Hot Stove GM

Pick a team, make the winter’s calls, build the Opening Day 26 and share your plan.

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Hot Stove GM

Run your team’s offseason. Make the arbitration and option calls, trade, sign free agents, build the Opening Day 26-man roster within your payroll, then lock your plan and share it.

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How it works

  1. Pick your teamStart from the real 40-man roster, contracts and 2027 committed payroll for all 30 clubs.
  2. Make the callsTender or non-tender arbitration players, and pick up or decline club options.
  3. Make movesTrade (with cash), sign free agents to major league or minor league deals, extend players, add prospects to the 40-man and DFA.
  4. Build the 26Set lineups against righties and lefties, the bench, a five-man rotation and the bullpen.
  5. Lock it in and shareName your plan and post a snapshot card of every move.

What a finished plan looks like

SAMPLE
HOT STOVE GM · 2026-2027 OFFSEASON PLAN
“All-in for 2027”
2027 payroll$168.4M
26-man26/26
40-man40/40
Moves14
ARBITRATION
Tendered 5 · Non-tendered 2proj. $ · fWAR
TRADES
Acquired a No. 2 starter for two top-10 prospects+ cash
FREE AGENTS
Signed a shortstop5 yrs · $120M
Signed a setup man2 yrs · $14M
MINOR LEAGUE DEALS · 40-MAN ADDS · DFA
3 non-roster invites · 2 Rule 5 protections · 1 DFA
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