The offseason after their second World Series title, the Marlins made a questionable cost-cutting move as Derrek Lee was traded to Chicago Cubs for Hee Seop Choi and pitcher Mike Nannini.

Additionally, Guillermo Mota, who was acquired by Florida in 2004 along with Paul Lo Duca and Juan Encarnacion and was expected to be their closer, was inconsistent, and the Marlins gave the closer job to veteran Todd Jones, whom they signed in the offseason.

In the offseason, the Brewers would lose many of their spot players that had helped them during the season, such as Mark Kotsay, Jerry Hairston Jr., and Craig Counsell but their most notable loss was that of Prince Fielder, who would leave the team via free agency after having been a part of the Brewers organization for almost a decade.

In the offseason, Clemente experienced some tense situations while he was working as manager of the Senadores and when his father, Melchor Clemente, experienced medical problems and had to undergo surgery.

Afterwards, Stuckey was released in the offseason.

The secondary was led by defensive back Everson Walls, an offseason acquisition from the Dallas Cowboys, who recorded 6 interceptions.

The XFL was intended to be a major professional sports league complement to the offseason of the National Football League, but it failed to find an audience and ceased operation after its first and only season.

In the 1966 – 1967 offseason, during the period in which Rice owned the stadium, the concrete exterior was painted white, and the interior was painted blue.

Prefontaine, the XFL's lone punting specialist ( and, for payment purposes, the Xtreme's third-string quarterback ), was moonlighting for the Xtreme while his regular team, the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League, was in its offseason.

He spent the offseason rehabbing and was ready for the start of the 2002 season.

The offseason was characterized by a degree of tumult.

Dwight Howard was drafted No. 1 overall in the 2004 NBA Draft. In the offseason, Weisbrod completely dismantled the team.

The 1996 offseason was again marked by vast changes: Anderson declined to re-sign, Johnson was shipped to the Knicks for power forward Anthony Mason, and the team made a trade on draft day 1996.

Since the team lost Harper, Wennington and Barry in the offseason, Brand and fellow rookie Ron Artest led the team throughout the year, especially after Kukoc missed most of the season due to injury and was then dealt for a draft pick at the trading deadline.

Despite the team's improvement, Carlisle was fired in the 2003 offseason.

Although the 1996 – 97 season was not successful on the court for the Spurs, the offseason proved to be the opposite.

Also, Williams was selected to play in the All-Star Game for the first time, and after a controversial offseason, Boozer played better than the year prior, averaging 19. 5 points and 11. 2 rebounds per game, and missed only 4 games to injury.

Free, who was acquired in the offseason from the Philadelphia 76ers, finished second overall in NBA scoring average, with 28. 8 per game, while George Gervin of the San Antonio Spurs had a 29. 6 average.

The 2002 offseason brought changes, as Miles was traded to the Cavaliers for Andre Miller, who led the NBA in assists in 2001 – 02 with 11 per game.

Owner Jim Irsay started to again rebuild the Colts during the 2012 offseason and began by hiring a new general manager in Ryan Grigson and new head coach in Chuck Pagano.

Despite the offseason losses and controversies, the Brewers fans still looked forward to the 2012 season with great optimism, as the Brewers, by the end of February, had sold over 1. 5 million tickets, the most before the month of March.

In the offseason, the Bulls lost B. J. Armstrong in the expansion draft, but Krause pulled off a masterful deal by trading Will Perdue to the San Antonio Spurs for the aggressive and often controversial rebounding specialist Dennis Rodman, who had won the past four rebounding titles, and who had also been a member of the Detroit Pistons ' " Bad Boys " squad that served as the Bulls ' chief nemesis in the late 1980s.

In the 2002 offseason, Dumars revamped the Pistons ' roster by signing free agent Chauncey Billups, acquiring Richard " Rip " Hamilton from the Washington Wizards, and by drafting Tayshaun Prince from Kentucky.

Frustrated by the team's inability to advance in the playoffs, Bryant demanded to be traded in the offseason.

That offseason, he was traded by the Royals to the California Angels for Ed Kirkpatrick and Dennis Paepke.

Boerigter was signed by the Green Bay Packers in the 2006 offseason, but was released prior to the start of the season.

With these offseason transactions, the Lynx looked forward to a much improved 2010 season, which was echoed by the eighth annual WNBA general manager poll.

Later that offseason the Fever made another All-Star addition by signing free agent Tamika Whitmore from the Los Angeles Sparks.

During the offseason, Gerald Henderson from Duke was chosen with the 12th pick by the Bobcats in the 2009 NBA Draft.

The 2009 season was marred by an offseason injury to star Athan Iannucci, who was only able to appear in 10 games, and compiled just 36 points after his record breaking haul the season before.

His running schedule of 35 – 40 miles per week during the season, and 55 miles per week in the offseason, caused his weight to drop below that dictated by the Vikings.

In the offseason the Soul were picked by many as the favorite to win the championship.

Playing with a dramatically overhauled receiver corps — in the 2007 offseason, the Patriots acquired wide receivers Donté Stallworth, Wes Welker, Kelley Washington and Randy Moss ; tight end Kyle Brady ; and running back Sammy Morris — Brady enjoyed what some sports writers have described as the best season ever by a quarterback.

During the 2008 offseason, head coach Pascarella left the team to take up a goalkeeper coaching position with the Kansas City Wizards ; he was subsequently replaced by Royals ' former Super-Y League coach Tom Torres.

With the acquisitions of Lyle Overbay and Troy Glaus by Toronto in the 2005 offseason, there was little room for Hinske as a corner infielder, and he was shifted once more to right field in a platoon with Alex Rios for the 2006 season.

During the offseason, Szczerbiak's contract ran up and was not renewed by the Cavaliers, making him a free agent.

The league was briefly known as the National-American Football League during the offseason, but reverted to the traditional name of " National Football League " by the time the 1950 season began.

Following an injury ( his hand being mauled by his pet dog in the offseason ) and a poor 1995 – 96 season, Irbe was released by the Sharks.

During the offseason, he signed Fred " Fuzzy " Thurston, who had been cut from three other teams but ended up becoming an All-Pro left guard for Green Bay.

The following offseason, Gabriel, with millions of cleared salary cap space, attempted to lure three of the NBA's most prized free agents: Tim Duncan, Grant Hill, and Tracy McGrady.

In the offseason, the Stars traded for former Montreal Canadiens ' captain and three time Selke Trophy winner Guy Carbonneau who was then with the St. Louis Blues.

The rebuilding of the Wings began in earnest in the offseason, as the Wings would have three first round draft picks before the 2006 season, adding Sean Greenhalgh, Luke Wiles, and Chad Thompson.

During the offseason of 1900, there was an effort to revive the American Association after three of the four AA teams that had been taken in by the National League in 1892, the Baltimore Orioles, the Washington Senators, and the Louisville Colonels, as well as the NL's Cleveland Spiders, were dropped by the National League.

The team was ultimately contracted along with three other AFL franchises in the 2001-2002 offseason.

During the offseason, Herzog reclaimed the manager job, then held both the GM and field manager posts with St. Louis for almost two full seasons, during which he acquired or promoted many players who would star on the Cards ' three World Series teams of the 1980s.

After recovering from shoulder surgery during the 2005 offseason, Mendoza returned to the Yankees after September 2005 callups, becoming one of three members of the 2004 Red Sox to play for the 2005 Yankees, along with Mark Bellhorn and Alan Embree.

Although by the late 1940s he was the highest-paid umpire in the league, he was earning three times as much from his offseason business as an Anheuser-Busch beer distributor.

In the offseason, he was part of what many consider to be worst trade in Baltimore Orioles history when he was traded to the Orioles for three future All-Stars, Steve Finley, Pete Harnisch and Curt Schilling.

In the 2005 offseason, Wilson signed a one-year deal worth $ 4 million with the Houston Astros, with a team option of three additional years at $ 24 million and a buyout of $ 500, 000.

In the offseason, the Mariners traded Paciorek to the Chicago White Sox for three players, none of whom would make an impact with Seattle.

He then went to play three years for the Chiefs, then was released during the 2000 offseason.

He was their first ever draft choice and played for them for their first three seasons until 1992 when he was traded along with Sam Mitchell to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for Chuck Person and Micheal Williams in the offseason.