Over the years, we’ve seen a number of clubs go all out in free agency, signing multiple elite free agents in a single offseason. In fact, we just saw one turn such a splurge into a World Series title, with the Rangers capturing the first championship in franchise history in 2023.

Here’s a closer look at some of the biggest free-agent splashes from past offseasons, starting with the most recent.

2022-23 Mets: Brandon Nimmo, Edwin Díaz, Justin Verlander, Kodai Senga, José Quintana, Adam Ottavino, David Robertson, Omar Narváez
Nimmo: 8 years, $162 million
Díaz: 5 years, $102 million
Verlander: 2 years, $86.7 million (with 2025 vesting option)
Senga: 5 years, $75 million
Quintana: 2 years, $26 million
Ottavino: 1 year, $14.5 million (with 2024 player option)
Robertson: 1 years, $10 million
Narváez: 1 year, $8 million (with 2024 player option)

The Mets’ $102 million deal with Díaz at the start of the offseason set a record for the richest deal signed by a reliever in MLB history. It was only the beginning, however, as New York filled out its roster with a number of splashy signings.

The Mets responded to the loss of longtime ace Jacob deGrom to the Rangers by reaching a deal with Verlander, a three-time Cy Young Award winner, several days later. The club soon brought back its starting center fielder and leadoff hitter, Nimmo, on an eight-year contract and bolstered its rotation with Senga, one of the best pitchers in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, and Quintana, an 11-year MLB veteran who posted a 2.93 ERA in 2022.

Carlos Correa was nearly the cherry on top of the Mets’ monstrous spending spree, but the two sides were unable to finalize a 12-year, $315 million agreement due to a concern regarding Correa’s medicals.

Yet all of that spending did not lead to success, at least in 2023. Díaz wound up missing the entire season due to injury, while Robertson, Scherzer and Verlander all were dealt before the Trade Deadline, with New York well on its way to a 75-87 record.

2021-22 Rangers: Corey Seager, Marcus Semien and Jon Gray
Seager: 10 years, $325 million
Semien: 7 years, $175 million
Gray: 4 years, $56 million

After losing 102 games and missing the postseason for the fifth straight year, the Rangers accelerated their rebuild in a big way by landing not one but two members of that offseason’s star-studded shortstop class. With Seager in the fold, Texas kept Semien at second base after the infielder shifted over from shortstop upon joining the Blue Jays the previous offseason. The Rangers also bolstered their rotation with the addition of Gray and reached a one-year deal with veteran outfielder Kole Calhoun.

While these moves did not pay immediate dividends in 2022, Seager and Semien came up big in ’23. With significant help from one of the following winter’s big free-agent additions (right-hander Nathan Eovaldi) — but little from the injured deGrom — the Rangers made the playoffs for the first time in seven years and soared all the way to a long-awaited title.