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MLB Opening Day 2025: A guide to the offseason chaos

The opening week of the 2025 MLB season is upon us -- on the heels of a chaos-packed offseason.

Not long after the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrated their 2024 World Series title, they made the first big strike of the offseason, landing a two-time Cy Young winner -- and that was just the start for Los Angeles. But the Dodgers weren't the only ones keeping the hot stove warm in a winter that had a little bit of everything -- from a $765 million contract to lure a superstar across New York City boroughs to a pair of aces signing record nine-figure deals.