As Major League Baseball’s hot stove gets fired up for the winter of 2025-26, rumors are swirling about where the game’s best free agents will be signing in the months to come
Outfielder Kyle Tucker, who spent 2025 with the Cubs, is widely considered the best player on the free agent market and could fetch a deal in excess of $400 million. There’s plenty of other All-Stars available including Bo Bichette, Alex Bregman, Pete Alonso and Framber Valdez.
Where will the best available players land? USA TODAY Sports’ MLB writers and editors give their predictions for the top free agents in this winter’s class:
Kyle Tucker, OF, Cubs
Bob Nightengale: Blue Jays
Gabe Lacques: Yankees
Jesse Yomtov: Dodgers
Bo Bichette, SS, Blue Jays
Nightengale: Atlanta
Lacques: Blue Jays
Yomtov: Blue Jays
Alex Bregman, 3B, Red Sox
Nightengale: Red Sox
Lacques: Cubs
Yomtov: Red Sox
Framber Valdez, LHP, Astros
Nightengale: Blue Jays
Lacques: Giants
Yomtov: Orioles
Pete Alonso, 1B, Mets
Nightengale: Red Sox
Lacques: Mets
Yomtov: Mets
Cody Bellinger, OF/1B, Yankees
Nightengale: Yankees
Lacques: Diamondbacks
Yomtov: Giants
Kyle Schwarber, DH, Phillies
Nightengale: Phillies
Lacques: Phillies
Yomtov: Phillies
Dylan Cease, RHP, Padres
Nightengale: Atlanta
Lacques: Orioles
Yomtov: Giants
Zac Gallen, RHP, Diamondbacks
Nightengale: Mets
Lacques: Phillies
Yomtov: Mets
Edwin Diaz, RHP, Mets
Nightengale: Mets
Lacques: Dodgers
Yomtov: Blue Jays
Ranger Suarez, LHP, Phillies
Nightengale: Cubs
Lacques: Tigers
Yomtov: Cubs