The countdown is on for one of the biggest moments of the offseason. Not only are we coming up on all the major awards of the season, which will be given over the next two week, tomorrow free agency officially opens and the hot stove will be hotter than ever. There will be plenty of speculation, plenty of massive contracts, and a lot of opportunities to see which teams are in it to win it in 2026 (three-peat for the Dodgers?) and which teams fail to put their money where their mouth is.

It’s going to be an interesting time to see the building blocks of the next season get put into place. One team that might be looking for new pitching help is the Padres, with Yu Darvish slated to miss the entire 2026 season. We’ve got that and more in the links below. • David Adler and Thomas Harrigan b

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