With Bryce Harper going to Philadelphia on a 13-year, $330 million mega-deal, two of the top three most expensive free agents of the offseason wound up in the NL East, with Patrick Corbin heading to the Nationals, while Manny Machado is going west to the Padres. There are still some high-profile free agents available such as Craig Kimbrel and Dallas Keuchel, but according to BetOnline, the odds of Philadelphia winning the division went from 2/1 to 5/4 following Harper’s arrival.
Here’s a look at how the NL East shapes up after a busy offseason for the Mets and most of their divisional foes:
Mets
The Mets’ biggest change came in the front office, as Brodie Van Wagenen made the switch from player agent to the team’s general manager. Van Wagenen wasted no time bringing in some of his former clients, including Robinson Cano, who arrived, along with reliever Edwin Diaz, in a trade from Seattle in exchange for Jay Bruce, RHP Anthony Swarzak, RHP Gerson Bautista and prospects OF Jarred Kelenic and RHP Justin Dunn.
Later in December, they signed catcher Wilson Ramos before adding two more free agents, Jed Lowrie and LHP Justin Wilson before trading for J.D. Davis and Keon Broxton last month.
Wilmer Flores left as a free agent for Arizona.
Braves
After its surprising run to the NL East title last season, Atlanta made two quick free-agent additions, signing Josh Donaldson in hopes the third baseman can stay healthy and have a bounce-back season and reuniting with Brian McCann. They also brought back Nick Markakis.
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Philadelphia had a productive offseason even before it added Harper and now seems to be the clear-cut favorite in the division. Long seen as a likely landing spot for Harper or Machado (or both), the Phillies first shipped first baseman Carlos Santana and SS J.P. Crawford to Seattle in exchange for SS Jean Segura, RHP Juan Nicasio and ex-Yankee James Pazos. They added another former Yankee, Andrew McCutchen, later in December and then signed David Robertson in January. Earlier this month, they made another big splash by trading for catcher J.T. Realmuto, sending C Jorge Alfaro and a pair of pitching prospects, Sixto Sanchez and Will Stewart, to Miami. The addition of Harper also allows Rhys Hopkins to move from left field to first base.
Nationals
Washington attempted to keep Harper before the end of the regular season, but the 10-year, $300 million offer was turned down, and now the Nationals have to see their former star in their own division. They signed Trevor Rosenthal and C Kurt Suzuki and traded with Cleveland for another catcher, Yan Gomes, early in the offseason before adding Yankee-target Corbin with a whopping six-year, $140 million deal in December. They also brought in second baseman Brian Dozier, Matt Adams and Anibal Sanchez. But now that Harper is gone, more attention turns to young outfielders Juan Soto and Victor Robles.
Marlins
Miami spent a second straight offseason focused squarely on the future. This time, it included trading Realmuto to the Phillies for Alfaro, Sanchez and Stewart. They signed a pair of veteran former Mets and Yankees in Neil Walker and Curtis Granderson, but are destined for another 100-loss season.


