Nearly two months into Major League Baseball’s free agency period, plenty of elite talent remains ‒ though the overall depth available has been significantly hollowed out.
Most significantly, a run on relievers ‒ often the last class of players to come off the board ‒ has left clubs scrambling to fill key roles in their bullpen, even as top-shelf sluggers like Kyle Tucker and Bo Bichette remain very much available.
Who’s left on the free agency market? USA TODAY Sports ranks the top remaining free agents and breaks down who’s already signed:
Ages on April 1, 2026:
1. Kyle Tucker (29, OF, Cubs)
He brings not the international superstar vibes that top free agents Juan Soto and Shohei Ohtani took to the market in previous winters. He’s also never hit more than 30 homers in a season (he did it twice) and was limited to 78 and 136 games by injury the past two seasons. Yet he’s the one legitimate aircraft carrier in this class, and will benefit from a likely bicoastal bidding war.
2. Bo Bichette (28, SS, Blue Jays)
Bichette’s sterling World Series performance on, essentially, one leg spoke to both his grit and significant skill set. Posted a .311/.357/.483 line before getting hurt. And if he’s better suited to second base in the future, consider that he’s hitting the market two years earlier than Marcus Semien, and that worked out OK for Texas.
3. Alex Bregman (31, 3B, Red Sox)
Run free, child, unencumbered by all qualifying offers. It’s no coincidence the Red Sox made the playoffs for the first time in four years with Bregman aboard, and he can take that ‘winner’ brand along with an .821 OPS back to the market. Will suitors be mildly scared off by his 114 games played? Or intrigued by the 3.5 WAR he racked up in that time?
4. Framber Valdez (32, LHP, Astros)
Not sure if he’ll sniff the Max Fried rent district for lefty starters but it never hurts when you’re literally one of two on the market. Valdez is consistently right around 200 innings, has a championship pedigree and suppresses the home run ball. Not an ideal conclusion to his Houston era, but it’s also easy enough to hand him the ball and set your alarm clock for September.
5. Cody Bellinger (30, OF/1B, Yankees)
Bellinger topped the 150-game mark for the first time since 2019 and had an excellent season his one year in the Bronx – producing 5.1 WAR, hitting 29 homers and playing typically sound defense. Given his health history, there will be some risk wagering on a hale Bellinger for the next five-plus years – but his overall skill set will be difficult to ignore.
6. Zac Gallen (30, RHP, Diamondbacks)
He led the NL in WHIP (0.91) and the majors in fewest hits per nine innings (5.9) in 2022, but regressed to 1.26 and 8.3/8.1 the past two seasons. He was much better once the trade deadline passed, posting a 3.32 ERA in his last 11 starts.
7. Ranger Suárez (30, LHP, Phillies)
If you have designs on making a playoff run, Suárez can be an invaluable cog. He’s never approached 200 innings as a starter and doesn’t miss bats the way they like nowadays. Yet in 11 postseason appearances, he’s posted a 1.48 ERA and 1.06 WHIP while serving as starter, bulk guy and anything else.
8. Lucas Giolito (31, RHP, Red Sox)
Giolito finally turned the page on a pair of injury-ravaged seasons to make 26 starts and post a 3.41 ERA, enough to comfortably decline his $19 million player option. Giolito completed at least six innings in 15 of his 26 starts, though he missed a playoff outing with elbow soreness.
9. Eugenio Suárez (34, 3B, Mariners)
Forty-nine home runs at age 34: What kind of a price do you put on that? Suarez, a free agent for the first time in his career, is about to find out. Suitors know what they’re getting: Punishing power, a ton of strikeouts, suboptimal defense at third but off the charts on the clubhouse affability index.
10. Chris Bassitt (37, RHP, Blue Jays)
A little high for the reliable righty? Well, consider that there are so few Chris Bassitts out there and this one just completed a three-year, $63 million deal with numbing consistency: 32 starts a year, a 3.89 ERA, nearly six innings per start. He topped that off with a selfless stint in the playoff bullpen, where he gave up one earned run in seven appearances.
11. Max Scherzer (41, RHP, Blue Jays)
He indicated after World Series Game 7 that he hadn’t thrown his final pitch, and he posted often enough in 2025 that the standard one year, $15.5 million deal should still be waiting for him.
12. Justin Verlander (43, RHP, Giants)
Those videos of Verlander and Scherzer playing bridge in the nursing home are gonna be wild 40 or so years from now. For now, though, they’ve got innings in their arms and for Verlander’s sake, hopefully he can find a home that’s both pitcher-friendly but also not totally lacking in run support: His 3.85 ERA resulted in a 4-11 record as he sits on 266 wins.
13. Michael King (30, RHP, Padres)
Another fascinating case. King has been outstanding more often than not as a starter, and when healthy, for the Padres, posting a 3.10 ERA in 45 starts. But injuries at the start and end of this season limited him to 15 starts. Someone will be getting a very good pitcher, just with a few unknowns attached.
14. J.T. Realmuto (35, C, Phillies)
What’s the going rate for a highly skilled glue guy these days? Realmuto has been integral to the Phillies’ success in recent years, but he’s now a decade into a career as a big league catcher. His OPS and adjusted OPS sagged to career-worst marks of .700 and 91 last season, even as he caught a major-league high 132 games. Seems likely player and team will find a price agreeable to both.
15. Luis Arráez (28, INF/DH, Padres)
Let the Arráez Rorshach tests begin. Do you see a singles hitter with a league average OPS? Or a magician with elite bat-to-ball skills? A three-time batting champion with three teams? Or a guy who can never justify his lack of slug despite all those one-baggers. Be interesting to see what the market thinks.
16. Nick Martinez (35, RHP, Reds)
More invaluable than his peripherals indicate, Martinez took the ball 82 times over two years in Cincy, including 42 starts, and amassed 6.3 WAR and a steady 3.83 ERA.
17. Jose Quintana (37, LHP, Brewers)
Can we at least spare this man the indignity of nosing around for a job in March?
18. Paul Goldschmidt (38, 1B, Yankees)
Until further notice, he remains a decent right-handed platoon option at first, the Yankees eminently pleased at the 1.2 WAR and clubhouse gravitas he provided.
19. Tyler Mahle (31, RHP, Rangers)
Mahle nearly made very good on the second year of his deal in Texas coming off Tommy John surgery, but his ’25 campaign was interrupted by a three-month IL stint with shoulder fatigue. But he was very good in the 16 starts he did make, posting a 2.18 ERA and 2.2 WAR.
20. Harrison Bader (31, OF, Phillies)
The man simply seems to get better and more valuable with age. He received $6.25 million from Minnesota last winter, and after a July trade to Philadelphia was perhaps their most valuable player down the stretch.
21. Rhys Hoskins (33, 1B/DH, Brewers)
A bumpy couple of years in Milwaukee, where injuries and the emergence of Andrew Vaughn cut Hoskins out of the fun this past season. He struck out more than once per game as a Brewer but did salvage league-average OPS thanks to his power.
22. Ryan O’Hearn (32, 1B/OF, Padres)
O’Hearn earned his first All-Star nod and then kept hitting after a trade from Baltimore to San Diego, racking up career highs in hits (133) and homers (17). A reliable platoon bat and positive clubhouse presence.
23. Zack Littell (30, RHP, Reds)
Littell completed the transition from swingman to full-fledged starter the past two seasons and this year reached 186 ⅔ innings with Tampa Bay and Cincinnati. Just 130 strikeouts might give suitors pause to believe he can repeat it, but Littell has proven himself as a reliable innings-eater.
24. Seranthony Dominguez (31, RHP, Blue Jays)
Durable and relatively dependable, Dominguez cut his home runs per nine in half this year (1.5 to .7) and landed a high-leverage spot in a playoff bullpen after a trade to Toronto.
25. Tomoyuki Sugano (36, RHP, Orioles)
A tale of three seasons for Sugano, who started strongly, faded badly and then made a mini-comeback to land almost exactly on the definition of ‘quality start’: A 10-10 record and 4.64 ERA. Probably did enough to land another job stateside in 2026.
26. Michael Conforto (33, OF, Dodgers)
Will that beautiful left-handed swing again prove irresistible to a suitor? The Dodgers gambled $17 million that they could turn him into a weapon and he batted .199 and did not make the playoff rosters.
27. Michael Lorenzen (34, RHP, Royals)
A bit of a backslide for Lorenzen, whose ERA rose from 3.31 to 4.64, even as his strikeout rate rose to 8.1. Coming off three consecutive years with at least 26 starts.
28. Marcell Ozuna (35, DH, Braves)
Last call for the full-time DH? The Braves couldn’t get rid of Ozuna at the trade deadline and now he’ll take his 21 homers to the market. Hit 40 and 39 homers in 2023-24, finishing fourth in NL MVP voting in ’24.
29. Isiah Kiner-Falefa (31, INF, Blue Jays)
Simple though his role may be, there’s simply not many IKFs out there, tasked with catching the ball, running the bases well and possessing the ability to fill in anywhere on the infield.
30. Austin Hays (30, OF, Reds)
Cincy was a solid fit for Hays, who smacked 15 homers in 380 at-bats. Still adept in a right-handed platoon role.
31. Shawn Armstrong (35, RHP, Rangers)
Set career bests in appearances (71), strikeouts (74 in 74 innings) and adjusted ERA (159).
32. Patrick Corbin (36, LHP, Rangers)
Can still eat innings – 155 of ‘em in 2025 – and now with a little less pain, as he shaved his ERA from 5.62 his final year in Washington to 4.40 in Texas.
33. David Robertson (40, RHP, Phillies)
Used to be only Roger Clemens could get away with chilling out for a few months and then hopping aboard a playoff train. Robertson did so to some success in Philly; will he be up for the long haul next spring?
34. Tommy Kahnle (36, RHP, Tigers)
Leaving New York – where he’d posted a 2.38 ERA his past two seasons – was tricky for Kahnle, whose 4.43 ERA was his worst since 2018.
35. Daniel Coulombe (36, LHP, Rangers)
Was better before he got caught up in the Twins fire sale (1.16 ERA in Minnesota, 5.25 in 15 appearances in Texas) but on balance remains one of the most reliable and versatile lefty relief options available.
36. Jakob Junis (33, RHP, Guardians)
All he does is get outs, though the itinerant swingman did see some WHIP inflation (1.230) this past season.
37. Walker Buehler (31, RHP, Phillies)
The arm is too good to give up on, even if the Red Sox had little choice but to do so after posting a 5.45 ERA and 5.89 FIP in 22 starts there. He fared a little better in a two-start look-see with Philadelphia, but he’ll clearly be in a short-term incentive-laden situation in 2025.
38. Jon Gray (34, RHP, Rangers)
His 2025 was a wash, as a fractured wrist in spring training and shoulder neuritis limited him to six appearances.
39. Tyler Anderson (36, LHP, Angels)
Seemed like a quick three years in Anaheim, mercifully, where Anderson posted a good year, not-so-good and a so-so season. He’s coming off the last of those, the biggest bugaboo a career worst 1.8 homers per nine.
40. Sean Newcomb (32, LHP, Athletics)
A useful campaign with Boston and then in Yolo County, as Newcomb gave up five home runs in 92 ⅓ innings with a 2.73 ERA. Lefty swingmen never die.
41. Miles Mikolas (37, RHP, Cardinals)
A bit of will-he or won’t-he involved with Mikolas, who may retire, though he’s never one to leave any innings on the table. Last year, he ate up 156 ⅓ of them, with a 4.84 ERA.
42. Victor Caratini (32, C, Astros)
A fairly deluxe backup catcher, with a league-average OPS, 12 homers and well-regarded behind the plate.
43. Miguel Andujar (30, INF, Reds)
A nifty revival for the 2018 Rookie of the Year runner-up, as he posted an .822 OPS with the A’s and Reds and positioned himself as a versatile righty platoon bat going forward.
44. Justin Wilson (38, LHP, Red Sox)
About as close to a LOOGY as one can get in this three-batter minimum era, as Wilson tossed 48 1/3 innings in 61 appearances, holding lefties to a .212 average.
45. Mitch Garver (35, C/DH, Mariners)
The bat continues to fade, but Garver did catch 43 games backing up the Big Dumper in Seattle.
46. Scott Barlow (33, RHP, Reds)
A throw-till-you-blow guy and well, Barlow hasn’t blown yet, his 75 appearances always a value to a team needing innings.
47. Martin Perez (34, LHP, White Sox)
Declined the player portion of his mutual option after a flexor strain limited him to 10 starts in 2025.
48. Starling Marte (37, OF, Mets)
His four years of meritorious, if injury-plagued, service in Flushing are over. But Marte should still retain some value as an extra outfielder.
49. Andrew McCutchen (39, OF, Pirates)
He’s not so sure about that open invitation to return to Pittsburgh, but has indicated he’ll run it back one more time, somewhere, in 2026.
50. Brent Suter (36, LHP, Reds)
If only for the post-clinch dance moves. For real, though, Suter never pitched more than 3 ⅔ innings last season but appeared in 1 through 9 at some point. Anytime, anywhere.
Free agent signings, with pre-winter rankings:
5. Pete Alonso (31, 1B/DH, Mets)
SIGNED: Five years, $155 million with Orioles, Dec. 10.
7. Kyle Schwarber (33, DH, Phillies)
SIGNED: Five years, $150 million with Phillies, Dec. 9.
8. Dylan Cease (30, RHP, Padres)
SIGNED: Seven years, $210 million with Blue Jays, Nov. 26.
10. Edwin Diaz (32, RHP, Mets)
SIGNED: Three years, $69 million with Dodgers, Dec. 9.
12. Josh Naylor (28, 1B, Mariners)
SIGNED: Five years, $92.5 million with Mariners, Nov. 16.
13. Shota Imanaga (30, LHP, Cubs)
SIGNED: Accepted $22.025 million qualifying offer from Cubs, Nov. 18.
15. Trent Grisham (29, OF, Yankees)
SIGNED: Accepted $22.025 million qualifying offer from Yankees, Nov. 18.
18. Merrill Kelly (37, RHP, Rangers)
SIGNED: Two years, $40 million, with Diamondbacks.
19. Ha-Seong Kim (30, SS, Braves)
SIGNED: One year, $20 million with Braves, Dec. 15.
20. Robert Suarez (34, RHP, Padres)
SIGNED: Three years, $45 million with Braves, Dec. 11.
12. Gleyber Torres (29, INF, Tigers)
SIGNED: Accepted $22.025 million qualifying offer from Tigers, Nov. 18.
26. Raisel Iglesias (35, RHP, Braves)
SIGNED: One year, $16 million with Atlanta, Nov. 19.
32. Mike Yastrzemski (35, OF, Royals)
SIGNED: Two years, $23 million with Atlanta, Dec. 10.
33. Devin Williams (31, RHP, Yankees)
SIGNED: Three years, $51 million with Mets, Dec. 1.
34. Emilio Pagán (34, RHP, Reds)
SIGNED: Two years, $20 million with Reds, Dec. 3.
38. Tyler Rogers (34, RHP, Mets)
SIGNED: Three years, $37 million with Blue Jays, Dec. 12.
39. Jorge Polanco (32, INF, Mariners)
SIGNED: Two years, $40 million with Mets, Dec. 13.
42. Kyle Finnegan (34, RHP, Tigers)
SIGNED: Two years, $19 million with Tigers, Dec. 9.
45. Brad Keller (30, RHP, Cubs)
SIGNED: Two years, $22 million with Phillies, Dec. 17.
47. Steven Matz (34, LHP, Red Sox)
SIGNED: Two years, $15 million with Rays, Dec. 8.
48. Ryan Helsley (31, RHP, Mets)
SIGNED: Two years, $28 million with Orioles, Nov. 30.
49. Drew Pomeranz (37, LHP, Cubs)
SIGNED: One year, $4 million with Angels, Dec. 16.
52. Danny Jansen (30, C, Brewers)
SIGNED: Two years, $14.5 million with Rangers, Dec. 13.
53. Phil Maton (33, RHP, Rangers)
SIGNED: Two years, $14.5 million with Cubs, Nov. 25.
54. Josh Bell (33, 1B/DH, Nationals)
SIGNED: One year, $7 million with Twins, Dec. 15.
56. Caleb Thielbar (39, LHP, Cubs)
SIGNED: One year, $4.5 million with Cubs, Dec. 16.
60. Luke Weaver (32, RHP, Yankees)
SIGNED: Two years, $22 million with Mets, Dec. 17.
67. Mike Soroka (28, RHP, Cubs)
SIGNED: One year, $7.5 million with Diamondbacks, Dec. 8.