The free agent market has been extremely lively as of late, between MLB Winter Conferences and a reasonably lively weekend main as much as it. With so many names off the board, let’s take a place by place have a look at the highest names (anyone with optimistic WAR) remaining. Every participant’s 2025 seasonal age and their WAR complete from 2023 & 2024 is included in parentheses.
Catcher
Carson Kelly (30, 1.9)Yasmani Grandal (36, 1.4)Elias DÃaz (34, 0.5)James McCann (35, 0.5)
First Base
Christian Walker (34, 6.8)Pete Alonso (30, 5.0)Carlos Santana (39, 4.5)Paul Goldschmidt (37, 4.4)Justin Turner (40, 2.2)Donovan Solano (37, 2.0)Connor Joe (32, 2.0)Joey Gallo (31, 0.6)Anthony Rizzo (35, 0.5)Patrick Knowledge (33, 0.5)Ty France (30, 0.3)Josh Bell (32, 0.2)
Second Base
Gleyber Torres (28, 5.3)Nicky Lopez (30, 2.0)Whit Merrifield (36, 1.7)Jorge Polanco (31, 1.6)Brendan Rodgers (28, 1.0)Brandon Drury (32, 0.6)
Third Base
Alex Bregman (31, 8.6)Josh Rojas (31, 2.9)Jon Berti (35, 2.4)J.D. Davis (32, 1.7)Yoán Moncada (30, 1.4)Gio Urshela (33, 1.2)Nick Madrigal (28, 0.5)Brian Anderson (32, 0.2)Jace Peterson (35, 0.0)
Shortstop
Ha-Seong Kim (29, 6.9)Jose Iglesias (35, 2.6)Paul DeJong (31, 2.2)Amed Rosario (29, 0.7)Nick Ahmed (35, 0.5)
Outfield
Anthony Santander (30, 5.9)Teoscar Hernández (32, 5.4)Max Kepler (32, 3.8)Jason Heyward (35, 3.1)Jurickson Profar (32, 2.7)Mark Canha (36, 2.7)Austin Hays (29, 2.7)Harrison Bader (31, 2.4)Michael A. Taylor (34, 2.4)Randal Grichuk (33, 2.1)Alex Verdugo (29, 2.0)Ramón Laureano (30, 1.9)Tommy Pham (37, 1.8)Garrett Hampson (30, 1.1)Kevin Pillar (36, 0.8)Travis Jankowski (34, 0.8)Jesse Winker (31, 0.5)Adam Duvall (36, 0.4)Aaron Hicks (35, 0.4)Manuel Margot (30, 0.3)David Peralta (37, 0.2)Sam Haggerty (31, 0.1)
Designated Hitter
Joc Pederson (33, 3.7)J.D. Martinez (37, 3.0)Andrew McCutchen (38, 1.8)
Beginning Pitcher
Corbin Burnes (30, 7.2)Jack Flaherty (29, 5.0)Kyle Gibson (37, 4.0)Justin Verlander (42, 4.0)Nick Pivetta (32, 3.9)Sean Manaea (33, 3.9)Charlie Morton (41, 3.8)Patrick Sandoval (28, 3.5)Andrew Heaney (34, 3.5)Clayton Kershaw (37, 3.0)Max Scherzer (40, 2.8)Patrick Corbin (35, 2.6)José Quintana (36, 2.6)Michael Lorenzen (33, 2.4)Mike Clevinger (34, 2.1)Griffin Canning (29, 2.0)Lance Lynn (38, 1.8)Trevor Williams (33, 1.8)Colin Rea (34, 1.6)Cal Quantrill (29, 1.2)Anthony DeSclafani (35, 1.0)Wade Miley (38, 1.0)MartÃn Pérez (34, 0.9)Ross Stripling (35, 0.9)Zach Davies (32, 0.8)Domingo Germán (32, 0.8)Marco Gonzales (33, 0.8)Chris Flexen (30, 0.8)John Means (32, 0.6)Spencer Turnbull (32, 0.6)Jordan Lyles (34, 0.3)Julio Teheran (34, 0.2)José Urquidy (30, 0.2)Alex Wooden (34, 0.1)Dallas Keuchel (37, 0.1)
Aid Pitchers
Tanner Scott (30, 4.5)Jeff Hoffman (32, 3.6)David Robertson (40, 3.1)Kenley Jansen (37, 2.5)Chris Martin (39, 2.4)Carlos Estévez (32, 2.1)Shawn Armstrong (34, 2.0)Hoby Milner (34, 1.9)Danny Coulombe (35, 1.9)Dylan Floro (34, 1.8)Kirby Yates (38, 1.8)José Leclerc (31, 1.7)Jakob Junis (32, 1.6)Caleb Ferguson (28, 1.6)A.J. Minter (31, 1.4)Craig Kimbrel (37, 1.3)Buck Farmer (34, 1.2)Paul Sewald (35, 1.2)Tim Mayza (33, 1.2)Scott Barlow (32, 1.1)Jalen Beeks (31, 1.1)Trevor Gott (32, 1.0)Brooks Raley (37, 1.0)Héctor Neris (36, 0.9)Andrew Chafin (35, 0.9)Joe Ross (32, 0.9)Ian Gibaut (31, 0.9)Colin Poche (31, 0.8)Scott Alexander (35, 0.8)Joe Kelly (37, 0.8)Ryan Yarbrough (33, 0.8)Dillon Tate (31, 0.7)Adbert Alzolay (30, 0.7)Will Smith (35, 0.7)Phil Maton (32, 0.7)Ryan Borucki (31, 0.6)Drew Smyly (36, 0.6)John Brebbia (35, 0.5)Jesse Chavez (41, 0.5)Andrew Kittredge (35, 0.5)Lucas Sims (31, 0.5)Carl Edwards Jr. (33, 0.4)Luis GarcÃa (38, 0.4)Tommy Kahnle (34, 0.4)Trevor Richards (32, 0.4)Drew Smith (31, 0.4)Kyle Finnegan (33, 0.3)Caleb Thielbar (38, 0.3)Matt Barnes (34, 0.3)Shelby Miller (34, 0.3)Adam Ottavino (39, 0.3)Hunter Strickland (36, 0.3)Shintaro Fujinami (31, 0.2)Luke Jackson (31, 0.2)JT Chargois (34, 0.2)Bryan Shaw (37, 0.2)Brendan White (26, 0.2)Jacob Barnes (35, 0.1)Tim Hill (35, 0.1)Keynan Middleton (31, 0.1)Ryne Stanek (33, 0.1)Naoyuki Uwasawa (31, 0.1)Alex Younger (31, 0.1)Richard Lovelady (29, 0.1)
