Signings and trades are often graded just hours after they are completed. We here at RealGM are often guilty of premature analysis, but in a course correction we will go division-by-division and re-grade the biggest offseason additions. Philadelphia The Phillies sign Cliff Lee to a five-year, $120 million contract with a vesting option for a sixth season Philadelphia seemingly came out of nowhere to re-sign Lee, who they dealt to Seattle in December 2009. The left-hander turned down richer offers from the Yankees and Rangers to return to the Phillies under a contract that could span the remainder of his career. The Phillies signed Lee for less money than he could have earned, but the length of the contract went against their usual reluctance to give lengthy deals to pitchers. The Arkansas native has rewarded Ruben Amaro Jr. with a spectacular season, even better than the 12 starts he gave the Phillies in the second half of the 2009 season. In 26 starts this season, Lee is 14-7 with a 2.71 ERA and five complete-game shutouts. He has 191 strikeouts in 186 innings and his average outing lasts longer than seven frames. He is striking out a career-high 9.24 hitters per nine innings. The only knock on Lee in 2011 has been relative inconsistency. He was effective but average in April, May and July, but absolutely dominant in June and August. The lefty went 9-0 with four shutouts in June and August, while going just 5-7 with an ERA well over 4.00 over the rest of the season. Among all National League players, Lee ranks behind only Matt Kemp and Ryan Braun in Wins Above Replacement. The only issue with his deal may be the length. At the end of the five years, Lee will be 37 years old. Re-Grade for the Phillies: A- No matter the money Lee is owed in his mid-thirties, Philadelphia will sign the checks with happiness if there are a few parades down Broad Street. Atlanta The Braves acquire Dan Uggla from the Marlins and sign him to a five-year, $62 million deal Looking to improve their infield offense, the Braves made a good move by pulling the trigger on a deal with the Marlins for second baseman Dan Uggla. Omar Infante and left-hander Mike Dunn were a small price to pay for the second baseman, who averaged 31 home runs and 93 RBIs in five seasons with Florida. The average annual value of the deal Uggla received, $12.4 million, is the highest ever for a second baseman. In some statistical columns, the contract Atlanta handed Uggla looks dreadful. He did not get his average above .200 consistently until late July, thanks to a 33-game hitting streak, the longest in the Majors this season and in the history of the Atlanta Braves. Despite his .232 average and .302 on-base percentage, Uggla leads the Braves in both home runs (30) and RBI (67). His power numbers are the reason Atlanta both traded for and signed him to a long-term deal. We are not talking about a career .300 hitter, but rather a career .259/.343/.483 hitter. His line this season - .232/.302/.455 - is not bad in comparison. Still, his contract is exorbitant. Annually, he is the highest paid second baseman in the game, but his offensive ranks do not reflect that status. Among qualified players, Uggla ranks fifteenth in average, fourteenth in OBP, sixth in SLG and eighth in OPS. Yes, he leads the position in home runs, but his RBI total ranks just sixth. Re-Grade for the Braves: C+ His average and OBP are low, but on the rise and without his power numbers, the Braves are not cruising to the postseason. New York Mets The Mets exercise the $11 million option on the contract of Jose Reyes The decision was an absolute no-brainer for the Mets, but in many ways was their most significant move of last offseason. They did not add any big names and were it not for his hamstring issues in 2011, the shortstop would be a strong candidate for the NL MVP. Reyes is hitting .336/.377/.507 in 98 games, numbers better than anything he has posted previously in his career. Re-Grade for the Mets: A+ The hope for the Mets? Less attention is paid to his offensive production and more is paid to his injuries. Then, he becomes more affordable this winter and his tenure in Queens does not end with a likely third-place finish and an MVP season that could have been. Washington The Nationals sign Jayson Werth to a seven-year, $126 million contract Well. In December, I gave Washington a B for signing Werth away from the Phillies. My thinking? Werth was not worth the contract, but he would be the best offensive player on the team and represent change for baseball in the capital of the nation. More than eight months later, Werth is hitting .230/.328/.389 with 16 home runs and 50 RBI. Like Uggla, we are not talking about a career .300 hitter, but Michael Morse and Ryan Zimmerman have been more worthy of the mega-deal Werth received this season than the man himself. He does not have the protection he had in Philadelphia, when pitchers would gladly pitch to him in favor of serving up hittable pitches to Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins or even Shane Victorino. Meanwhile, the Phillies acquired themselves a better, younger outfielder in Hunter Pence last month. Washington has the second-worst offense in the NL, behind only San Francisco, which is actually one spot lower than they ranked in 2010. Re-Grade for the Nationals: D Werth hypnotized Mike Rizzo and the Nationals with a .296 average, .388 OBP, .920 OPS and 27 home runs last season. Now, Rizzo will have to keep himself from getting dizzy while paying Werth MVP-money through the 2017 season. Florida The Marlins sign Javier Vazquez to a one-year, $7 million contract Florida freed up some money to sign a pitcher when they dealt Uggla to Atlanta and Vazquez has turned out to be just a marginal signing. The right-hander has made 26 starts, striking out 120 batters in 147 2/3 innings. Only Ricky Nolasco and Anibal Sanchez have tallied more innings than Vazquez and neither has been much better the veteran. His record (7-11) and ERA (4.63) are not good, but he has helped the Marlins get by without Josh Johnson. That is, if you call getting by sitting in fifth place. The Marlins were not necessarily looking at Vazquez as anything more than a fourth or fifth starter, but they could have saved valuable money by doing what the Yankees did. Bartolo Colon and Freddy Garcia will cost New York a little more than $2 million for the entire season and they have both been much more productive on the mound. Re-Grade for the Marlins: C The Marlins can ill-afford not to make shrewd signings each winter.