Previewing Every MLB Team's Biggest Offseason Decision

The stretch run is here for the 2015 MLB season and the playoffs are fast approaching, but it's never too early to start looking ahead to the offseason.

Whether a team is gearing up for a run at a World Series title or still in the early stages of rebuilding, all 30 clubs are faced with at least a few big decisions over the course of the offseason.

The following is an early look at what figures to be each team's biggest offseason decision, and those decisions were broken into the following six categories:

• Franchise Direction: Is a team rebuilding, retooling or spending big for a serious run at contention? This is a question a few teams need to answer before proceeding with their offseason.

• Front-Office Move: There are currently five teams without a general manager for the 2016 season. That takes the cake as the biggest offseason decision for each of those teams, as the next GM will play a huge role in shaping the future of the club.

• Free-Agency Focus: For some teams, there is one clear area to focus on in the offseason, whether it's bolstering the offense, adding a front-line starter or improving the bullpen. Deciding how to spend and who to add will be their biggest decision.

• Internal Free Agent: Big free-agent signings are nice, but often times the biggest decision a team has to make is whether or not to re-sign one of its own free agents before they hit the open market and wind up elsewhere.

• Extension Candidate: More and more teams are locking up their young talent ahead of their first year of arbitration eligibility. There will be free-agent additions and trades, but for some teams, locking up guys they already control will be the biggest decision of the winter.

• Trade Candidate: It's hard to get a gauge on the offseason trade market here in September, but there are at least a few big names that figure to be on the move.

So with that established, here is a look at the biggest offseason decision for all 30 teams.

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