MLB free agents: Juan Soto, Corbin Burnes headline this year’s class
With the conclusion of the World Series, free agency has officially began.
This year’s class is headlined by a generational hitter and several All-Star sluggers and former Cy Young winners. There were 136 players who became free agents the day after the Fall Classic ended, which will increase pending team/player options, according to Major League Baseball. .
A team-by-team look:
Will be updated as decisions are made on contract options
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American League
ATHLETICS (5) — LHP Scott Alexander, RHP Trevor Gott, LHP T.J. McFarland, RHP Ross Stripling, LHP Alex Wood.
BOSTON (9) — RHP Luis A. García, C Danny Jansen, RHP Kenley Jansen, RHP Chris Martin, OF Tyler O’Neill, LHP James Paxton, RHP Nick Pivetta, RHP Lucas Sims, RHP Naoyuki Uwasawa.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX (4) — RHP Michael Clevinger, RHP Chris Flexen, RHP Dominic Leone, RHP Michael Soroka.
CLEVELAND (4) — RHP Shane Bieber, LHP Matt Boyd, RHP Alex Cobb, C Austin Hedges.
DETROIT — None
HOUSTON (8) — 3B Alex Bregman, LHP Caleb Ferguson, OF Ben Gamel, RHP Kendall Graveman, OF Jason Heyward, LHP Yusei Kikuchi, RHP Héctor Neris, RHP Justin Verlander.
KANSAS CITY (7) — INF Paul DeJong, OF Robbie Grossman, 1B Yuli Gurriel, OF-INF Garrett Hampson, RHP Michael Lorenzen, OF Tommy Pham, LHP Will Smith.
LOS ANGELES ANGLES (4) — INF Brandon Drury, LHP Matt Moore, OF Kevin Pillar, RHP Hunter Strickland.
MINNESOTA (4) — RHP Anthony DeSclafani, OF Max Kepler, 1B Carlos Santana, LHP Caleb Thielbar.
NEW YORK YANKEES (7) — LHP Tim Hill, RHP Clay Holmes, RHP Tommy Kahnle, RHP Jonathan Loaisiga, OF Juan Soto, 2B Gleyber Torres, OF Alex Verdugo.
SEATTLE (2) — RHP Yimi García, 3B Justin Turner.
TAMPA BAY — None
TEXAS (8) — 3B Matt Duffy, LHP Andrew Heaney, OF Travis Jankowski, C Carson Kelly, RHP José Leclerc, RHP Max Scherzer, RHP José Ureña, RHP Kirby Yates.
TORONTO (1) — LHP Ryan Yarbrough.
National League
ARIZONA (4) — 1B Josh Bell, INF Kevin Newman, RHP Paul Sewald, 1B Christian Walker.
ATLANTA (8) — RHP John Brebbia, RHP Jesse Chavez, OF Adam Duvall, LHP Max Fried, INF-OF Whit Merrifield, LHP A.J. Minter, RHP Charlie Morton, INF Gio Urshela.
CHICAGO CUBS (2) — RHP Kyle Hendricks, RHP Jorge López.
CINCINNATI (3) — RHP Buck Farmer, INF-OF Amed Rosario, LHP Justin Wilson.
COLORADO (2) — RHP Daniel Bard, OF Charlie Blackmon.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS (8) — RHP Walker Buehler, RHP Jack Flaherty, INF-OF Kiké Hernández, OF Teoscar Hernández, RHP Daniel Hudson, RHP Joe Kelly, OF Kevin Kiermaier, RHP Blake Treinen.
MIAMI — None
MILWAUKEE (2) — SS Willy Adames, RHP Joe Ross.
NEW YORK METS (12) — 1B Pete Alonso, OF Harrison Bader, RHP Shintaro Fujinami, INF Jose Iglesias, DH J.D. Martinez, RHP Adam Ottavino, LHP Jose Quintana, LHP Brooks Raley, RHP Luis Severino, RHP Drew Smith, RHP Ryne Stanek, OF Jesse Winker.
PHILADELPHIA (3) — RHP Carlos Estévez, RHP Jeff Hoffman, RHP Spencer Turnbull.
PITTSBURGH (6) — LHP Jalen Beeks, LHP Ryan Borucki, LHP Aroldis Chapman, C Yasmani Grandal, OF Andrew McCutchen.
ST. LOUIS (3) — DH-INF Matt Carpenter, 1B Paul Goldschmidt, RHP Andrew Kittredge.
SAN DIEGO (8) — SS Nick Ahmed, C Elias Díaz, C Kyle Higashioka, OF David Peralta, LHP Martín Pérez, OF Jurickson Profar, LHP Tanner Scott, INF Donovan Solano.
SAN FRANCISCO (3) — OF Mark Canha, C Curt Casali, OF Michael Conforto.
WASHINGTON (3) — RHP Jacob Barnes, LHP Patrick Corbin, RHP Trevor Williams.
