Upcoming free agents for every team

Here is a team-by-team breakdown of the pending free agents and players with 2025 options for all 30 clubs.

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AL EAST

Blue Jays

Pending free agents: LHP Ryan Yarbrough

The Blue Jays opted to sell at this year’s Trade Deadline and focused on moving out players who were due to reach free agency at the end of 2024, so their list of pending free agents only includes Yarbrough. Toronto will now look to build its roster back up with an eye on contending in 2025, which is the final year of team control for both Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette.

Orioles

Pending free agents: RHP Corbin Burnes, 1B Garrett Cooper, RHP Adrian Houser, C James McCann, LHP John Means, OF Anthony Santander, OF Austin Slater

Options: LHP Danny Coulombe (club), RHP Seranthony Domínguez (club), DH Eloy Jiménez (club), 1B Ryan O'Hearn (club)

Burnes, who was acquired from the Brewers last offseason, headlines Baltimore’s list of upcoming free agents. Re-signing the ace pitcher will likely be a priority for the club, but he figures to be a popular target. The same goes for Santander after he became the eighth switch-hitter in MLB history to produce a 40-homer campaign.

Rays

Options: 2B Brandon Lowe (club)

Tampa Bay doesn’t have any pending free agents on its roster, but it will have to decide whether to pick up Lowe’s $10.5 million option ($1 million buyout) for 2025. Lowe is one of MLB’s most powerful second basemen, but he has battled persistent injury problems throughout his career, playing more than 109 games only once.

Red Sox

Pending free agents: RHP Luis García, C Danny Jansen, RHP Kenley Jansen, RHP Chris Martin, OF Tyler O'Neill, RHP Nick Pivetta, RHP Lucas Sims

Options: RHP Lucas Giolito (opt-out), OF Rob Refsnyder (club)

Boston’s offseason trade with the Cardinals for O’Neill worked out well, with the outfielder producing 31 homers and an .847 OPS over 113 games, but he is now headed for free agency. The Red Sox will also have some vacancies to address in its rotation (Pivetta) and at the back of its bullpen (Jansen, Martin).

Yankees

Pending free agents: LHP Tim Hill, RHP Clay Holmes, RHP Tommy Kahnle, RHP Jonathan Loáisiga, OF Juan Soto, 2B Gleyber Torres, OF Alex Verdugo

Options: RHP Gerrit Cole (opt-out), 1B Anthony Rizzo (club), RHP Lou Trivino (club), RHP Luke Weaver (club)

Acquired from the Padres in a trade last offseason, Soto formed an all-time great hitting duo with Aaron Judge in 2024, but he could depart as a free agent after just one season in the Bronx. Coming off his best year yet (41 HR, 178 OPS+), Soto will be the top free agent on the board this offseason as he enters his age-26 campaign.

Although the Yankees’ offseason will center around re-signing the superstar outfielder, they do have some other areas to address as well, including the right side of their infield. Torres is set to become a free agent after a disappointing 2024 season (15 HR, .709 OPS), and he’ll likely be joined by Rizzo, whose $17 million club option ($6 million buyout) will almost certainly be declined. New York’s bullpen could also have some notable departures, with Holmes, Kahnle, Hill and Loáisiga all eligible for free agency. Cole has an opt-out, but the Yankees can void it by adding another year at $36 million to his contract.

AL CENTRAL

Guardians

Pending free agents: RHP Shane Bieber, LHP Matthew Boyd, RHP Alex Cobb, C Austin Hedges

Bieber, the 2020 AL Cy Young Award winner, will reach free agency after undergoing Tommy John surgery in April. Boyd, who signed a one-year deal with the Guardians in June while completing his own comeback from Tommy John surgery, gave Cleveland’s rotation a lift with a 2.72 ERA over eight starts during the regular season.

Royals

Pending free agents: SS Paul DeJong, OF Robbie Grossman, 1B Yuli Gurriel, UTIL Garrett Hampson, RHP Michael Lorenzen, OF Tommy Pham, LHP Will Smith

Options: 2B Adam Frazier (mutual), OF Hunter Renfroe (player), RHP Chris Stratton (player), RHP Michael Wacha (player)

Wacha had an excellent year after signing with the Royals last offseason, posting a 3.35 ERA over 166 2/3 innings -- his highest total since 2015. The veteran right-hander is likely to decline his $16 million player option for 2025 and hit free agency for the sixth straight offseason.

Lorenzen gave the Royals’ rotation a boost in August after being acquired at the Trade Deadline, though he missed most of September with a left hamstring strain. DeJong was also acquired at the Trade Deadline and produced six homers with a .952 OPS in his first 22 games with the team, but he struggled thereafter (.262 OPS) and was relegated to a bench role late in the year.

Tigers

Pending free agents: None

The Tigers were Trade Deadline sellers in 2024 and traded away a number of pending free agents -- including starter Jack Flaherty -- only to make an improbable run to the playoffs. This offseason could prove pivotal as Detroit tries to build a sustainable winner.

Twins

Pending free agents: RHP Anthony DeSclafani, OF Max Kepler, RHP Trevor Richards, 1B Carlos Santana, RHP Caleb Thielbar

Options: INF Kyle Farmer (mutual), OF Manuel Margot (club)

Santana was a successful free-agent addition for the Twins on a one-year deal, producing 23 homers with a .749 OPS and providing strong defense at first base. Kepler is also set to reach free agency after 10 seasons with Minnesota. The outfielder struggled in 2024 (eight homers, .682 OPS), but he has five seasons on his résumé with at least 19 homers and has been a solid defender in right field throughout his career.

White Sox

Pending free agents: RHP Mike Clevinger, RHP Chris Flexen, RHP Dominic Leone, RHP Michael Soroka

Options: 3B Yoán Moncada (club), C Max Stassi (club)

Coming off a record-setting 121 losses in 2024, the White Sox could move on from all of these players. That includes Moncada, who has produced just 43 homers with a .721 OPS over 404 games since he signed a five-year, $70 million extension in 2020.

AL WEST

Angels

Pending free agents: 2B Brandon Drury, LHP Matt Moore, OF Kevin Pillar, RHP Hunter Strickland

This is a lot different than last offseason, when the Angels had the biggest free agent on the market in Shohei Ohtani. Out of these four players, Pillar was the best of the bunch with 0.6 WAR (per FanGraphs) in 2024, but the veteran outfielder is pondering retirement.

Astros

Pending free agents: 3B Alex Bregman, LHP Caleb Ferguson, OF Ben Gamel, RHP Kendall Graveman, OF Jason Heyward, LHP Yusei Kikuchi, C Omar Narváez, RHP Héctor Neris, RHP Justin Verlander

Bregman has been integral to the Astros’ incredible run of success dating back to 2017, but he could become the latest star to depart the club as a free agent, following Gerrit Cole, Carlos Correa and George Springer. Verlander also left as a free agent to sign with the Mets after the 2022 campaign, though he was traded back to Houston just a few months into his New York tenure. The three-time Cy Young Award winner is on the verge of free agency once again, but it’s uncertain if Houston will look to bring him back after a rough 2024 campaign (5.48 ERA over 17 starts).

Kikuchi was traded from the Blue Jays to the Astros at the Deadline and went on to record a 2.70 ERA with 76 K's over 60 innings in a Houston uniform, boosting his stock significantly ahead of free agency.

Athletics

Pending free agents: LHP Scott Alexander, RHP Trevor Gott, LHP T.J. McFarland, RHP Ross Stripling, LHP Alex Wood

The A's had mixed results with these five veteran pitchers, each of whom was acquired between the end of the 2023 season and the start of 2024. McFarland and Alexander were solid bullpen arms for Oakland, but the team whiffed on Stripling (6.01 ERA over 85 1/3 innings), Wood (5.26 ERA over 39 1/3 innings) and Gott (missed entire season following Tommy John surgery).

Mariners

Pending free agents: RHP Yimi García, 1B Justin Turner

Options: OF Mitch Haniger (opt-out), 2B Jorge Polanco (club)

Seattle’s issues finding production at second base continued in 2024, with Polanco posting a career-low .651 OPS over 118 games after being acquired from the Twins in a trade last January. The Mariners’ acquisition of García at the Trade Deadline also didn’t work out, as the right-hander made just 10 appearances for Seattle with a 6.00 ERA before going down with an elbow injury. The club did have some success with its Deadline deal for Turner, who recorded a .766 OPS over 48 games with the M’s.

Rangers

Pending free agents: LHP Andrew Heaney, OF Travis Jankowski, C Carson Kelly, RHP José Leclerc, RHP Max Scherzer, RHP Kirby Yates, RHP José Ureña

Options: LHP Andrew Chafin (club), RHP Nathan Eovaldi (player), RHP David Robertson (mutual)

The Rangers will look to regroup after following up their 2023 World Series title with a 78-84 record this past season. Texas’ starting lineup is intact heading into 2025, but the team’s pitching staff is facing some notable departures, both in the rotation (Eovaldi, Heaney, Scherzer) and the bullpen (Yates, Robertson, Leclerc).

NL EAST

Braves

Pending free agents: RHP John Brebbia, RHP Jesse Chavez, OF Adam Duvall, LHP Max Fried, 2B/OF Whit Merrifield, LHP A.J. Minter, RHP Charlie Morton, 3B Gio Urshela

Options: LHP Aaron Bummer (club), C Travis d'Arnaud (club), RHP Luke Jackson (club), DH Marcell Ozuna (club)

The Braves reportedly plan to pick up their club options for Ozuna ($16 million), d’Arnaud ($8 million) and Bummer ($7.25 million), but Fried’s asking price could be outside the club’s comfort zone. During president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos’ tenure, the Braves’ largest overall expenditure for a pitcher has been $75 million (Spencer Strider) and the largest expenditure for a free-agent hurler has been $30 million (Reynaldo López).

Fried is set to be one of the top available starters in free agency, having recorded the best ERA+ (151) among pitchers with at least 500 innings since the beginning of 2020. Atlanta’s rotation could also lose Morton, who might retire after leading the team with 30 starts in his age-40 season. Two key bullpen pieces (Minter, Chavez) are headed for free agency, too.

Marlins

Pending free agents: None

The rebuilding Marlins traded away a multitude of veterans prior to the Deadline, including pending free agents Tanner Scott and Josh Bell. Miami's remaining roster is comprised of players who either haven't reached arbitration yet or have multiple arbitration years remaining.

Mets

Pending free agents: 1B Pete Alonso, OF Harrison Bader, RHP Shintaro Fujinami, INF Jose Iglesias, DH J.D. Martinez, RHP Adam Ottavino, LHP José Quintana, LHP Brooks Raley, RHP Luis Severino, RHP Drew Smith, RHP Ryne Stanek, OF Jesse Winker

Options: LHP Sean Manaea (opt-out), RHP Phil Maton (club)

Alonso is only 27 home runs away from becoming the Mets’ all-time leader, but it’s possible the two sides will part ways this offseason, leaving New York with a huge hole to fill in its lineup. The Mets could also be facing significant turnover in their rotation, with Quintana and Severino headed for free agency and Manaea likely to join them. The trio combined to make 94 starts with a 3.71 ERA over 534 innings in 2024.

Iglesias had been out of the Majors for more than a year when the Mets called him up on May 31, but he proceeded to hit .337 with an .830 OPS over 85 games while becoming a key figure in the team's clubhouse.

Nationals

Pending free agents: RHP Jacob Barnes, LHP Patrick Corbin, RHP Trevor Williams

Options: 1B/OF Joey Gallo (mutual)

Corbin helped the Nationals win the World Series in the first year of his six-year, $140 million deal, but he'll reach free agency having gone 33-70 with a 5.62 ERA since the beginning of 2020. Williams recorded a 2.03 ERA for Washington in 2024, but he missed roughly three months with a right flexor strain and made just 13 starts on the year. Gallo has recorded a .166 batting average with a .665 OPS for four teams over the past three seasons, striking out in 40.6% of his plate appearances in that span.

Phillies

Pending free agents: RHP Carlos Estévez, RHP Jeff Hoffman, RHP Spencer Turnbull

The Phillies took care of their top pending free agent back in March when they signed ace Zack Wheeler to a three-year, $126 million extension through 2027. Philadelphia's rotation and starting lineup are largely set for 2025, but the team will have some holes to fill in its bullpen, with Estévez and Hoffman poised to be two of the best relievers on the market.

NL CENTRAL

Brewers

Pending free agents: SS Willy Adames, RHP Joe Ross

Options: 1B Rhys Hoskins (opt-out), LHP Wade Miley (mutual), RHP Frankie Montas (mutual), RHP Freddy Peralta (club), RHP Colin Rea (club), C Gary Sánchez (mutual)

Coming off an impressive walk year that saw him record career highs in homers (32), doubles (33), steals (21) and RBIs (112) with a .794 OPS, Adames is poised to become the latest shortstop to sign a lucrative contract in free agency after Corey Seager, Trea Turner, Xander Bogaerts, Carlos Correa and Dansby Swanson did so in recent offseasons. While the Brewers are in jeopardy of losing Adames, they can retain one of their key pitchers by exercising Peralta's reasonable $8 million club option.

Cardinals

Pending free agents: DH Matt Carpenter, 1B Paul Goldschmidt, RHP Andrew Kittredge

Options: RHP Kyle Gibson (club), RHP Lance Lynn (club), RHP Keynan Middleton (club)

Two years after winning the NL MVP Award, Goldschmidt had the worst season of his career in 2024, hitting 22 homers with personal lows in average (.245), on-base percentage (.302) and slugging (.414). The 37-year-old, who spent eight years with the D-backs before playing six seasons with the Cardinals, will now hit free agency for the first time.

The Cards got solid seasons from Gibson (4.24 ERA over 30 starts) and Lynn (3.84 ERA over 23 starts) after signing both pitchers to one-year deals last offseason, so it’s possible they’ll pick up each of their club options ($12 million for Gibson and $11 million for Lynn). St. Louis could also try to bring back Kittredge, who recorded a 2.80 ERA with an NL-leading 37 holds over 70 2/3 innings in 2024.

Cubs

Pending free agents: RHP Kyle Hendricks, RHP Jorge López

Options: 1B/OF Cody Bellinger (opt-out), LHP Drew Smyly (mutual)

After an excellent rebound campaign in 2023, Bellinger declined across the board this past season, hitting .266 with 18 homers, nine steals and a .751 OPS. As a result, his opt-out decision is a toss-up with two years remaining on his three-year, $80 million deal. Hendricks' days on the North Side of Chicago could be over after he recorded a 5.92 ERA in 2024, his 11th season with the Cubs.

Pirates

Pending free agents: LHP Jalen Beeks, LHP Ryan Borucki, LHP Aroldis Chapman, C Yasmani Grandal, DH Andrew McCutchen

Options: LHP Marco Gonzales (club)

McCutchen signed a one-year deal with the Pirates in each of the past two offseasons, and it certainly wouldn’t be a surprise to see Pittsburgh bring back the franchise icon once again. The veteran remains a useful piece, having recorded 20 homers with a .739 OPS over 120 games in 2024. Chapman also made positive contributions for the Bucs in 2024, recording a 3.79 ERA with 14 saves and 98 strikeouts over 61 2/3 innings.

Reds

Pending free agents: RHP Buck Farmer, SS Amed Rosario, LHP Justin Wilson

Options: RHP Jakob Junis (mutual), C Luke Maile (club), RHP Nick Martinez (opt-out), RHP Emilio Pagán (opt-out), LHP Brent Suter (club)

From the Reds' perspective, Martinez is the most important player on this list, having recorded a 3.10 ERA over 142 1/3 innings -- including a 2.42 ERA over 63 1/3 innings after moving to the rotation full-time in August. He's likely to opt out with one year and $12 million left on his deal. Farmer was also a valuable member of the team's pitching staff in 2024, recording a 3.04 ERA over 71 innings.

NL WEST

D-backs

Pending free agents: 1B Josh Bell, INF Kevin Newman, RHP Paul Sewald, 1B Christian Walker

Options: OF Randal Grichuk (mutual), RHP Merrill Kelly (club), RHP Scott McGough (mutual), LHP Jordan Montgomery (player), DH Joc Pederson (mutual), 3B Eugenio Suárez (club)

Arizona can retain two pivotal players by exercising its club options for Suárez ($15 million) and Kelly ($7 million), but Walker is set to reach free agency after producing 95 homers and a 123 OPS+ with elite defense at first base over the past three years. Pederson (151 OPS+ in 2024) and Grichuk (140 OPS+ in 2024), who both thrived after signing one-year deals with the D-backs last offseason, are likely to join Walker on the free-agent market.

Dodgers

Pending free agents: RHP Walker Buehler, RHP Jack Flaherty, UTIL Kiké Hernández, OF Teoscar Hernández, RHP Daniel Hudson, RHP Joe Kelly, RHP Blake Treinen

Options: C Austin Barnes (club), LHP Clayton Kershaw (player), SS Miguel Rojas (club)

Teoscar Hernández was a superb addition for the Dodgers on a one-year, $23.5 million contract in free agency, making the All-Star team and hitting .272 with 33 homers, 99 RBIs and an .840 OPS over 154 games. Flaherty put up a 3.58 ERA with 61 strikeouts over 10 starts after joining Los Angeles at the Trade Deadline and recorded a 3.17 ERA with 194 K’s and 38 walks over 162 innings overall between the Tigers and Dodgers. It was a strong bounceback year for the righty, who signed a one-year, $14 million contract with Detroit as a free agent last offseason after pitching to a 4.99 ERA in 2023.

Buehler finds himself in a similar situation this year, as he’ll reach free agency after struggling to the tune of a 5.38 ERA over 16 starts in his return from Tommy John surgery. Unlike Buehler, Hudson and Treinen made smooth returns from injuries in 2024, re-emerging as two of the Dodgers’ top late-inning relief options.

Giants

Pending free agents: OF Mark Canha, C Curt Casali, OF Michael Conforto

Options: INF Wilmer Flores (player/club), LHP Robbie Ray (opt-out), LHP Blake Snell (opt-out)

Snell got off to a rough start after signing with the Giants late in Spring Training, but the two-time Cy Young Award winner posted a 1.23 ERA with a 114-to-30 K/BB ratio across 80 1/3 innings in his final 14 starts. On the heels of that incredible run, he's likely to opt out of the last year on his two-year, $62 million deal and test free agency again. Conforto improved his numbers in his second year with San Francisco, hitting 20 homers with a .759 OPS -- including an .852 OPS away from pitcher-friendly Oracle Park.

Padres

Pending free agents: C Kyle Higashioka, LHP Martín Pérez, OF David Peralta, OF Jurickson Profar, LHP Tanner Scott, INF Donovan Solano

Options: SS Ha-Seong Kim (mutual), LHP Wandy Peralta (opt-out)

More than a decade after he was baseball’s top prospect, Profar delivered the best season of his 11-year career in 2024, earning an All-Star selection and hitting .280 with 24 homers and an .839 OPS. The 31-year-old is poised to do much better for himself, financially speaking, than last offseason, when he signed a one-year, $1 million contract with San Diego. Higashioka, who was acquired from the Yankees as part of the trade package for Juan Soto and opened 2024 in a part-time role, ended up becoming the Padres’ starting catcher during the summer and finished the season with a career-high 17 homers.

Scott and Pérez were both excellent Trade Deadline additions for the Padres. Scott finished with a 1.75 ERA, 84 strikeouts and 22 saves overall between San Diego and Miami and will be one of the top relief options available this offseason.

Rockies

Pending free agents: RHP Daniel Bard

Options: C Jacob Stallings (mutual)

Bard, 39, said he's planning to continue his career after missing all of 2024 while recovering from flexor tendon surgery on his right elbow. Whether that happens with Colorado or another team remains to be seen. Stallings was a solid pickup for the Rockies after being non-tendered by the Marlins, producing nine homers with an .810 OPS -- well north of his lifetime .647 OPS coming into 2024 -- over 82 games.