This Winter's Free Agent Class

[Ken Rosenthal]

Our first look towards next season with a small preview of this winter's free agent class.  As we know, many of these players will have options picked up, extensions given to them, and restriction tags placed to ward off contenders.  However, here's who COULD be available for teams to sign this winter.  Perhaps to help with trade deadline talks



Starting Pitchers
Gerrit Cole (16.64 fpg)
Clayton Kershaw (16.58 fpg)
Zach Eflin (15.6 fpg)
Merril Kelly (15.51 fpg)
Joe Musgrove (14.97 fpg)
Michael Wacha (14.94 fpg)
Charlie Morton (14.58 fpg)
Jose Berrios (14.21 fpg)
Blake Snell (14.18 fpg)
Alex Cobb (14.17 fpg)
James Paxton (14.07 fpg) - $1.4m option CIN
J.P. France (13.58 fpg) - $16.0m option WAS
Sonny Gray (13.38 fpg)
Chris Sale (13.3 fpg)
Taijuan Walker (13.24 fpg) - $28.4 option ARZ
Wade Miley (12.61 fpg)
Yu Darvish (12.51 fpg)
Seth Lugo (12.46 fpg)
Justin Verlander (12.38 fpg)
Kyle Gibson (12.38 fpg)
Julio Teheran (12.38 fpg)
Yusei Kikuchi (11.99 fpg) - $3.6m option ARZ
Miles Mikolas (11.85 fpg)
Lance Lynn (11.52 fpg)
Jose Quintana (11.5 fpg - 2022 - injured)
Rich Hill (11.18 fpg)
Anthony DeSclafani (10.99 fpg)
Drew Smyly (10.92 fpg)
Mike Clevinger (10.8 fpg)
Tyler Anderson (10.57 fpg)
Ben Lively (10.53 fpg) - $0.3m option CHC
Colin Rea (10.16 fpg) - $4.5m option ARZ
Trevor Williams (9.73 fpg)
Carlos Carrasco (9.69 fpg)
Jameson Taillon (8.09 fpg)
Kenta Maeda (7.97 fpg)
Zack Greinke (7.86 fpg) - $4.0m option LAD
Jordan Lyles (7.82 fpg)
Zach Davies (7.71 fpg)
Noah Syndergaard (7.05 fpg)
Adam Wainwright (6.57 fpg)
Steven Matz (6.25 fpg)
Sean Manaea (5.75 fpg)




Relief Pitchers
Alexis Diaz (6.3 fpg)
Edwin Diaz (6.1 fpg in 2022)
Carlos Estevez (5.95 fpg)
Raisel Iglesias (5.2 fpg) - $7.0m option BAL
Craig Kimbrel (5.11 fpg)
David Robertson (5.05 fpg)
Yennier Cano (5.02 fpg)
Paul Sewald (5.0 fpg)
Michael Tonkin (4.94 fpg)
Pete Fairbanks (4.82 fpg)
Jason Adam (4.23 fpg)
Steven Wilson (4.19 fpg)
Nick Anderson (4.17 fpg)
Oliver Ortega (4.07 fpg)
Kyle Finnegan (4.06 fpg) - $1.8m option STL
Mark Leiter Jr. (4.03 fpg)
Andrew Chafin (3.89 fpg) - $1.8m option DET
Jesse Chavez (3.88 fpg)
Colin McHugh (3.84 fpg) - $1.0m option ARZ
Aroldis Chapman (3.83 fpg) - $7.0m option TBR
John Schreiber (3.73 fpg)
Elvis Peguero (3.68 fpg) - $900k option STL
Pierce Johnson (3.68 fpg) - $300k option TOR
Robert Suarez (3.6 fpg - in 2022)
Dylan Lee (3.59 fpg)
Miguel Castro (3.58 fpg)
Tommy Kahnle (3.54 fpg)
Kendall Graveman (3.53 fpg) - $5.0m option ATL
Dylan Floro (3.51 fpg)
Jeff Hoffman (3.51 fpg)




Catchers
Willson Contreras (3.16 fpg)
Gary Sanchez (2.6 fpg)
Yan Gomes (2.53 fpg)
Christian Bethancourt (2.25 fpg)
Yasmani Grandal (1.94 fpg) - $17.3m option ATL
Luke Maile (1.51 fpg)
Martin Maldonado (1.49 fpg)
Nick Fortes (1.48 fpg)
Christian Vazquez (1.47 fpg) - $3.0m option COL




First Basemen
Joey Votto (4.42 fpg)
Paul Goldschmidt (3.89 fpg)
Brandon Drury (3.28 fpg)
Carlos Santana (3.21 fpg)    
Joey Meneses (2.78 fpg) - $15.8m option WAS
Yuli Gurriel (2.65 fpg) - $6.3m option BAL
Joey Gallo (2.56 fpg)
Josh Bell (2.5 fpg)
Brandon Belt (2.47 fpg)
Jose Abreu (2.43 fpg)
Gio Urshela (2.21 fpg)




Second Basemen
Marcus Semien (4.15 fpg)
Trevor Story (3.6 fpg in 2022)
Whit Merrifield (3.29 fpg) - $20.3m option DET
Jorge Polanco (3.18 fpg)
Chris Taylor (2.74 fpg)
Eduardo Escobar (2.12 fpg) - $4.1m option WAS




Shortstops
Francisco Lindor (4.05 fpg)
Trea Turner (3.48 fpg)
Dansby Swanson (3.1 fpg)
Orlando Arcia (2.75 fpg)
Tim Anderson (1.95 fpg)
Nick Ahmed (1.79 fpg) - $2.0m option STL




Third Basemen
Max Muncy (3.77 fpg)
Alex Bregman (3.45 fpg)
Anthony Rendon (2.92 fpg)
Evan Longoria (2.75 fpg)
Josh Donaldson (2.68 fpg) - $7.0m option COL
Wilmer Flores (2.53 fpg)
Mike Moustakas (2.18 fpg)
Donovan Solano (2.18 fpg) - $300k option SEA




Outfielders
Masataka Yoshida (4.12 fpg) - $25m option NYM
Jorge Soler (3.94 fpg) - $16m option ARZ
Adam Duvall (3.81 fpg)
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (3.69 fpg)
Kyle Schwarber (3.43 fpg)
Giancarlo Stanton (3.38 fpg)
Andrew McCutchen (3.34 fpg)
Charlie Blackmon (3.29 fpg)
Tommy Pham (3.13 fpg) - $2.5m option ATL
Eddie Rosario (3.05 fpg)
Bryan De La Cruz (2.92 fpg)
Starling Marte (2.86 fpg) - $15.5m option CLE
Jurickson Profar (2.83 fpg)
Andrew Benintendi (2.78 fpg)
Mike Tauchmann (2.77 fpg)
Mitch Haniger (2.67 fpg)
Kevin Kiermaier (2.64 fpg)
Mark Canha (2.6 fpg)
Robbie Grossman (2.57 fpg)
Jason Heyward (2.49 fpg)
Aaron Hicks (2.48 fpg)
Max Kepler (2.47 fpg)




Utility Hitters
J.D. Martinez (4.3 fpg)
Bryce Harper (3.39 fpg)

KR