York Mets: 2 years for $20 million
2B DJ LeMahieu, New York Yankees: 2 years for $24 million
2B Daniel Murphy, Colorado Rockies: 2 years for $24 million
2B Jonathan Schoop, Minnesota Twins: 1 year for $7.5 million
3B Josh Donaldson, Atlanta Braves: 1 year for $23 million
SS Jordy Mercer, Detroit Tigers: 1 year for $5.25 million
OF Michael Brantley, Houston Astros: 2 years for $32 million
OF Billy Hamilton, Kansas City Royals: 2 years for $11.5 million
OF Andrew McCutchen, Philadelphia Phillies: 3 years for $50 million
DH Nelson Cruz, Minnesota Twins: 1 year for $14.3 million
SP Trevor Cahill, Los Angeles Angels: 1 year for $9 million
SP Patrick Corbin, Washington Nationals: 6 years for $140 million
SP Matt Harvey, Los Angeles Angels: 1 year for $11 million
SP Yusei Kikuchi, Seattle Mariners: 3 years for $43 million
SP Lance Lynn, Texas Rangers: 3 years for $30 million
SP Charlie Morton, Tampa Bay Rays: 2 years for $30 million
SP Garrett Richards, San Diego Padres: 2 years for $15.5 million
SP Tyson Ross, Detroit Tigers: 1 year for $5.75 million
SP Anibal Sanchez, Washington Nationals: 2 years for $19 million
RP Cody Allen, Los Angeles Angels: 1 year for $8.5 million
RP Jesse Chavez, Texas Rangers: 2 years for $8 million
RP Jeurys Familia, New York Mets: 3 years for $30 million
RP Kelvin Herrera, Chicago White Sox: 2 years for $18 million
RP Joe Kelly, Los Angeles Dodgers: 3 years for $25 million
RP Andrew Miller, St. Louis Cardinals: 2 years for $25 million
RP Adam Ottavino, New York Yankees: 3 years for $27 million
RP David Robertson, Philadelphia Phillies: 2 years for $23 million
RP Trevor Rosenthal, Washington Nationals: 1 year for $7 million
RP Joakim Soria, Oakland Athletics: 2 years for $15 million
Clubs that traded for big-ticket players
Chicago White Sox: 1B Yonder Alonso, SP Ivan Nova
Cincinnati Reds: OF Yasiel Puig, OF Matt Kemp, SP Alex Wood, SP Sonny Gray
Los Angeles Dodgers: SP Homer Bailey
New York Mets: 2B Robinson Cano, RP Edwin Diaz
New York Yankees: SP James Paxton
Oakland Athletics: OF Jurickson Profar
Philadelphia Phillies: SS Jean Segura
Seattle Mariners: DH Edwin Encarnacion, OF Jay Bruce, SS J.P. Crawford, OF Mallex Smith
Tampa Bay Rays: C Mike Zunino
Top free agents still to be signed
3B Mike Moustakas
SS Freddy Galvis
SS Jose Iglesias
SS Manny Machado
OF Marwin Gonzalez
OF Bryce Harper
OF Nick Markakis
OF A.J. Pollock
SP Clay Buchholz
SP Gio Gonzalez
SP Jeremy Hellickson
SP Derek Holland
SP Dallas Keuchel
SP Wade Miley
SP Martin Perez
SP Drew Pomeranz
RP Craig Kimbrel
RP Ryan Madson
Subjects of recent trade rumors
C Travis d'Arnuad
2B Joe Panik
2B/OF Ben Zobrist
SP Trevor Bauer
SP Corey Kluber
RP Will Smith
RP Tony Watson
Hanging up the cleats
Adrian Beltre
Andre Ethier
Brad Ziegler
Chase Utley
David Wright
Joe Mauer
Mike Napoli
Ryan Howard
Shane Victorino
Victor Martinez
