Mlb Free-agent Tracker: Sluggers Cody Bellinger, Kyle Tucker And Kyle Schwarber Head The List - Beritaja

Kyle Schwarber, 33, DH, 4.7, 19.9: Schwarber is simply a premier slugger pinch 187 location runs successful 4 seasons pinch Philadelphia, wherever he besides was an exceptional clubhouse leader. He is beautiful overmuch restricted to designated hitter and is approaching an property wherever violative accumulation mightiness decline. He still merits a lucrative multi-year deal, though going longer than 4 years astatine a $30 cardinal mean yearly worth (AAV) mightiness beryllium inviting buyer’s remorse successful 2030.

Kyle Tucker, 29, OF, 4.5, 27.3: Although his 2025 bWAR was little than that of Bellinger and Schwarber, Tucker mightiness person the highest sticker value successful this free-agent class. The mean of projections from 20 ESPN experts is 10 years and $391.5 cardinal for a $38.8 cardinal AAV. The Dodgers are considered a premier suitor because of their heavy pockets and request for a productive area outfielder.

Eugenio Suárez, 34, 3B, 3.6, 26.8: A driblet of about 1 triumph supra replacement from the apical 3 free agents — Cody Bellinger, Schwarber and Tucker — still puts Suárez successful an enviable position. Splitting the play betwixt the Diamondbacks and Mariners, Suarez tied a profession precocious pinch 49 location runs and drove successful 118 runs.

Alex Bregman, 32, 3B, 3.5, 43.1: Even though Bregman’s bWAR was somewhat little than that of Suárez, he should bid a larger woody because he’s younger and much well-rounded. Bregman missed 44 games because of wounded successful his azygous play successful Boston but still put up coagulated numbers. His mean bWAR complete his 10-year profession is 4.3.

Trent Grisham, 29, OF, 3.5, 14.6: Grisham is an enigma, a first-round draught prime who blossomed pinch the Padres only to crater and bat nether .200 3 years successful a row. But successful 2025 he rebounded, swatting a career-high 34 location runs pinch the Yankees successful 2025. Grisham besides has 2 Gold Gloves successful halfway field. Still, he’s a spot of a gamble.

Bo Bichette, 28, SS, 3.4, 20.8: Bichette showed his toughness by playing efficaciously successful the World Series contempt a lingering knee injury. Bichette could flat-out hit, accumulating much than 175 hits successful 4 of the past 5 seasons pinch above-average power. He besides plays a premium position and will move only 28 successful March, meaning he could bid a statement exceeded only by that of Tucker.

Toronto Blue Jays’ Bo Bichette hits a three-run location tally during Game 7 of the World Series, Nov. 1, 2025, successful Toronto.

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Pete Alonso, 31, 1B, 3.4, 23.3: Alonso was disappointed by the tepid liking successful him arsenic a free supplier past offseason, re-signing pinch the Mets connected a one-year, $30-million woody pinch a subordinate option. He’s expected to trial the marketplace again aft erstwhile again posting the sparkling powerfulness numbers that person made him a instrumentality favourite successful New York for 7 years.

Josh Naylor, 28, 1B, 3.1, 8.4: The 5-foot-10, 235-pound left-handed slugger produced good successful 2025 while splitting the play betwixt the Diamondbacks and Mariners, batting a career-high .295 and hitting precisely 20 location runs for the 3rd clip successful 5 seasons.

Gleyber Torres, 29, 2B, 2.9, 18.7: Torres needed to reconstruct his worth aft taking a one-year woody pinch the Tigers pursuing a ho-hum 2024 play pinch the Yankees. He did truthful incrementally and should onshore a measured multi-year woody this clip around.

J.T. Realmuto, 35, C, 2.6, 38.8: Realmuto is recognized arsenic 1 of the top-hitting catchers successful baseball, and he’s intelligibly the apical free-agent backstop, proving successful 2025 that he could still drawback upward of 130 games while putting up coagulated violative numbers. Still, he will beryllium 35 connected opening time and his .700 OPS was his lowest successful a decade.

Jorge Polanco, 32, 2B, 2.6, 20.7: Polanco deed 26 location runs and posted an .821 OPS, the switch-hitter’s champion play since 2021 erstwhile he deed 33 homers and drove successful 98 runs. Chronic knee problems person put his shortstop days down him and trim into his scope astatine 2nd aliases 3rd base, but the bat still plays.

Mike Yastrzemski, 35, OF, 2.6, 16.8: Although the grandson of Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski posted his champion OPS (.839) since the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, he mightiness beryllium entertaining only statement offers of 1 twelvemonth astatine $10 cardinal aliases so.

Ryan O’Hearn, 31, 1B/DH, 2.4, 3.1: O’Hearn is an accomplished left-handed hitter coming disconnected a play divided betwixt the Orioles and Padres. He could expect a ample raise from the $3.5 cardinal he made successful 2025, possibly tripling it.

Marcell Ozuna, 35, OF/DH, 1.6, 29.5: Ozuna is simply a proven powerfulness bat who has exceeded 20 location runs successful 9 seasons and led the NL pinch 18 homers and 56 RBIs successful pandemic-shortened 2020. After tremendous 2023 and 2024 seasons successful which he totaled 79 homers and 204 RBIs, Ozuna slipped successful 2025, batting .232 pinch 21 location runs while battling hep pain.

Luis Arráez, 29, 1B, 1.3, 16.5: Arráez doesn’t get overmuch emotion from bWAR aliases fWAR, but he judge could hit, starring each awesome leaguers pinch a .317 life average. He led the NL pinch 181 hits successful 2025, but because he doesn’t deed for powerfulness aliases locomotion much, his OPS was a pedestrian .719. The three-time batting champion should proceed to beryllium paid about $14 cardinal a year, pinch the mobility becoming for really long.

Paul Goldschmidt, 38, 1B, 1.2, 63.8: Goldschmidt boasts the highest profession bWAR of immoderate free-agent hitter and he has made it clear that he is not fresh to retire. His productivity, however, is trending downward, particularly his power. With only 10 homers and 45 RBIs successful 534 sheet appearances pinch the Yankees past season, Goldschmidt is nary longer an elite hitter.

Victor Caratini, 32, C, 0.9, 4.3: Catchers are astatine a premium successful this free-agent people and Caratini is 1 of the fewer pinch a potent bat and expertise to play much than 100 games successful a season. He about precocious delivered decently connected a two-year, $12-million woody pinch the Astros and could onshore a akin statement because of the scarcity of backstops.