WINS and losses in the summer can be traced to winter moves and non-moves. A look at the biggest winners and losers of this offseason:

WINNERS1. BRAVES – It’s not easy for an elite team to improves significantly, but the Braves managed to do so with three key acquisitions. Second baseman Bret Boone, right fielder Brian Jordan and hitting instructor Don Baylor lend fire to a lethargic offense.

2. DODGERS – Kevin Brown has been the best starting pitcher in baseball over the past three years. Devon White is an improvement in center, and in Todd Hundley the Dodgers have the left-handed power they have lacked for so many years.

3. METS – They not only brought back Mike Piazza and Al Leiter, they added the power arm of Armando Benitez in the bullpen and acquired the bona fide leadoff hitter they lacked in Rickey Henderson.

4. YANKEES – They brought everyone but Tim Raines back from a 114-win team and had the sense not to change for the sake of change.

5. ANGELS – Mo Vaughn makes everyone in the lineup better, and Tim Belcher solidifies the rotation.

6. DIAMONDBACKS – Drop Randy Johnson and Todd Stottlemyre into the front of any rotation and the team improves, even a club that has more trouble scoring than WFAN’s Steve Somers.

7. INDIANS – Getting Roger Clemens without losing any significant major-league players would vault them to the top of the winners list. As it is, getting Roberto Alomar to team with Omar Vizquel gives Indians one of the greatest double-play combinations in history.

LOSERS1. PADRES – Getting approval for construction of what might become known as the best stadium in baseball adds tens of millions in potential resale value of the club, but they didn’t spend to keep Brown or Ken Caminiti.

2. RED SOX – GM Dan Duquette soon will be classified as a profanity in the state of Massachusetts. Dan tries to say Jose Offerman’s on-base percentage is ample replacement for the loss of Vaughn’s power.

3. WHITE SOX – Albert Belle and Robin Ventura, two-thirds of the White Sox’ offense, are gone. What’s a general manager to do? Ron Schueler responds by trying to generate excitement over signing of hot-headed six-year minor-league free-agent shortstop Gabby Martinez, formerly of Brewers and Yankees.

“I sent [top aides] Larry Monroe and Kenny Williams in to see Martinez two years ago, but I couldn’t pry him loose from the Yankees, even though they’re set for years with Derek Jeter,” Schueler said.

“From what they tell me, this kid could be as good as Jeter.”

Perhaps Schueler was talking about former Wisconsin-Plattville basketball star Rob Jeter, son of Packer great Gary Jeter.

4. BLUE JAYS – Jose Canseco’s production (46 homers, 107 RBIs) has not been replaced, and the front office has not been able to trade Clemens, who already has labeled the team a non-contender and would walk into a room full of hurt feelings in spring training if still with Jays.

5. ROYALS – They could have helped themselves by dealing Offerman, Belcher and Dean Palmer to contending teams last summer. Instead, they lose them all to free agency and get nothing in return but draft choices they won’t be able to afford to sign.

6. MARINERS – They have done nothing to stave off aging process, while the rest of the division has improved. They haven’t replaced traded ace Randy Johnson and have a malcontent in David Sequi, who is fighting a move to the outfield.

7. TWINS – Pat Meares, a solid shortstop who is popular, at least by Twin standards, was cut loose because Twins didn’t want to give him a raise. His situation sums up approach of team trimming payroll from $27 million to $11 million. *DURING lunch Friday with Monsignor David L. Cassato of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, former middleweight champion Vito Antuofermo and Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda at Bamonte’s in Brooklyn, talk turned to famous fights – Lasorda’s, not Antuofermo’s.

But the best story was told by Lasorda reminiscing about two of his all-time favorites, his mother, Carmela, and Frank Sinatra.

“My mother was in a wheelchair at the time and Sinatra sent over a limo to pick her up for his show at the Valley Forge Theater,” Lasorda said. “There was a doctor and a nurse in the limo. That’s what kind of guy he was. He was in town five days. My mother cooked meals for him and had them sent over. Sinatra called to thank her before he left town.

“She said, ‘You’re welcome, Frank, and please don’t forget to return the Tupperware.’ She was dead serious.”