10 New Things About the AL You Need to Know for 2026

Jeff Erickson from RotoWire.com and Paul Sporer from Fangraphs.com review the highlights from the offseason in the American League, and what it means for our fantasy leagues.

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00:00 2-1-26 RotoWire MLB Podcast

00:20 Welcome to Paul Sporer

02:00 Weekend News

02:20 Eugenio Suarez to Reds

07:20 Luis Arraez to Giants

10:00 Jacob Wilson Extension

14:45 Free Agents Remaining

15:00 Pitchers: Framber Valdez, Zac Gallen, Zack Littell, Chris Bassitt, Lucas Giolito, Jose Quintana, Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer

21:00 Hitters: Marcell Ozuna, Paul Goldschmidt, Luis Rengifo, Rhys Hoskins, Tommy Pham, Miguel Andujar, Nathaniel Lowe

23:00 AL WEST Changes

23:15 Angels: Josh Lowe, Grayson Rodriguez (traded for Taylor Ward), Kirby Yates//Jordan Romano

28:00 Astros: Tatsuya Imai, Mike Burrows (three-way trade with PIT/TB, losing Jacob Melton), making room for Zach Cole; no place currently for Isaac Paredes. Losing Framber.

34:00 Athletics: Jeff McNeil, Mark Leiter?

40:30 Mariners: Re-sign Josh Naylor, Jose Ferrer … no 2B or 3B.

42:30 Rangers: Brandon Nimmo for Marcus Semien; MacKenzie Gore; Danny Jansen, non-tendered Adolis Garcia

46:30 Fantrax

47:30 AL CENTRAL Changes

47:45 Guardians: Re-signed J-Ram and called it a day

50:00 Royals: Traded for Isaac Collins; Signed Lane Thomas; Signed Matt Strahm

51:30 OMG Kaufmann Stadium Changes!

56:00 Tigers: Signed Kenley Jansen, Signed Drew Anderson (KBO)

1:03:00 Twins: Fired their President of MLB Operations last week; Victor Caratini; Signed Josh Bell; Signed Taylor Rogers; traded Edouard Julien to Paste-Eaters.

1:08:00 White Sox: Signed Munetaka Murakami from Japan; traded Luis Robert to Mets for Luisangel Acuña et al; signed Austin Hays; signed Seranthony Dominguez

1:16:15 BlueWire

1:16:20 AL EAST Changes

1:16:35 Blue Jays: Lost Bo Bichette; Signed Dylan Cease; Signed Cody Ponce (KBO); Signed Kazuma Okamoto (JPN); came up short on Kyle Tucker; signed Tyler Rogers

1:26:30 Orioles: Signed Pete Alonso; Traded for Taylor Ward (for Grayson Rodriguez); Signed Ryan Helsley; traded for Shane Baz.

1:31:30 Rays: Traded Brandon Lowe in 3-way trade that netted Jacob Melton; traded for Gavin Lux (sent away Josh Lowe); traded Shane Baz; Signed Steven Matz; Signed Cedric Mullins; Signed Jake Fraley.

1:37:00 Red Sox: Traded for Sonny Gray; traded for Willson Contreras; signed Ranger Suarez; lost Alex Bregman; Trevor Story did not opt out.

1:41:00 Yankees: Re-signed Cody Bellinger; lost Devin Williams and Luke Weaver; lost Paul Goldschmidt; traded for Ryan Weathers

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