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Who are the major players in MLB free agency, and what are their potential destinations?
As soon as the excitement of the Major League Baseball postseason comes to a close, the outbreak of free agency signings and player transactions begins.
Once the Major League Baseball season and postseason have concluded, with the Los Angeles Dodgers crowned with their eighth World Series title, it’s time for the free agency moves to begin; the teams will seek to strengthen themselves best and start negotiations with the available players.
This Monday will be a key day. At 5 p.m. ET time, the curtain opens, and the green light is given for the Major League organizations to bet on the signing of free agents and begin to make qualifying offers officially. For their part, players have until November 19 at 4 p.m. ET time to review, renegotiate, and accept a qualifying offer.
Last season, the so-called ‘big shots’ were Japanese Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who landed with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
This year, these players will seek their best options by changing teams.
- OF | Juan Soto / Giants, Mets, Yankees
- RHP | Corbin Burnes / Mets, Orioles, Red Sox
- LHP | Blake Snell / Giants, Padres, Rangers
- 3B | Alex Bregman / Astros, Diamondbacks, Mariners
- LHP | Max Fried / Cubs, Padres, Rangers
- OF | Anthony Sander / Cardinals, Guardians, Phillies
- 1B | Pete Alonso / Astros, Cardinals, Mets
- SS | Willy Adames / Blue Jays, Dodgers, Giants
- RHP | Jack Flaherty / Dodgers, Mets, Red Sox
- LHP | Tanner Scott / Blue Jays, Phillies, Yankees
Other names to highlight in the offseason free agency period are Gerrit Cole, Cody Bellinger, Shane Bieber, Christian Walker, Nathan Eovaldi, Teoscar Hernández, Michael Wacha, Ha-Seong Kim, Carlos Estévez, Clay Holmes, Yusei Kikuchi, Gleyber Torres, Tyler O’Neill, Sean Manaea, Max Scherzer, Jurickson Profar, among others.