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Kiley McDaniel
The MLB offseason is formally right here! As free company kicks off at 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, it is time to rank the 2025-26 free agent class and predict how a lot cash every participant will get.
Let’s begin with a fast rundown of what you’ll want to find out about these rankings and projections.
For simplicity, the gamers are ranked by the dimensions of their projected assured contracts, together with the posting charge for overseas professionals, so technically it is by the projected complete price to the signing workforce. (There are a selection of gamers from Japan’s NPB and Korea’s KBO listed — that is meant to be all of the gamers who may in concept come to MLB; not all of them will this winter.) The contract projections are a mixture of my opinions and people of brokers and executives, however the aim is to foretell what’s going to occur, not resolve what every participant is value.
The qualifying supply (QO) is a notable piece of this puzzle — a workforce can supply a pending free agent a one-year, $22.025 million deal that he can settle for, or the workforce will get compensation if he indicators elsewhere — and I see 10 gamers who ought to be provided the QO (I added an asterisk to their projected contracts). That occurs to be each free agent projected for over $50 million who’s eligible to get the QO, and one participant who appears to be borderline: Lucas Giolito.
Listed here are final yr’s projections to get a really feel for the way I did. One measure is to match my projections with the precise contracts. There have been 124 gamers I projected to get massive league offers who did signal one — I projected $3.58 billion in ensures and people gamers obtained $3.44 billion in ensures.
I undertaking general spending this winter at a hair over $3.5 billion. That is virtually precisely the place final winter’s spending landed, although I projected $3.78 billion for it on the time, suggesting general spending could possibly be down a bit this offseason. Shane Bieber and Jack Flaherty opting into their contracts was a bit shocking and ticked this winter’s projected spending down a bit over $100 million.
Buzz across the trade is combined in regards to the market as an entire, so I might anticipate a slower begin to free company as each side really feel out what groups wish to accomplish. On to the projections!
2025 workforce: Chicago Cubs
2026 Opening Day age: 29
Projected contract: 11 years, $418 million ($38M AAV)*
Tucker and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had lengthy been circled as the 2 gamers who may probably signal megadeals on this free agent class, however Tucker is alone on the high since Vlad Jr. obtained his extension (14 years, $500 million) through the 2025 season. Tucker had some ups and downs to his 2025 season, covered in my September breakdown (and polling of the trade) of his free agent market. I am going into a whole lot of depth in regards to the comparables and the way the market values Tucker vs. Guerrero.
The conclusion from that train (by way of the trade projections of his contract) is that Tucker ought to are available in just under $400 million. I’ve discovered from my expertise projecting all these offers that the top-tier free brokers are likely to beat these projections. That is largely because of the competitors amongst high groups to get the true difference-makers, and in addition as a result of many groups assume they’ll “make” position gamers from their very own prospects and gamers signed on smaller free agent offers, thus shifting some spending from these varieties of gamers to stars. Each workforce is aware of what the “anticipated” contract is for these high gamers; a handful of groups intention for that focus on kind of, then run into aggressive forces; and no less than one workforce is prepared to go a bit over the projection due to the shortage of elite gamers accessible at anyone time.
Tucker has been very constant (he has the Eleventh-best WAR and is the ninth-best hitter in baseball since 2021) and has been lauded since early in his highschool profession for his fairly left-handed swing and massive energy, going fifth within the 2015 draft. That is the type of lengthy monitor document and consistency (learn: excessive ground, low bust potential) groups search for after they’re making big investments.
The chance for a nook outfielder who might be 30 years previous within the second season of his deal is that he may athletically fall off a cliff in the course of this contract. Tucker is insulated from that concern a bit as a result of he has a monitor document of being above common on the basepaths and defensively regardless of below-average top-end pace and solely solid-average bat pace. He depends extra on really feel and precision than pure instruments, thus the considering is he’ll age higher than the generic superb nook outfielder.
2025 workforce: Houston Astros
2026 Opening Day age: 32
Projected contract: 6 years, $168 million ($28M AAV)*
Valdez is a straightforward promote: He is a reliable (fifth-most regular-season innings since 2021) lefty with in depth playoff expertise (most playoff begins and innings since 2020) who has recurrently posted ERAs within the excessive 2s to mid-3s, averaging 3.20 since 2021, and that mark is pushed by the best floor ball price within the league (amongst starters) in that span. Plus, the speed of his sinker went up a bit in 2025 after a dip in 2024. However, he is about to show 32, does not miss many bats relative to different nine-figure starters, and his 3.66 ERA in 2025 is his worst since 2019.
So, you are not getting an ace, or no less than not as most individuals take into consideration an ace, however you are possible getting a gentle No. 2/No. 3 starter and clear starter in a playoff collection, and also you’re simply hoping that he does not transition to a softer-tossing back-end starter on this contract. The perfect latest comp is Aaron Nola (seven years, $172 million), although Valdez is hitting the market at roughly 18 months older than Nola did, so six years appears possible.
2025 workforce: New York Yankees
2026 Opening Day age: 30
Projected contract: 6 years, $165 million ($27.5M AAV)
Bellinger received the NL MVP as a 23-year-old in 2019 with a 7.8 WAR season however hasn’t reached these heights once more, relying extra on being well-rounded and producing common high quality contact moderately than large exit velos. On the intense facet, his second-best season was 2025, when he posted 4.9 WAR with above-average baserunning and defensive worth.
Bellinger is a median defensive middle fielder who’s above common in a corner-outfield spot and stable at first base, as properly. His broad base of abilities and flexibility give him a excessive ground, and the adjustability of fixing his offensive method within the massive leagues suggests he’ll age properly.
There aren’t many potential core place gamers on this class, however Bellinger nonetheless being younger for a free agent whereas becoming properly at 4 positions ought to give him a sturdy market. I see 5 – 6 years right here, and I believe he’ll clear $150 million.
2025 workforce: Boston Red Sox
2026 Opening Day age: 32
Projected contract: 5 years, $160 million ($32M AAV)
Bregman opted out of a $40 million participant choice (with deferred cash transferring the web current worth slightly below $32 million by one calculation) to hit the market once more now one yr older than final winter, however along with his offensive stats ticking up a bit in 2025. Final winter, I projected six years, $187 million and Bregman’s high-end presents did not meet his liking, so he opted for a shorter cope with a better AAV (solely barely larger after deferrals) and opt-outs: three years, $120 million.
Age is an enormous issue within the math groups do to set the years and value they’re prepared to pay to signal free brokers, so 5 years might be the place issues land if Bregman finally ends up getting a longer-term deal to his liking. I believe groups with actual curiosity can be fantastic with a roughly $30 million AAV at a four- or five-year time period. My finest guess is that negotiations will find yourself simply above that as a result of Bregman is probably the most constant choice (no less than 14% above league common as a hitter yearly of his profession) of the hitters behind Tucker, with actual age, defensive or consistency questions hindering the opposite hitters in rivalry for this sort of payday.
5. Tatsuya Imai, SP
2025 workforce: Seibu Lions (NPB)
2026 Opening Day age: 27
Projected contract: 6 years, $135 million ($22.5M AAV) + $22.125 million posting charge
Imai possible will get the largest deal of any overseas skilled this winter and is extra of a stable No. 2 or No. 3 starter with some threat to get there than a possible ace, however his age and the shortage of a qualifying supply will assist deliver up the quantity groups are prepared to pay for him. Imai might be topic to the posting system; the posting charge for this projected contract can be simply over $22 million, paid to his NPB membership, for an all-in price of simply over $157 million ($26.2M AAV).
An enormous promoting level on Imai is his cratering stroll price, going from a BB/9 of 5.1 to 4.1 to three.6 to 2.5 over the previous 4 seasons, punctuated by his 2025 line: 163⅔ IP and a 1.92 ERA. Imai is 5-foot-11 and throws from a decrease slot, so he creates a flat airplane, wonderful for swings and misses on the high of the zone for his 93-97 mph four-seam fastball that hit 99 mph final season. His miss price on the pitch wasn’t elite as a result of he did not throw it on the high of the zone fairly often, however that is one thing that may be fine-tuned within the massive leagues.
Imai has an above-average splitter, however his slider is a extra fascinating subject. His slider does not slide: It averages arm-side motion, like Trey Yesavage’s, so it may be an efficient pitch even when it is uncommon to see (particularly when paired with a splitter and above-average fastball velocity, like Yesavage does). There’s some typical knowledge {that a} backup slider is one of the best pitch in baseball (as a result of no one is aware of when a pitcher will misthrow the pitch like that), however that is meant as a one-off, not a recurring high quality to shoot for.
You could possibly query Imai’s measurement or fastball miss price or shorter monitor document of elite command, however the largest concern groups have is that if his slider will play within the massive leagues for the long run. It performed properly this season, with a forty five% miss price and .212 xwOBA, each properly higher than MLB common for a slider. These qualities add as much as each uniqueness in Imai’s shapes and launch traits in addition to adjustability as a result of his bettering command: Some groups see these two qualities as the key to projecting longevity and enchancment with pitchers.
Each workforce would like to land a gentle midrotation starter on a deal the place half of it’ll happen in his 20s. If I miss this projection by $25 million or extra, it’s going to in all probability be as a result of he obtained more cash, not much less.
2025 workforce: San Diego Padres
2026 Opening Day age: 30
Projected contract: 5 years, $145 million ($29M AAV)*
Stop has been a dependable front-line starter for the previous 5 seasons, making no less than 32 begins annually and rating fourth in that span in pitcher WAR, forward of Tarik Skubal, Max Fried and Valdez. He tends to underperform his peripherals a bit, however that spiked this yr, when he posted a 4.55 ERA whereas his ERA estimators had been within the mid-3s.
Stop is a right-handed model of Blake Snell in various methods, with vertically oriented motion as a result of his larger slot, a fastball/breaking ball-heavy energy method (no less than 80% fastball/slider to each righties and lefties) and an elevated stroll price at occasions paired with a giant whiff price. Stop hasn’t been good within the playoffs over 5 appearances (8.74 ERA), however there are solely so many pitchers who can provide high quality innings in bulk with the prospect to indicate flashes of ace-level pitching for spurts when the areas of their energy stuff are dialed in.
I see 5 years at roughly $30 million AAV because the neighborhood he ought to land in, however comparable beginning pitching choices and the (possible) qualifying supply being tied to him would possibly dampen his market a bit from there.
2025 workforce: Toronto Blue Jays
2026 Opening Day age: 28
Projected contract: 5 years, $130 million ($26M AAV)*
Whereas Tucker, Valdez and Bregman are regular, standout gamers, Bichette is one in every of a handful of gamers within the subsequent tier of expertise with combined résumés however comparable upside. He was good instantly within the massive leagues and was one of many high 30 gamers within the sport from 2021 by 2023, averaging 4.5 WAR per yr throughout that stretch. His 2024 season was lower in half by accidents, however he additionally hit .225 with career-low energy numbers and it wasn’t that unfortunate: He was notably worse, significantly on the plate, though his bat pace and foot pace had been mainly the identical.
Then, Bichette bounced again in 2025, acting at or simply above his 2023 ranges on the plate, however his protection turned extra of a problem. His defensive metrics had been the worst of his profession, exhibiting method below-average vary at shortstop, one thing that could possibly be fairly simply solved by transferring him to second or third base. Bichette is the youngest of the MLB veteran free brokers (just a few potential NPB veterans are the one youthful gamers) projected to land over $75 million.
His defensive contributions (although a place change addresses that), his sturdiness and his 2024 offensive exhibiting would possibly make some groups pause, however Bichette has a stable monitor document with actual upside. There is a case he ought to make greater than Marcus Semien’s seven-year, $175 million deal from 2022 (after a robust platform season as Toronto’s shortstop), although Semien hit 45 homers and was a superior baserunner and defender at that time, regardless of being three years older when he hit the market, which was additionally a scorching, pre-labor stoppage market.
There’s additionally an opportunity Bichette’s market takes a flip much like Bregman’s final winter, towards a shorter time period with opt-outs (two or three years, roughly a $30 million AAV) if he does not get the large assure he is on the lookout for. This has an actual probability to occur as a result of Bichette may hit the market in his 20s subsequent winter, and a full, wholesome 2026, perhaps even with higher protection, would actually assist his case for a giant long-term deal.
2025 workforce: Philadelphia Phillies
2026 Opening Day age: 33
Projected contract: 4 years, $128 million ($32M AAV)*
I polled the industry on Schwarber’s deal, and expectations are roughly round 4 years at $30 million per yr, although each figures may find yourself a bit larger. Schwarber swatted 56 homers and had a .323 remoted energy (slugging minus batting common) and a .414 xwOBA, that are all profession highs. As a result of he has performed simply 13 video games within the subject over the previous two seasons and is a soon-to-be 33-year-old designated hitter, his market might be a lot decrease than you would possibly anticipate for these energy numbers.
One approach to learn the trade projections is that there is an expectation that Schwarber might be very productive for the following two seasons (perhaps three), and to get him underneath contract, you may should both pay as if he’ll positively be good or toss in a fourth yr. Some execs imagine that since no less than one workforce will possible supply a fourth yr, a sensible transfer could possibly be so as to add a fifth yr, successfully at a a lot decrease wage (like $7-10 million extra in assured cash), to get the AAV decrease for CBT issues and in addition to max out the overall assure to (probably) win the bidding course of. J.D. Martinez’s five-year, $110 million cope with the Pink Sox in 2018 is likely one of the few related historic comps, however he was about three years youthful than Schwarber is now.
If I had been to present numbers for these three-, four- and five-year projections, it will be one thing like three years for $115 million ($38.3 AAV), 4 years for $128 million ($32 AAV) or 5 years for $135 million ($27 AAV). From Schwarber’s perspective, I might in all probability take the four-year deal. It additionally would not shock me if some groups approached these three situations at $15 million decrease on every of the ensures as a result of they weigh place and age far more closely of their projections. If a workforce had been to finish up properly above these figures, execs I spoke with assume it will be the Phillies.
2025 workforce: New York Mets
2026 Opening Day age: 31
Projected contract: 4 years, $110 million ($27.5M AAV)
Alonso was anticipated to get $150 million or so final winter, and his expectations for a long-term deal weren’t met, so he returned to the Mets on a two-year, $54 million deal that had an opt-out, which he exercised. The mix of being a poor defensive first baseman going into his 30s and his offensive numbers trending down from his peak did not get groups excited final winter — and proprietor Steve Cohen did not mandate the Mets re-sign Alonso at any price — so the marketplace for an enormous deal did not materialize.
In 2025, nonetheless, Alonso put up his finest offensive numbers since his rookie season, and one key underlying metric (xwOBA) was one of the best of his profession. What modified? His strikeout price was down and his energy numbers had been up, which each can be affected by the shortening of his swing length. The shortness of his swing was within the 74th percentile (ranked 58th) this season after being within the 51st percentile (ranked 104th) final season, amongst certified hitters.
Alonso’s baserunning and defensive metrics proceed to regress, virtually totally as a result of his range; some evaluators assume he ought to be a main DH going ahead, which might harm his long-term worth. There’s among the Schwarber logic right here — everybody in baseball want to have Alonso for the following few seasons, however then the curiosity will get extra combined round season three or 4. I may see some groups providing a fifth yr, however for a quantity about half of the AAV listed above, so one thing extra like $120-125 million assured. The trade values a left-handed bat (Schwarber) greater than a right-handed one (Alonso), in order that mixed with Schwarber’s higher 2025 numbers makes up for him being older than Alonso. I believe all that provides as much as Schwarber securing a much bigger assure than Alonso, but it surely could be fairly shut.
10. Munetaka Murakami, 3B
2025 workforce: Yakult Swallows (NPB)
2026 Opening Day age: 26
Projected contract: 5 years, $80 million ($16M AAV) + $13.875 million posting charge
Murakami missed being age-eligible to be posted final winter by just a few months. His posting course of has been anticipated since he burst onto the scene in 2022 and hit 56 house runs in his age-22 season in Japan. Since then, a mix of accidents, positional questions and get in touch with points has dampened evaluators’ enthusiasm a bit.
On the intense facet, Murakami is a left-handed hitter with large uncooked energy: His ninetieth percentile exit velos would’ve been fifth in MLB, his most exit velo can be twelfth and his hard-hit price can be first. However, he is in all probability a long-term first baseman (however hasn’t actually performed there earlier than), his contact charges can be among the many worst in MLB and he has confronted lesser velocity in NPB. Some evaluators assume his contact price may enhance — even whereas dealing with higher pitchers within the U.S. — if he could make some mechanical/method changes, however that is clearly speculative.
The bull case is that Murakami’s mixture of elite exit velos, hitting from the left facet, having some defensive worth within the infield and being in his mid-20s is uncommon sufficient on the free agent market to get him an eight-figure AAV over a five- or six-year deal, with some execs assuming the overall outlay plus posting charge will eclipse $100 million, presumably by a giant margin. It will take a workforce with that perspective of Murakami to get to that quantity as a result of different evaluators see a dangerous, one-dimensional participant right here.
An inexpensive expectation is Murakami could be a right away house run risk with a stable stroll price however a low common and never a lot in the best way of baserunning or defensive worth — perhaps Kyle Manzardo/Matt Wallner on the decrease finish, Spencer Torkelson as a medium comp and Brent Rooker because the hopeful end result. The above projected contract would possibly look bizarre for that set of comps, and there are a variety of groups that would not go over $50 million for Murakami, however there are additionally not many mid-20s place gamers on the free agent market with a transparent distinctive talent and no QO; these types of gamers demand a excessive value on the commerce market in the event that they’re even accessible. A comp that comes up is Joey Gallo, who most followers assume was all the time a nasty participant, however he did publish 4.4 WAR in his age-27 season, and subsequent yr might be Murakami’s age-26 season.
Keep in mind Yoshinobu Yamamoto went for nearly double of lots of his pre-offseason contract projections with those self same market components additionally on his facet, although he is a beginning pitcher. Murakami is hitting the market 3½ years youthful than Masataka Yoshida was as a free agent with the same quantity of defensive and baserunning worth, and Yoshida obtained $90 million from the Pink Sox. I am hanging a little bit of a steadiness with my projection, however I may see Murakami’s final deal being round $50 million or properly over $100 million (earlier than posting charge), with the upper quantity extra possible.
We are able to profile the kinds of groups that would be the most enthusiastic bidders. Groups with massive payrolls that additionally extremely worth exit velo and age would possibly see this gamble as an attractive one: The Yankees are one workforce that matches on each counts and the Cubs may match as properly. Chicago has Tucker hitting free company together with Ian Happ, Seiya Suzuki and Nico Hoerner coming into stroll years, whereas Matt Shaw, Moises Ballesteros, Owen Caissie, Kevin Alcantara and Jonathon Lengthy are battling for long-term spots, so the Cubs may add Murakami to that group to get a while on the 4 nook spots and DH.
2025 workforce: Philadelphia Phillies
2026 Opening Day age: 30
Projected contract: 4 years, $92 million ($23M AAV)
Suarez is fascinating: His fastball velocity has slipped from 93.4 mph to 92.0 to 91.2 over the previous three seasons, however his ERA has gone from 4.18 to three.46 to three.20 and his WAR has gone from 2.4 to three.4 to 4.0. Velocity clearly is not all the pieces, however (probably) betting 9 figures and 5 years on Suarez’s future means groups want to see key metrics both be regular or bettering, not regressing.
An enormous distinction in 2025 was Suarez leaned extra into his changeup and cutter towards righties and extra into his slider towards lefties (together with reducing his arm slot). Run values (each pitch has an end result and every end result has a worth, so that you simply add all of them up) inform us how that went: His changeup went from minus-2 runs for the season to plus-6, his cutter went from minus-6 to plus-2, and his slider went from being thrown twice all of 2024 to being a plus-1-run pitch in 2025.
Suarez’s command is measurably plus and he has two distinct mixes towards righties and lefties, each headlined by his sinker, his one pitch that has clearly above-average motion traits by itself; the remainder of his arsenal works because of the combine, areas and deception. A workforce that indicators him can be betting that when his velo tails off extra towards the tip of the deal, his really feel will nonetheless make him a stable fourth starter given these traits.
There are parallels right here with Jordan Montgomery and Eduardo Rodriguez as medium-stuff lefty starters with good really feel, bulk innings and postseason expertise. They each landed multiyear offers with AAVs within the low 20s, however Suarez is youthful than each and arguably had one of the best platform yr, so 4 — or presumably 5 — years (and 9 figures) appears cheap.
2025 workforce: New York Yankees
2026 Opening Day age: 29
Projected contract: 4 years, $90 million ($22.5M AAV)*
After three straight years underneath the Mendoza line, Grisham stepped up in his stroll yr to hit .235, and he paired that with a lot of walks (82) and many homers (34). He is a fringy defender in middle subject who ought to transition to a nook outfield spot sooner or later throughout his subsequent contract. Grisham’s mixture of on-base and energy abilities compares properly to Teoscar Hernandez’s case final winter, however Grisham presents much more defensive worth and is hitting the market three years youthful. Hernandez landed a three-year deal for $66 million with some deferrals, so I might anticipate Grisham to get 4 years, or perhaps 5, at round $20 million AAV.
2025 workforce: Arizona Diamondbacks
2026 Opening Day age: 30
Projected contract: 4 years, $76 million ($19M AAV)*
Gallen regressed a bit this yr (4.83 ERA) after a sterling three-year run from 2022 to 2024 (cumulative 3.20 ERA, seventh-best pitcher WAR in baseball). There is not a transparent clarification, however a whole lot of it may be chalked as much as dangerous ball-in-play luck after he was largely fortunate on balls in play from 2022 to 2024.
The most important regression was along with his curveball, whereas his slider and cutter additionally carried out worse however his fastball and changeup carried out higher. I learn that as a mix of location/sequence tweaking and optimistic regression can take Gallen again to the 2024 model of himself subsequent season. That may imply an ERA within the excessive 3s and robust bulk innings, making him a invaluable No. 3 starter for the following few years no less than. Gallen is roughly 2½ years youthful as he hits free company than Sean Manaea, who landed a three-year deal for a partly deferred $75 million final winter. Gallen’s age, righty vs. lefty numbers and platform yr ERA largely steadiness one another out, so I see a three- or four-year deal for an AAV of $17-23 million.
2025 workforce: New York Mets
2026 Opening Day age: 32
Projected contract: 4 years, $60 million ($15M AAV)*
Diaz opted out of the remaining two years and $38 million on his cope with the Mets and appears poised so as to add one or two extra years at the same price. His underlying numbers and peripherals have been constant over his previous two seasons — matching these of an elite reliever with a mid-2s ERA — however his ERAs have fluctuated, with an ERA of three.52 in 2024 (pushed by a spike in house run price) however then 1.63 in 2025, regardless of comparable parts of his efficiency each years. That is possible a three- or four-year deal that ought to eclipse $50 million in complete.
2025 workforce: San Diego Padres
2026 Opening Day age: 30
Projected contract: 3 years, $57 million ($19M AAV)*
King missed about half of the 2025 season due to a nerve concern in his proper shoulder and a knee harm. When he was on the mound, his pitch shapes had been solely barely totally different from 2024, however the massive distinction was his four-seam fastball gave up far more harm than it did in 2024, going from a .402 slugging allowed to .814.
His sinker is his main fastball and his four-seamer provides a distinct look than his crossfire, east-to-west-oriented stuff as a result of his low arm slot. Tweaking four-seam areas and utilization looks as if a solvable concern, however getting hit round extra after an arm concern and his shorter monitor document as an elite beginning pitcher forged some doubt on his long-term outlook. King’s distinctive angles and shapes will curiosity groups that excel at pitching improvement, as they have an inclination to prize distinctive pitchers greater than conventional golf equipment do. I believe this can result in a bifurcated market with some groups seeking to get King on a one-year prove-it deal (perhaps with an choice hooked up) and different golf equipment prepared to supply a multiyear deal (presumably for 4 years, too) that will be a reduction in contrast with the contract expectations King might need had a yr in the past after posting 3.9 WAR in 2024.
2025 workforce: Detroit Tigers
2026 Opening Day age: 29
Projected contract: 3 years, $57 million ($19M AAV)*
I believed Torres would land a three-year deal final winter, however he did not discover the multiyear supply he needed, regardless of being 27 years previous when he hit the market, as a result of his numbers ticking down throughout the board in 2024. Issues ticked again up in 2025: His defensive and baserunning metrics had been each just a few runs higher (although nonetheless beneath common), and his offensive numbers had been up, though he nonetheless underperformed his underlying hitting statistics. I see him staying at second base for no less than half of a three-year deal and hitting sufficient to be an on a regular basis participant at any place for the entire deal, so I believe he lands that multiyear deal this winter. That mentioned, he may settle for the qualifying supply (a one-year, $22.02 million deal) if Detroit extends it to him.
2025 workforce: Seattle Mariners
2026 Opening Day age: 28
Projected contract: 3 years, $52.5 million ($17.5M AAV)
Naylor has some clear positives: He is in his 20s for nearly two extra full seasons, he is a stable common defender at first base, he has unbelievable baserunning instincts regardless of properly below-average pace, and he is a plus contact hitter. These qualities give him a excessive ground and a stable two- to three-year outlook, however as a result of he has roughly common uncooked energy, chases out of the zone at a worse-than-average price and is restricted to first base, his ceiling can be restricted. I might think about he’ll get stable two-year presents or be compelled to take a decrease AAV on a three-year deal.
2025 workforce: Seattle Mariners
2026 Opening Day age: 34
Projected contract: 2 years, $45 million ($22.5M AAV)
Suarez has been an unsung however vastly productive slugger over time: He is sixth in baseball in house runs (261) since 2018, forward of Juan Soto, Bryce Harper and Manny Machado. He has performed third base virtually solely for the previous three seasons, however his defensive metrics have regressed, going from plus-8 runs to plus-3 to minus-3 in that span. Regardless that he has been very productive, there is a ceiling — each financially and when it comes to WAR — when projecting a right-handed-hitting future first baseman who’s 34 years previous. Suarez has posted 3.5 to 4.3 WAR every of the previous 4 seasons, however the league sees regression coming and is paying just for the longer term; this projection leans into that.
2025 workforce: New York Yankees
2026 Opening Day age: 31
Projected contract: 3 years, $45 million ($15M AAV)
Williams had a wild spike in his ERA (4.79) in his one yr in New York after an amazing run from 2020 to 2024 (1.70 ERA over 222 IP) in Milwaukee, by which his 7.6 WAR was second finest amongst relievers in that span. His underlying numbers had been barely worse in 2025 — his xERA was 2.29 in 2020-2024 and three.07 in 2025 — however nowhere close to as dangerous as what his ERA would have you ever imagine. His velocity was up a bit within the second half, and his strikeout price additionally jumped from 31% to 39%, so there is a case to be made that dangerous luck amplifies a slight regression from arguably one of the best reliever within the sport to merely probably the greatest 10 to fifteen within the league. Williams would possibly see extra worth in a shorter-term deal or one with an opt-out to reset his market, however I believe there might be three-year curiosity at a wholesome AAV.
2025 workforce: Chicago Cubs
2026 Opening Day age: 32
Projected contract: 3 years, $43.5 million ($14.5M AAV)
Imanaga had a robust first season in MLB in 2024, posting a 2.91 ERA over 173⅓ innings with ERA estimators within the mid-3s. His 2025 season was far more uneven. His velo slipped a full tick to 90.8 mph, and his ERA estimators ballooned into the mid-4s as his ERA rose to three.73. His strikeout price fell and his homer price spiked down the stretch — in his final dozen begins of the common season, he gave up 20 house runs — and he was additionally hit exhausting within the playoffs. The Cubs declined their choice to tack on an extra three years to his deal for $57 million, after which Imanaga declined his participant choice for $15 million. He ought to be getting two- and three-year presents at round $15 million AAV, however the demand for dependable innings with some upside makes me assume there might be a three-year supply a notch or two behind what the Cubs turned down.
21. Kazuma Okamoto, 3B
2025 workforce: Yomiuri Giants (NPB)
2026 Opening Day age: 29
Projected contract: 3 years, $36 million ($12M AAV) + Posting Charge: $6.925 million
Like Murakami, Okamoto primarily performed third base in NPB and sure strikes to first base briefly order in MLB. In contrast to Murakami, Okamoto has performed a whole lot of first base, so there might be much less of a breaking-in interval as he is additionally getting used to massive league pitching. Okamoto has a monitor document of sturdy on-base percentages in Japan, although some evaluators assume he could possibly be challenged by the upper velocity in MLB. He has plus uncooked energy and a very good really feel for attending to it in video games, giving him some ceiling if his contact charges in MLB are adequate. A right-handed-hitting (possible) first baseman who will flip 30 subsequent June and has no massive league expertise remains to be a little bit of a threat and not using a ton of ceiling, however Okamoto is an efficient guess to be a stable contributor, with an opportunity to be extra if all of it interprets.
2025 workforce: Texas Rangers
2026 Opening Day age: 37
Projected contract: 2 years, $35 million ($17.5M AAV)
Kelly is likely one of the softest-tossing right-handed starters in baseball, averaging underneath 92 mph on his four-seamer, however he finds success as a result of his really feel for a deep repertoire headlined by a changeup that is his most-used pitch. He missed about half of 2024 as a result of a strained shoulder however has in any other case thrown 150 to 200 innings per season since 2021. Kelly simply turned 37 and does not have a lot margin for error to maintain his ERA within the 3s, however he has the texture to eat up innings no matter his uncooked stuff.
2025 workforce: Toronto Blue Jays
2026 Opening Day age: 37
Projected contract: 2 years, $34 million ($17M AAV)
Bassitt has been extremely constant since he turned a full-time starter in 2019, throwing the seventh-most innings (1087⅓) and posting the Twenty fourth-best pitcher WAR (16.9) in that span. He’ll flip 37 in February, and his velocity slipped from 92.7 mph in 2024 to 91.4 in 2025, so he’s possible restricted to a one- or two-year deal. That mentioned, his monitor document ensures he’ll land an AAV within the $15 million-plus space.
24. Lucas Giolito, SP
2025 workforce: Boston Pink Sox
2026 Opening Day age: 31
Projected contract: 2 years, $32 million ($16M AAV)
Giolito declined his finish of a $19 million mutual choice (with a $1.5 million buyout) to hit the open market, however the Pink Sox may nonetheless supply him the one-year, $22.025 million qualifying supply. Giolito missed your entire 2024 season due to elbow surgical procedure however had a stable bounce-back exhibiting in 2025, posting a 3.41 ERA in 145 innings. He profiles as a fourth starter whose strikeout price dropped from 26% in 2023 to twenty% in 2025. Giolito signed a two-year, $38.5 million deal earlier than the 2024 season, and I believe two years is sensible once more, however at a barely decrease determine this time.
2025 workforce: Philadelphia Phillies
2026 Opening Day age: 35
Projected contract: 2 years, $32 million ($16M AAV)
Realmuto has regressed from the heights of his 6.7-WAR season in 2022, settling in as a roughly league-average offensive risk and a barely detrimental defensive catcher, largely as a result of his framing. That also provides as much as a median on a regular basis catcher, in all probability for an additional yr or two, and the clear finest catcher in the marketplace this winter.
2025 workforce: Atlanta Braves
2026 Opening Day age: 35
Projected contract: 2 years, $30 million ($15M AAV)
Ozuna had a down yr in 2025, is now hitting the market per week earlier than he turns 35 years previous and hasn’t performed an inning within the subject for 2 seasons. His regression (a .925 OPS in 2024 to a .756 OPS in 2025) overstates how a lot his underlying means regressed, as his xwOBA suggests he was fairly unfortunate on ball-in-play outcomes. That mentioned, this form of participant is the sort that usually falls off drastically round this age, so even after adjusting for that dangerous luck, his potential additional regression in 2026 would possibly lead to groups projecting he’ll roughly repeat his floor numbers from 2025. Paul Goldschmidt was in the same state of affairs final winter and settled for a one-year deal at $12.5 million, however Ozuna’s case is a bit higher, so he possible will get a one- or two-year deal at a bit extra on the annual price.
2025 workforce: Cincinnati Reds
2026 Opening Day age: 35
Projected contract: 2 years, $30 million ($15M AAV)
Martinez took the QO final winter — a one-year, $21.05 million deal — even when many thought he had an honest multiyear market, simply in all probability not at that AAV. His peripherals regressed in 2025 — a decrease strikeout price, larger stroll price and better house run price — so he now falls into the bucket of a gentle, veteran innings eater. That group comes with a excessive wage ground (tons of groups pays eight figures a yr because of the bulk innings) but in addition a ceiling; I can not see him getting greater than two years.
2025 workforce: New York Yankees
2026 Opening Day age: 32
Projected contract: 3 years, $30 million ($10M AAV)
Weaver got here out of nowhere to transition from a mediocre starter to a dominating reliever in 2024. His fastball velocity slipped and his ERA jumped a bit in 2025, although his peripherals had been fairly comparable. I believe Weaver’s market ought to be at two or three years and at roughly $10 million per yr.
2025 workforce: San Diego Padres
2026 Opening Day age: 32
Projected contract: 2 years, $27 million ($13.5M AAV)
O’Hearn had a giant yr in 2025, with a .281 common, 17 homers and three.0 WAR, all registering as profession highs. He does not have large uncooked energy, so he is extra of a gentle on-base risk with some energy that is largely restricted to first base and on the mistaken facet of 30 years previous now. That bins O’Hearn right into a one- or two-year deal for a bit over $10 million per yr.
2025 workforce: New York Mets
2026 Opening Day age: 35
Projected contract: 3 years, $27 million ($9M AAV)
Rogers averages 83.5 mph on his fastball and has among the many worst whiff charges in MLB, however he is extremely efficient due to his location and the deception created by his submarine arm angle. Since 2021, he has the Twenty ninth-most reliever WAR in baseball and a 2.71 ERA over 378⅓ innings in that span, so this is not a fluke or small pattern. A number of the sharpest groups prioritize having totally different appears to be like (arm slots, motion profiles, and many others.) of their bullpen, and Rogers presents arguably probably the most totally different look within the majors whereas having a talent set that appears extra immune than most to shedding effectiveness with age as a result of velocity has nothing to do along with his success.
2025 workforce: Seattle Mariners
2026 Opening Day age: 32
Projected contract: 2 years, $26 million ($13M AAV)
Polanco, defensively talking, is someplace on the second base/third base/first base/designated hitter spectrum. The change hitter carried out rather well on the plate this yr, ending up with close to profession bests in each strikeout price and residential runs. He does not supply a ton exterior of when he is holding a bat in his arms, and he turns 33 years previous subsequent summer season, so I believe Polanco might be within the vary of a two-year deal for over $10 million per yr.
2025 workforce: Philadelphia Phillies
2026 Opening Day age: 31
Projected contract: 2 years, $25 million ($12.5M AAV)
Bader has been an above-average defensive middle fielder for a very long time and nonetheless is. The distinction is he posted profession bests on the plate in 2025, hitting .277 with 17 homers that contributed to a wRC+ of 122. There was a wholesome quantity of ball-in-play luck baked into that determine, so anticipate some regression again towards league common. I believe there might be curiosity in a two-year cope with some threat that he could be a fourth outfielder within the second yr of the deal.
2025 workforce: Milwaukee Brewers
2026 Opening Day age: 33
Projected contract: 2 years, $25 million ($12.5M AAV)
Woodruff declined his finish of a $20 million mutual choice (with a $10 million buyout) to hit the open market after he had a sterling return to the Brewers’ rotation on the heels of lacking the 2024 season as a result of shoulder surgical procedure. In 12 begins in 2025, Woodruff narrowly set profession bests for strikeout and stroll price, together with xERA, although his velocity understandably slipped just a few ticks to 93.0 mph on common, which is now beneath league common. Woodruff has a brand new pitch combine and method: His fastball, cutter and sinker are three variations of a fastball with barely totally different targets and motion profiles, and his changeup is his pitch to maintain hitters sincere. He throws these 4 pitches 95% of the time.
Shoulder surgical procedure is much less of a slam dunk to totally return from than elbow surgical procedure, so sturdiness might be a query, although Woodruff appears poised to be a standout performer in any position if he can keep wholesome. If he passes the bodily, he appears tailored to land with a big-market workforce that may afford to gamble that it will have a standout arm for components of the season, but it surely is not possible he’ll publish 150 innings in a season once more. This might additionally simply be a one-year deal for a smaller assure and many incentives if groups aren’t optimistic about his long-term sturdiness after they get extra details about his shoulder.
2025 workforce: San Diego Padres
2026 Opening Day age: 35
Projected contract: 2 years, $25 million ($12.5M AAV)
Suarez opted out of the final two years of his deal for $16 million, and I believe he’ll do a bit higher than that on the open market. He burst onto the home scene in 2022 after a stint in NPB and have become one of many higher relievers within the sport, however his strikeout price regressed closely the following yr and ticked up solely a bit in 2024 and 2025. He is in all probability restricted to a two-year deal given his age and the combined indicators his peripherals have despatched the previous few seasons, however I believe he’ll publish a low-to-mid-3s ERA the following few seasons (or no less than peripherals that ought to equate to that). Having expertise within the postseason and within the ninth inning additionally helps his case.
2025 workforce: Chicago Cubs
2026 Opening Day age: 28
Projected contract: 2 years, $23 million ($11.5M AAV)
Soroka was a starter for many of his profession till he settled within the bullpen for the White Sox in 2024 and caught hearth late within the season. The Nats signed him for 2025 on a one-year deal for $9 million to transform him again to a starter, which he was till he was traded to the Cubs at this yr’s deadline and went again to the pen. Soroka missed time with a shoulder concern in 2025, throwing solely 89⅔ innings with a 4.52 ERA. There are nonetheless some qualities right here that I believe groups will need to gamble on as a starter although Soroka has topped 90 innings solely as soon as in his profession. Since he is nonetheless in his 20s, I may see Soroka selecting to take one other shot at a one-year deal to show he can throw 150 innings and probably get a giant deal subsequent winter.
2025 workforce: Chicago Cubs
2026 Opening Day age: 30
Projected contract: 2 years, $22 million ($11M AAV)
From 2021 to 2022, Keller was monitoring like a beginning pitcher who may get an eight-figure deal as a dependable innings eater when he hit free company, however accidents and ineffectiveness restricted him to 27 massive league appearances throughout 2023 and 2024 as he posted a mixed minus-0.6 WAR. He mired in minor league offers for the following few years, however then, out of nowhere, he posted a dominant 2025 season as a setup man for the Cubs, helped by a spike in velocity. The pattern measurement is only one season, and he is already 30 years previous, however he’ll get provided multiyear offers. I can not even rule out a three-year deal.
2025 workforce: Cincinnati Reds
2026 Opening Day age: 34
Projected contract: 2 years, $22 million ($11M AAV)
Pagan’s fastball velocity spiked final season from 94.6 to 95.8 mph, and that helped each his fastball and splitter (his two most-used pitches) be far more efficient. He provides up a whole lot of flyballs, which makes him prone to house run issues, but in addition collects whiffs and popups within the interim. There ought to be loads of multiyear curiosity, regardless of his age.
2025 workforce: Detroit Tigers
2026 Opening Day age: 34
Projected contract: 2 years, $21 million ($10.5M AAV)
In 2024, Finnegan was fourth in baseball in four-seam fastball utilization at 68%, which normally means a pitcher has a dominating, distinctive providing. However Finnegan did not — he was simply late to the fashionable pattern of throwing his fastball much less usually. He barely lowered that utilization to 66% with Washington final yr, then he was traded to the Tigers on the deadline and dropped his fastball utilization dramatically: right down to 41% with all of that utilization going to his splitter, which spiked to 55% utilization. Finnegan’s strikeout price went from 20% earlier than the commerce (over 39 innings) to 35% after it (over 18 innings); typically baseball could be that straightforward. It is a quick monitor document to base a multiyear deal on, however I would not be shocked if there is a workforce that wishes to be much more aggressive than I am projecting right here.
2025 workforce: Tampa Bay Rays
2026 Opening Day age: 33
Projected contract: 2 years, $20 million ($10M AAV)
Houser had 2025 largely as a result of mechanical tweaks helped the speed of his sinker go from 92.5 mph in 2024 to 94.4 in 2025. He profiles as a fourth starter, and people are in sufficient demand to land him a two-year deal.
2025 workforce: Texas Rangers
2026 Opening Day age: 33
Projected contract: 2 years, $20 million ($10M AAV)
Maton is considerably uncommon amongst elite relievers: He is throwing a cutter or slower, sweepier curveball 74% of the time and doing it with a giant extension from a decrease arm slot. He is a journeyman with a profession ERA of three.98, however his 2025 ERA was 2.79 and it wasn’t fluky, he simply appeared to determine easy methods to tunnel, sequence and find his stuff. Groups prefer to stockpile relievers with distinctive qualities, so I believe Maton will get two-year presents, however I can not rule out a three-year deal.
2025 workforce: Hanwha Eagles (KBO)
2026 Opening Day age: 31
Projected contract: 2 years, $18 million ($9M AAV)
Ponce was a second-round choose by the Brewers from Cal Poly Pomona in 2015 and made his massive league debut in 2020 with the Pirates. His mixture of stuff and command performed at Triple-A however not the massive leagues, so Ponce headed to Japan and Korea, the place he performed the previous 4 seasons, and appeared to determine one thing out in 2025. His strikeout price spiked to 36%, a profession excessive by rather a lot, and he additionally threw by far probably the most innings of his profession at 180⅔ whereas exhibiting above-average management with a 6% stroll price.
Ponce’s fastball is 94-97, touching 99 mph, with an 88-to-92 mph cutter, 80-to-82 mph curveball and 86-to-89 mph changeup as his foremost pitches. All of them grade as common to above common, and his areas/tunneling combos appear much like these of different profitable starters. He ought to discover success in MLB with this method. The contract comparability is Erick Fedde’s two-year, $15 million deal for the 2024 season after getting back from the KBO at mainly the identical age with fairly comparable numbers and stuff as Ponce. Nonetheless, I believe Ponce will beat that quantity by a bit.
2025 workforce: Atlanta Braves
2026 Opening Day age: 36
Projected contract: 2 years, $18 million ($9M AAV)
Iglesias’s numbers regressed a bit in 2025, and his velocity dipped 1 mph, however he is nonetheless a gentle late-inning performer who’s in all probability now simply going to have an ERA that begins with a 3 as an alternative of a one or two. His in depth ninth-inning expertise is a pleasant bonus, and he possible will not demand a 3rd yr as a result of his age, so he makes a whole lot of sense as a setup man for a contending membership.
2025 workforce: Cincinnati Reds
2026 Opening Day age: 30
Projected contract: 2 years, $18 million ($9M AAV)
Littell is an odd pitcher to guage. His two most-used pitches are a cutter and splitter, they usually had been his worst-performing pitches by run worth final yr. As you might need guessed from that, Littell succeeds with wonderful management, each form of deception you’ll be able to consider and sturdiness. He is youthful than most free brokers with that type of profile, so I assume he can land a two-year deal, however he is the type of pitcher who performs a smaller position within the playoffs than the common season.
2025 workforce: San Diego Padres
2026 Opening Day age: 28
Projected contract: 2 years, $17 million ($8.5M AAV)
Arraez attracts totally different views on his worth as a result of he is arguably one of the best pure hitter within the league however may not even be common at one other related talent. Hitting is actually necessary, although! Some groups see him as a task participant or insurance coverage coverage, however given the postseason success of the Jays (tied to their excessive contact price), some groups would possibly see Arraez as a tone-setter who must be within the lineup daily. I believe there might be some two-year curiosity, however Arraez getting a string of one-year offers would not shock me.
2025 workforce: Boston Pink Sox
2026 Opening Day age: 34
Projected contract: 2 years, $17 million ($8.5M AAV)
Matz has transitioned to a full-time reliever now after being a main starter as not too long ago as 2023. His bread-and-butter pitch is a mid-90s sinker and he retains hitters sincere with a curveball and changeup. The character of his sinker is to induce weak contact moderately than whiffs, and his historical past as a starter means he can go a number of innings, so he is extra invaluable than a fast look at his floor stats would counsel. Demand for dependable bullpen lefties tells me there is a multiyear deal available right here.
2025 workforce: Atlanta Braves
2026 Opening Day age: 30
Projected contract: 1 yr, $16 million
Kim declined his $16 million participant choice after a tough season that was his worst within the massive leagues, taking part in 48 video games for Tampa Bay and Atlanta after labrum surgical procedure on his shoulder. He regressed at all the pieces, however he additionally missed time for again accidents and his shoulder wasn’t again to its pre-surgery arm energy, both. The 2025 season was mainly a misplaced one for Kim, and optimistic evaluators might want to see it as an on-ramp to changing into some facsimile of his pre-shoulder harm self. I can see him changing into a 2-win sort of participant as quickly as subsequent season, however that requires some degree of creativeness. I may see a two-year deal, however a one-year prove-it deal for roughly the phrases of his participant choice feels proper.
2025 workforce: Seattle Mariners
2026 Opening Day age: 29
Projected contract: 2 years, $15 million ($7.5M AAV)
Ferguson is kind of much like Matz, simply much less well-known and with out historical past as a giant league starter. He is additionally 5 years youthful, so it would not shock me if Ferguson really ended up getting a much bigger assure or perhaps a third assured yr. Persevering with to maneuver away from his four-seam fastball and embracing his sinker, cutter and curveball would make him much more much like Matz and will assist his numbers a bit, too.
2025 workforce: Toronto Blue Jays
2026 Opening Day age: 31
Projected contract: 2 years, $15 million ($7.5M AAV)
You in all probability watched Dominguez pitch not too long ago — you had loads of probabilities along with his 12 postseason appearances for Toronto. In lots of these outings, and many within the common season, you needed to maintain your breath, however he has been beating his ERA estimators for years now. His sweeper (largely used vs. right-handed hitters) and splitter (largely used vs. lefties) have emerged as Dominguez’s best pitches, and his upper-90s fastball and sinker perform to maintain hitters sincere (and infrequently get hit exhausting or yield a stroll). I believe a two-year deal makes probably the most sense right here given his high-wire fashion of pitching.
2025 workforce: Chicago Cubs
2026 Opening Day age: 28
Projected contract: 2 years, $14 million ($7M AAV)
Castro’s defensive metrics regressed in 2025 to minus-9 runs throughout second base, shortstop and third base after he posted a plus-4 throughout these three positions in 2024. The distinction was largely his lateral vary — however, oddly, his defensive numbers within the outfield obtained a bit bit higher in 2025. Both method, Castro is a switch-hitting utility participant who’s younger for a free agent and has been a give-or-take common offensive risk for 3 years now. He is in all probability not a starter for a contender, however he could possibly be insurance coverage for a contender or a starter for a second-division workforce.
2025 workforce: San Francisco Giants
2026 Opening Day age: 43
Projected contract: 1 years, $13 million
It is value noting that Max Scherzer can be the following right-handed starter behind Verlander, however take a look at the listing beneath of different free brokers of word — there could be 15 extra behind Scherzer who may slot in a rotation subsequent yr, so sensible groups on the lookout for size will separate themselves by whom they pluck out of that group. Verlander signed a one-year, $15 million cope with the Giants final yr, they usually obtained what they paid for: He was even a bit higher in 2025 than 2024 by some measures. I assume he’ll get rather less this yr, although he may additionally get the identical contract once more.
Others of word
C: Danny Jansen, Christian Vazquez, Gary Sanchez, Victor Caratini, James McCann, Luke Maile, Mitch Garver, Elias Diaz, Tom Murphy, Martin Maldonado, Sandy Leon
1B/DH: Paul Goldschmidt, Rhys Hoskins, Josh Bell, Ty France, Lewin Diaz (KBO), Baek Ho Kang (KBO), Rowdy Tellez, Carlos Santana, Dominic Smith, Jesse Winker
2B: Luis Rengifo, Dylan Moore, Enrique Hernandez, Chris Taylor, Adam Frazier, Brendan Rodgers, Kyle Farmer, Michael Stefanic, Donovan Solano, Tyler Wade
SS: Amed Rosario, Miguel Rojas, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Jorge Mateo, Paul DeJong, Jose Iglesias, Orlando Arcia, Wilmer Flores, Coco Montes, Jon Berti
3B: Yoan Moncada, Sung-moon Music (KBO), Justin Turner
OF: Mike Yastrzemski, Max Kepler, Rob Refsnyder, Cedric Mullins, Lane Thomas, Michael Conforto, Starling Marte, Andrew McCutchen, Randal Grichuk, Miguel Andujar, Tommy Pham, Ryan Ward, Austin Slater, Michael A. Taylor, Dustin Harris, Daz Cameron, Billy McKinney
RHS: Max Scherzer, Ryan Weiss (KBO), Jo-Hsi Hsu (CPBL), Charlie Morton, Griffin Canning, Tyler Mahle, Dustin May, Chris Paddack, Zach Eflin, Jon Duplantier (NPB), Tomoyuki Sugano, Michael Lorenzen, Miles Mikolas, German Marquez, Jon Gray, Alex Cobb, Walker Buehler, Kyle Hendricks, Drew Anderson (KBO), Aaron Civale, James Naile (KBO), Paul Blackburn, Erick Fedde, Andre Jackson (NPB), Kona Takahashi (NPB), Hiroto Saiki (NPB), Chris Flexen
LHS: Tyler Anderson, Anthony Kay (NPB), Foster Griffin (NPB), Patrick Corbin, Martin Perez, Jose Quintana, Jordan Montgomery, Alec Gamboa (KBO), Zach Logue (KBO), Andrew Heaney, Kyle Hart, Wade Miley, Nestor Cortes, Connor Thomas
RHR: Ryan Helsley, Shawn Armstrong, Hunter Harvey, Kirby Yates, David Robertson, Jose Leclerc, Kenley Jansen, Paul Sewald, Jakob Junis, Chris Martin, Luis A. Garcia, Shelby Miller, Jordan Romano, Tommy Kahnle, Michael Kopech, Ryan Brasier, Derek Law, Ryne Stanek, Anthony DeSclafani, Craig Kimbrel, Hunter Strickland, Luke Jackson, Scott Barlow, Jonathan Loaisiga, Sho Iwasaki (NPB), Drew Smith, Connor Seabold, Elvin Rodriguez, Alexis Diaz, Carl Edwards, Chris Devenski, Jose Urena, Liam Hendriks, Lou Trivino, Rafael Montero, Ryan Pressly, Takahiro Norimoto (NPB), Miguel Castro, Anthony Maldonado, Scott McGough
LHR: Gregory Soto, Sean Newcomb, Caleb Thielbar, Jose Alvarado, Justin Wilson, Jalen Beeks, Ryan Yarbrough, Drew Pomeranz, Taylor Rogers, Danny Coulombe, Hoby Milner, Tim Mayza, Tyler Alexander, Andrew Chafin, Ryan Borucki, Genesis Cabrera, Ben Bowden
