The latest edition of MLBTR's 2025-26 Free Agent Power Rankings are out. You can check our top 10 with a full breakdown of our reasoning for free, as always. This time around, we're tacking on write-ups of the next five names and a peek ahead to their offseason market and contract expectations for Trade Rumors Front Office subscribers.
As always, it bears emphasizing that our rankings are based on how we perceive these free agents' earning power -- not necessarily a ranking of the "best" or most impactful free agents on the market. For instance, Merrill Kelly and Aroldis Chapman are both having terrific seasons ... in their age-36 and age-37 campaigns, respectively. If they posted these same numbers at age 30, they'd be locks for the top 10. As it stands, age will inherently place a cap on the length of contracts they can secure. A younger pitcher having a lesser season can still out-earn both, simply because deals of four, five and six years are available for 30-year-olds in a way they aren't for free agents in their late 30s.
Next up on our rankings are a trio of arms and two bats -- one of whom could be testing international free agency for the first time.
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Scott Harris, get an extension done with Gleyber Torres. These $$$ are reasonable, and he has established himself as a leader of a team that needs an on-field leader.
I would give him 3 yrs $60 million with an opt out after the second yr. His defense and effort were lacking at times as a Yankee so I wouldn’t risk more than 3 yrs and no more than $20 a yr. He has been a lot of fun to watch this yr and I think he is one of the reasons Javy has played better this yr.
The problem is the Tigers have a glut of MI prospects.
McGonigle (prolly a 2b in the majors)
Hao Yu-Lee
Max Anderson (iffy defense)
Jace Jung (2b/3b)
I would say Baez,Skubal and Greene are the leaders in the ckubhouse
McGonigle is probably a yr away so they will probably sign another stop gap or let the other three fight it out for one or both positions. They probably won’t want to spend the money on Torres but it’s nice having someone to pencil in at 2b everyday. Maybe sign a stop gap and platoon Jung with one of the other two?
Hey love you Gleyber!!! King or Gallen or both for the Yankees. Who cares about the draft picks anymore?