The 2025 MLB offseason has been underway for over two months, with plenty of blockbuster trades and massive free agent signings defining the winter so far.

However, a few teams have seemingly sat out on the action altogether.

The Seattle Mariners, for one, have yet to commit a single dollar to their MLB payroll in any capacity, per Spotrac. The Miami Marlins are in a similar boat, with their only move thus far being a split contract for infielder Eric Wagaman.

The St. Louis Cardinals’ front office hasn’t been much more aggressive, simply spending $250K on international free agents. And although the Minnesota Twins, San Diego Padres and Milwaukee Brewers haven’t signed a free agent, they have at least spent money on avoiding arbitration with players, while the Kansas City Royals and Atlanta Braves gave pitchers Michael Wacha and Reynaldo López eight-figure extensions.

It isn’t surprising that the Marlins have skimped out on their big league payroll, considering all of the franchise centerpieces they have traded away over the past year. In 2024 alone, Miami dumped Luis Arráez, Jazz Chisholm Jr., Tanner Scott, Jake Burger and Jesús Luzardo, just to name a few.

The Brewers, unlike the Marlins, actually made the playoffs in 2024, so their lack of spending is at least somewhat softened by their recent success. They also had first baseman Rhys Hoskins pick up his $18 million player option, which doesn’t count towards their free agent spending, nor does their one-year, $1.35 million agreement with backup catcher Eric Haase.

There are still six weeks until pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training, and a good number of notable free agents are still out there on the open market. It remains to be seen if the cheaper teams will finally break out of their shells to add some of them, or if only the rich will get richer.

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MILWAUKEE – Jake Lucchini scored the game-winning goal 62 seconds into overtime to lift the Admirals to a 2-1 win over the Iowa Wild in their first game of the new year.

Magnus Chrona stopped 31 shots in net for Milwaukee to pick up his seventh win of the season, while Joakim Kemell also lit the lamp for the Ads.

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Milwaukee fired 39 shots on goal, their second-highest total this season and the third straight game they have topped the 30-shots plateau.

The Admirals dominated the early going, outshooting the Wild 17-5 through the first 15 minutes of the game. Kemell would give the Ads a 1-0 lead with his eighth goal of the season at the 14:59 mark of the opening frame. Kemell grabbed a loose puck on the Milwaukee blueline and skated in on a two-on-one before sending a snapshot over the glove of Iowa goalie William Rousseau.

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The Wild knotted the game at one at 8:30 of the second period when Matthew Sop found a loose puck near the Ads net and managed to poke it past netminder Chrona.  

The score remained the way until a minute into overtime when Marc Del Gaizo won a puck battle along the far boards in the Iowa zone and found a streaking Lucchini, whose wicked wrister beat Rousseau glove-side to secure the win. It was the eighth goal of the season for Lucchini and his second career OT winner.

The Admirals continue their five-game home stand when they host Grand Rapids at 6 p.m. Saturday. The first 4,000 fans will take home a retro Admirals winter hat.

The Milwaukee Brewers were one of the best teams in the National League in 2024.

Milwaukee didn’t enter the season with very high expectations, but it certainly surprised people. The Brewers won 93 games and finished atop the National League Central standings to the surprise of many. Milwaukee made some serious changes before the season with Craig Counsell opting to leave the team to manage the Chicago Cubs. The Brewers also traded Corbin Burnes to the Baltimore Orioles.

While this is the case, the Brewers shined. Milwaukee has an exciting, young roster and seems to be building something special.

The 2025 season should be a fun one. Milwaukee surely will get great play from expected parties like Christian Yelich and William Contreras. But there will be other players to look out for. MLB.com’s Adam McCalvy pegged lefty Aaron Ashby as the player most likely to breako ut in 2025.

“Ashby has already had two mini-breakouts, one in 2022, when he signed a five-year contract extension, and another late last season when he returned from two tough years of injury to become a lights-out reliever. The Brewers hope that Ashby will build on the confidence of last year, when he delivered a 1.98 ERA and 20 strikeouts in 13 2/3 relief innings in September, and that he’ll benefit from a normal, healthy offseason.

“Pitching coach Chris Hook has said he would love to see Ashby compete for a return to the rotation. As a fallback, the Brewers know they have a terrific lefty reliever who was so good he might even figure into the closer conversation.”

He’s just 26 years old but was in the 83rd percentile in fastball velocity despite overcoming injuries. He had a 2.86 overall ERA in 14 appearances — including two starts. The Brewers have been great at developing pitching. Maybe they can get Ashby right for the 2025 season.

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