Offseason winners and losers: American League

Yes, it's that time of year. There still are some interesting names out there on the free-agent market, but it's time to assess who did what.

As always, we divide our teams (let's do just the American League today) into four categories: Winners, winners with downside, losers with upside and losers.

Here we go:

And let's not forget, getting CC Sabathia to extend his existing contract by just one year was a tribute to how comfortable they had made Sabathia feel during his first three years.

We'll do the National League tomorrow.

--Here's my column from Port St. Lucie yesterday on Terry Collins.

--If there's reason to check in later today, I'll check in later today.