Top tools remaining on the free-agent market
It's great when you can find an all-around superstar on the free-agent market -- but also, no matter what skill set your team needs, there are players out there who match it every offseason.
So let's find this year's free-agent position players who have the biggest standout qualities, using baseball's...
Luis Arraez
Kyle Tucker
Harrison Bader
Cody Bellinger
J.T. Realmuto
The key number behind Polanco's 2025 resurgence
There are a lot of numbers that go into the two-year deal the Mets have agreed to with former Mariners infielder Jorge Polanco, and we’ll get to a lot of them, but there’s absolutely only one place to start. It’s with his completely stunning drop in strikeout rate, which must...
Jorge Polanco
How this year's free-agent starters succeed without high velocity
Velocity always goes up. At least, that's the way it seems in MLB.
Fastball velocity increases year after year. The average fastball -- four-seamer or sinker -- thrown by a Major League pitcher in 2025 was 94.3 mph, the highest of the pitch tracking era. Ten years ago, it was...
Framber Valdez
Ranger Suárez
Michael King
Zac Gallen
The positions contenders need to address most
In case it’s not clear yet that the modern Winter Meetings are the midpoint of the winter, not the end of it, note how many top free agents are still available – and how many teams still have needs to fill. Among the top 30 free agents on Mark Feinsand's...
The team that signs this pitcher is getting a ground-ball machine
With Dylan Cease off the market, one of the best free-agent starting pitchers you can still get is Framber Valdez. But it's for a very different reason.
When you look at what got Cease his seven-year, $210 million deal with the Blue Jays, it's strikeouts. He's a strikeout machine. Cease...
Framber Valdez
He has MLB's slowest fastball, yet he's a top reliever
This article was originally published on Nov. 25, three weeks before Tyler Rogers agreed to a three-year, $37 million contract with the Blue Jays....
Tyler Rogers
Why the Polar Bear's bat will play in Baltimore
Pete Alonso's bat will play big in Baltimore.
You might say, "Well, duh." Alonso is a 30-to-40 home run a year player. He's an elite power hitter who's now coming to an Orioles team that just didn't have one last season, especially not a right-handed power hitter.
Alonso hit 38...
Pete Alonso
The 2 elite pitches that power the No. 1 free-agent closer
This article was originally published on Dec. 4, before Edwin Díaz agreed to a free-agent deal with the reigning World Series champion Dodgers. More >...
Edwin Diaz
The free-agent starter with a unique path to success
On a Phillies staff that featured the likes of Zack Wheeler, Aaron Nola and Cristopher Sánchez, it might’ve been easy for Ranger Suárez to fly under the radar in Philadelphia. But make no mistake about it: Suárez was one of the better pitchers in baseball over the last half-decade with...
Ranger Suárez
The rare skill these left-handed FA sluggers share
The three best left-handed hitters on the free-agent market all have something in common.
Cody Bellinger, Kyle Schwarber, and Kyle Tucker are all in line for nine-figure contracts. They’re all ex-Cubs, too, and multi-time All-Stars. But the real similarity is their ability to crush left-handed pitching....
Cody Bellinger
Kyle Tucker
Kyle Schwarber
