Here’s our list of current MLB free agents. Numbers in parentheses are the age at which the player would play the 2019 season.
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Updated 3-21-19
Catchers
None
First Basemen
Logan Morrison (31)
Danny Valencia (34)
Second Basemen
Brandon Phillips (38)
Jose Reyes (36)
Shortstops
Jose Reyes (36)
Third Basemen
Chase Headley (35)
Jose Reyes (36)
Left Fielders
Denard Span (35)
Center Fielders
Austin Jackson (32)
Denard Span (35)
Chris Young (35)
Right Fielders
Jose Bautista (38)
Chris Young (35)
Designated Hitters
Evan Gattis (32)
Matt Holliday (39)
Starting Pitchers
Bartolo Colon (46)
Yovani Gallardo (33)
Miguel Gonzalez (35)
Phil Hughes (33)
Edwin Jackson (35)
Dallas Keuchel (31)
James Shields (37)
Chris Tillman (31)
Right-Handed Relievers
Matt Belisle (39)
Blaine Boyer (37)
Santiago Casilla (38)
Erik Goeddel (30)
Chris Hatcher (34)
Jim Johnson (36)
Craig Kimbrel (31)
Ryan Madson (38)
AJ Ramos (32)
Fernando Salas (34)
Chris Volstad (32)
Blake Wood (33)
Left-Handed Relievers
Jorge De La Rosa (38)
Boone Logan (34)
Yay!
I’ll throw out a bold prediction of 7 100M+ deals.
Machado
Donaldson
Kershaw
Harvey
Blackmon
Pollock
Harper
Possibly Dozier and Donaldson as well. Maybe McCutchen if he bounces back.
I have Donaldson on there.
Dozier could be up there if he has any type of repeat. He was a .750ish OPS guy for most of his career though.
I glaringly omitted Brantley too. He and Cutch could make some waves if they have rebound years
If McCutchen rebounds the next 2 seasons, he could as well
And if Brantley stays healthy, I could see him too
Harvey?
I doubt it. He will be luck get a 10 mil 1 year deal.
Has not proved he is worthy of a big contract yet.
There is no way any GM in his right mind will fork over a seven year 100 million dollar deal to sign Matt Harvey.
You realize his prediction was from 2 years ago, right?
Even 2 years ago Harvey wouldn’t have gotten a 100 million dollar contract
Not even that good of an FA class.
For those with weak sarcasm detectors- I was being facetious
Its top heavy. Harper and Machado are both once in a lifetime guys, but overall a weak field.
Not many good pitchers at all after Corbin.
2 former MVPs Cutch & JDonald set the market behind Bryce & Manny.
Other than that this class is weak.
Strange how the two “once in a lifetime” guys are roughly the same age. Must be the lifetime of a fruit fly.
Over or Under (assuming no one here collapses or suffers a serious injury)
Harper – $400 mil
Machado $250 mil
Harvey – $150 mil
Donaldson – $150 mil
And for the following Relievers, over/under $70 mil
Allen
Britton
Herrera
Miller
Machado is better than Harper though.
I don’t think $250MM even starts the conversation for a Machado extension right now, let alone a free-agent deal at age 26. I’d put him north of $400MM and say has more earning power than anyone in the class right now.
$400 for Machado? No way..!! Plus Harper is not worth $400 either… i mean.. if that’s the case… if Mike Trout would have been in this FA Class? How much will he get? Hypothetical of course.. $ 500 million
lol possibly.
Harper needs to prove that he’s worth it first great talent and had one great year (by 400 mill standards) machado is worth it the age is the biggest factor why they’d get that much.
I wonder if Ted Williams and Babe Ruth would wanted to be born as millennials and cash in today’s baseball market.. with their career WAR stats don’t want to predict how much they would had gotten… anyways… enjoying this craziness of baseball offseason..
Lol Ruth and Williams would both probably sign Contracts worth ~billion over 15 years
$400+M for a player right now is grounds to be fired I’d think. On a deal that size the years attached would have to be over 10. Who on earth in this day and age is going to hand over a 10-12 year offer? No one. No one who likes their job that is. People freak out when 8 year deals are offered. NO ONE is worth a deal IMO of more than 8 years. I’d say 8 years and $280M for Machado ($35M AAV). If that isn’t enough and turns it down he’s a fool. If someone offers him more than that…. they’re a bigger fool. This all assuming MAchado stays healthy the next 2 years.
Marlins gave Stanton a 13 year deal…
When A-Rod (similar age) got his deal, it was double the largest ever (over Mike Hampton)
40 million a year isn’t that outlandish consider revenue, payrolls, and the productions of guys like Machado and Trout.
Heck, Greinke is over 34 I believe.
It’s gonna happen, and it might be in this off-season.
Even Stanton got basically 11/310 (excluding the arb years) without getting to test free agency. And he wasn’t any better than Harper through that date in his career than Harper is right now.
If I’m Harper or Machado. I’m waiting for free agency, and don’t sign an extension today unless it says 12/600 with opt outs. There’s no reason to sign early considering their earning power, current careers, ability to get paid even if they fail the next two years, and current money made.
Just doesn’t make any sense to give that up right now. I’m still surprised Trout did.
I agree with most of what you said JFactor, except that nobody is giving them 12/600. My guess would be somewhere around 10-12/500 with it being back loaded and with opt outs.
In regards to the post about someone getting fired for a $400 mil. contract, well than someones getting fired because it’s going to happen. I’m not even talking it’s probably going to happen, theres not probably, it will happen with Harper for sure. Fangraphs estimated in 2015 Harper, based on his WAR, was worth roughly $75 million and he hasn’t hit his prime yeatrs yet. Data shows that players best years are at ages, 26-28, which is exactly where Harper (and Machado) will be. After 28 theres a slow decline until 31-32, after which there is a sharper decline. So, lets assume Harper is worth $75 mil per year for 3 years and 35 mil per year for 3 years after that, which is a low estimate, that equals 330 mil right there and he’s getting a 10 year deal (or more) so $70 mil over 4 years comes to $17.5 mil per year to get to $400 mil total. Harper would be worth the $400 mil on that alone, and we all know players like Harper are always paid more than they actually end up being worth. Again there is no chance Harper doesn’t get $400 mil.
I’ll go over on Harper and wayyy over on Machado. Harvey’s health remains to be seen, and Donaldson will be 33 and have another couple of years of turf on his body that has had hip issues, so time will tell on him as well
Harper not getting 400M
I don’t think we see any of those crazy contracts. Especially since all f the new penalties were announced in regards to the luxury tax and dropping 10 spots in each round of the draft. And a 65% penalty. Teams aren’t going to do it.
You’re really under paying Donaldson. That guy is a monster and his OBP is always better than Machado’s. Britton is a one hit wonder and I can’t wait until the O’s dump him. I’s take Miller over Britton easy.
$250 mil for Machado? Try again, north of $400 mil.
wow look at the ages…all low to mid 30s…
Some of us are looking forward to RA Dickey being available again in his age 44 season!
Yeah. I’m not too overly impressed with the class. Lots of “names” on the list and not as much talent to go with the level of said names. Like look at that 1B class. If it wasn’t for Machado that 3B class would be pretty old AF too. I’d say out of all this the most interesting thing is the amount of excellent, somewhat young (29-31), relievers that will hit the market. I think I am supposed to be impressed with Kershaw, Harvey, Price, Hamels, Wainwright, and Carrasco’s names being on the list, but Kershaw is falling apart already. Rightly so. That dude has a ton of mileage on his arm already and he isn’t even 30 yet. In two years he might be needing surgery or starting to regress. Who knows though. 2016 he missed a good chunk of time though so there is some skepticism there for me. Price has to rebound in order for 1) me to be impressed with him, and 2) for him to even opt out of his deal…… which IMO as a 33 year old….. he won’t get a better deal. Carrasco has yet to pitch 190 innings in a season and his overall stats don’t impress me. I think he is highly overrated. Harvey is looking like Josh Johnson 2.0. Hamels will be 35 and that’s too old for me and I assume most teams to get excited over. And Wainwright will be 37….. need I say more. So again, a lot of “names” on this list with a question mark as to whether the talent will match the status of said names.
so if a team wanted to go big they could buy in FA a rotation of :
Clayton Kershaw
David Price
Carlos Carrasco
Cole Hamels
Garrett Richards
that’s pretty good.
Well, Carrasco will only be a FA if something goes terribly wrong for him. Price may not opt out, and there’s some chance Hamels’ option vests.
yeah but no one is going to buy them all anyways –
price will opt out unless something drastic happens since even if he wants to stay in boston he can always opt out and negotiate a new contract.
I guess he could try for 5/175 or something if he’s coming off a huge 2018 season. But five years would have to be his max.
There’s also kuechal, Harvey if healthy, not to mention the elder statesmans wainwright and happ. Definitely a loaded class for both pitching and hitting.
I don’t think it’s that great for starting pitching. Kershaw is the one I feel really good about being an ace in 2019, and there’s a reasonable chance the Dodgers find a way to keep him from reaching the open market.
The rest would have alot of good potential as a 2 starter upside 1 starters with guys like kuechal and richards.
That’s assuming Kershaw’s arm and body is still intact in 2 years. The guy may only be 31 entering 2019, but he’s been in the league seemingly for forever. His age may be 31 but the mileage on his arm is more like that of a 35 year old. In 2016 he already had significant time on the DL. Of course pending what he does the next 2 years, as of right now I saw he might be a gamble come winter 2018.
Price is a fool if he opts out of that deal.
Carrasco. Not really understanding the buzz around a guy who through his age 29 season has yet to eclipse 190 innings pitched let alone 200. He has a career 3.90+ ERA for his career and seemingly can’t stay healthy….. whoever signs him…. they can have him.
Hamels is going to be pretty old come 2019. Entering the wrong side of 35. And this is assuming his option isn’t picked up. If his option is picked up he obviously isn’t a free agent which means he’ll be 36 friggin years old before he hits free agency…… no thanks.
Richards. Meh. Injured a lot and walks a good amount of batters. He’s got to 1) stay healthy, and 2) put up another 2015 season for me to be interested. His 2015 wasn’t exactly “nasty” though. It’s his only full year worth of starts. Had a 3.60+ ERA, 3.80+ FIP, and 1.24 WHIP with 3.3 and 7.6 BB/9 and K/9 respectively. Middle-back of the rotation fodder for a top tier team.
Brace yourself for all of the “but what about [insert player who becomes free agent after 2017]” comments.
So far, have to give everyone credit for not doing that. But it’s OK if it does happen.
Jose Fernandez would have been on this list….
From an outside perspective, I thought the Yankees would go all out in that offseason, and target Kershaw, Fernandez, Harper, and Machado and come out with a crazy haul after spending an unreal amount of money. The new CBA might have made that more difficult, but its the Yankees, so it would have fallen in line with their history
They forgot Jonathan Villar
I think he’s a free agent after the 2020 season.
I bet Bryce Harper will be a Yankee. He’ll demand Mike Trout money even though he hasn’t come close to proving he’s worth that, and the Yankees are probably the only team that will be willing and able to give it to him.
6 years, $144.5M is Mike Trout money. Harper is look for a wee bit more.
That also was 3 years of arbitration/3 years free agency. You can probably assume it would be closer to $180/6 for a free agent contract.
Harper must be smoking some good stuff if he thinks he’s getting 400 million when he is a free agent. He has one great year and the rest were good years. This season he sucked and yet he is still beyond full of himself. I hope he has another 240 season.
Harper gets a 300 million contract if it’s under than its just barely under. Machado gets a huge payday as well, yet nowhere close to harpers contract unless he becomes MVP in one of the next two seasons. This is assuming their numbers keep inclining if not hold steady. Kershaw signs an extension with the dodgers nothing outrageous unless he wins cy young in one of the next two seasons, which I see him doing. Injuries kept him from winning it this year again. Still wish Trout never signed an extension with the Angels. I was shocked when he did. Angels are just waisting his years by not being in contention. Teams are lining up their books for this free agent class mainly just for those two young stars. Dodgers will make a serious run for them. Most their contracts get wiped off the table that year too. Can’t wait to see how this plays out.
There will not be a 400 million dollar man, Machado and Harper will get 300, and Donaldson, Harvey, Kershaw, and Price get 150+ if healthy. Price and Kershaw will leave if they don’t win the series by then.
Angels need to go all in for Machado, that will change the team and make Halos a force to be reckoned with. Darvish for next free agency. Angels going to have a lot of money to play with and Im really hoping Arte is willing to go over the tax in this situation, if he wants to turn things around these next 2 free agency’s are the way to do it with keeping the farm at a good level.
yasiel puig is also gonna be a free agent
This list is star studded name wise, but I can see the same thing happening to a lot of them as this past offseason because of age
I believe that the A’s released Brandon Moss, making him a free agent this year.
Yankee’s wind up with Madison Bumgarner, Patrick Corbin & Justin Wilson
Would it be a pain to include the teams they play for currently? Just a quicker way for a user to filter for their favorite team. Thanks!
Which players do think will get a qualifying offer? Machado, Corbin, Pollock and Harper definitely… but what about Matt Adams, Daniel Murphy, Keuchel, Donaldson, Beltre… maybe a couple others. If they don’t take that QO, they may end up not signing till spring training. The QO was a good idea, but it’s really hurting the good players that are border line great.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but because Machado was traded he can no longer be offered a Qualifying offer by the Dodgers?
Correct. That also prevents Murphy and Donaldson from getting a QO.
Murphy was ineligible already i believe as he already has a QO on him.from the mets.
Hitters: Machado 1, Harper 2, Moustakis 3.
SPs: Keuchel 1, Eovaldi 2. RPs Kimbrel 1, Miller 2.
The rest either aren’t getting to FA or age/injury will prevent a long term/ big $$$ deal.
Supply and demand will get Moose a long term deal unless Boras gets too greedy again.
Correction; SPs 2. Corbin instead of Evo — Eovaldi still has a chance at a big contract but he has hurt his chances after the last 2 weeks.
Jason Heyward can opt out of his Cub deal and become a free agent after the 18 season.
He’s already listed, with the opt-out clause noted.
Can I hazard a guess? I predict he does NOT opt out.
I Know Just What The 2019 New York Yankees Will Exactly Look Like.:
Batting Lineup (When Everyone Is Healthy)
1. LF Andrew McCutchen
2. 3B Manny Machado
3. CF Bryce Harper
4. DH Giancarlo Stanton
5. SS Didi Gregorious
6. RF Aaron Judge
7. C Gary Sanchez
8. 2B Gleyber Torres
9. 1B Greg Bird
Bench (When Everyone Is Healthy)
Nick Hundley
Luke Voit
Ronald Torreyes
Aaron Hicks
Starting Rotation (When Everyone Is Healthy)
1. Luis Severino
2. Dallas Keuchel
3. Masahiro Tanaka
4. Patrick Corbin
5. J.A. Happ
Bullpen (When Everyone Is Healthy)
Sonny Gray
Chad Green
Justin Wilson
Tommy Kahnle
Dellin Betances
David Robertson
Aroldis Chapman
where does Ellsbury go and i think that lineup makes the nosebleeds around 400 500 a seat. poor andujar just gets kicked to the curb.
Andujar, Romine & Frazier will be in the mix. No way does Judge ever hit sixth. Hal is not George; Machado, Harper, Keuchel, Corbin, Happ, McCutchen and Hundley will cost $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ — oh, I can’t count that high.
How Much Would It Cost For Brian Cashman To Sign Adeiny Hechavarria To Continue To Suit Up For Us.
I Know Just What The 2019 New York Yankees Will Exactly Look Like.:
Batting Lineup (When Everyone Is Healthy)
1. LF Andrew McCutchen
2. 3B Manny Machado
3. RF Aaron Judge
4. DH Giancarlo Stanton
5. CF Bryce Harper
6. C Gary Sanchez
7. 1B Greg Bird
8. 2B Gleyber Torres
9. SS Adeiny Hechavarria
Bench (When Everyone Is Healthy)
Nick Hundley
Luke Voit
Ronald Torreyes
Aaron Hicks
Starting Rotation (When Everyone Is Healthy)
1. Luis Severino
2. Dallas Keuchel
3. Masahiro Tanaka
4. Patrick Corbin
5. J.A. Happ
Bullpen (When Everyone Is Healthy)
Sonny Gray
Chad Green
Justin Wilson
Tommy Kahnle
Dellin Betances
David Robertson
Aroldis Chapman
Just an fyi…OF Rafael Ortega signed a minor league deal with the Braves last week.
There is some fantastic talent still available. Wow! I can’t believe that 90% of these players have not yet found a home.
What’s crazy is it’s two weeks since your comment and there is sitll some serious talent waiting to get signed.