Now that the season is over, we’ll start seeing several players choose to become minor league free agents. Major League free agents (i.e. players with six-plus years of big league service time) will hit the open market five days after the end of the World Series, but eligible minor leaguers can already start electing free agency.
To qualify, these players must have been all outrighted off their team’s 40-man rosters during the 2025 season without being added back. These players also must have multiple career outrights on their resume, and/or at least three years of Major League service time.
We’ll offer periodic updates over the coming weeks about many other players hitting the market in this fashion. These free agent decisions are all listed on the official MLB.com or MILB.com transactions pages, for further reference.
Catchers
- Matt Thaiss (Rays)
Infielders
- Sergio Alcantara (Diamondbacks)
- Keston Hiura (Rockies)
- Vimael Machin (Orioles)
Outfielders
- Jordyn Adams (Orioles)
- Connor Joe (Reds)
- Jose Siri (Mets)
Utility Players
- Scott Kingery (Angels)
- Terrin Vavra (Orioles)
Pitchers
- Scott Blewett (Orioles)
- Noah Davis (Twins)
- Kevin Herget (Mets)
- Nick Hernandez (Astros)
- Brooks Kriske (Twins)
- Richard Lovelady (Mets)
- Corbin Martin (Orioles)
- Darren McCaughan (Twins)
- Triston McKenzie (Guardians)
- Cionel Perez (Orioles)
- Jose Ruiz (Rangers)
- Jordan Weems (Astros)
- Bryse Wilson (White Sox)
Ol “five tool” Jose Siri
He does have 5 tools. They’re mostly rusty and broken, but they are there.
“Siri, what is the hit tool?”
lotta people dying to get outta baltimore and minnesota
Nobody should want Noah Davis or Brooks Kriske. Noah Davis has the worst ERA (9.54) by any MLB pitcher that has at least 60 innings since 1890…Kriske had a 7.50 ERA in 2025, 11.25 with MIN. Not sure that’s going to land them anywhere.
Baltimore picked up a lot of waiver claims to fill in the 10 spots traded away at the deadline. Looking at the eras… nothing lost here…
I did like Machin though…
Let the musical chairs game commence.
Wonder where Triston McKenzie will end up next.
The Long Island Ducks would be a good spot for him.
He’ll be a number 1 starter for chaim blooms Cardinals
It will need to be a team with a cutting edge psychologist because with him it’s a confidence problem. He doesn’t trust his stuff.
Savannah Bananas incoming.
A couple of players from teams not yet eliminated from the playoffs. In theory they could still have been added as injury replacements.
I’m not sure any of those players are difference makers.
The Hiura sweepstakes begin
Thaiss probably played well enough to land a C2 job somewhere next season.
Best sneaky bullpen add would be Cionel Pérez.
2+ whip… something is wrong there… he couldn’t even make it back to Baltimore after the trade deadline…
Say what you will but there is a gem in there somewhere, good organizations hit on these types of guys sometimes.
I feel like Triston McKenzie has Astros or Rays in his future. He always had the hyped spin rate curveball and solid control before the injury bug bit him.. Charlie Morton, though later in his career, had a lot of the same plusses and got turned around by those coaching staffs, I’m sure they’d both take a flyer on a younger reclamation project.