The free agent market winnowed down a bit during this year’s MLB Winter Meetings in Orlando, but there are still plenty of big names left, led by the biggest prize this offseason, Kyle Tucker. Let’s take a quick position by position look at the top names (anybody with positive WAR) remaining. Each player’s 2026 seasonal age and their WAR total from 2024 and 2025 is included in parentheses.
Catcher
- J.T. Realmuto (35 years old, 4.0 WAR)
- Victor Caratini (32, 2.7)
- Danny Jansen (31, 1.8)
- Christian Vázquez (35, 1.0)
- Elias Díaz (35, 0.8)
- Reese McGuire (30, 0.9)
- Austin Barnes (36, 0.2)
- Gary Sánchez (33, 0.2)
First Base
- Ryan O’Hearn (32, 4.6)
- Carlos Santana (40, 3.2)
- Nathaniel Lowe (30, 2.6)
- Luis Arraez (29, 2.0)
- Paul Goldschmidt (38, 1.9)
- Rhys Hoskins (33, 1.1)
- Justin Turner (41, 0.9)
- Donovan Solano (38, 0.7)
- Dominic Smith (31, 0.6)
- Josh Bell (33, 0.1)
- Ty France (31, 0.0)
Second Base
- Willi Castro (29, 3.5)
- Jorge Polanco (32, 3.0)
- Jose Iglesias (36, 2.3)
- Dylan Moore (33, 2.3)
- Luis Rengifo (29, 1.5)
- Amed Rosario (30, 0.7)
- Brendan Rodgers (29, 0.4)
- Adam Frazier (34, 0.2)
- Thairo Estrada (30, 0.1)
Third Base
- Eugenio Suárez (34, 7.6)
- Ramón Urías (32, 2.0)
- Paul DeJong (32, 1.9)
- Yoán Moncada (31, 1.0)
- Kiké Hernández (34, 0.5)
- Andy Ibáñez (32, 1.1)
- Luis Urías (29, 0.3)
- Gio Urshela (34, 0.3)
- Ildemaro Vargas (34, 0.2)
Shortstop
- Bo Bichette (28, 4.1)
- Ha-Seong Kim (30, 2.9)
- Isiah Kiner-Falefa (31, 2.8)
- Jorge Mateo (31, 0.2)
- Orlando Arcia (31, 0.0)
Outfield
- Kyle Tucker (29, 8.7)
- Cody Bellinger (30, 7.0)
- Harrison Bader (32, 4.4)
- JJ Bleday (28, 3.1)
- Mike Tauchman (35, 2.4)
- Rob Refsnyder (35, 2.3)
- Max Kepler (33, 1.6)
- Miguel Andujar (31, 1.5)
- Austin Hays (30, 1.4)
- Jesse Winker (32, 1.3)
- Starling Marte (37, 1.3)
- Randal Grichuk (34, 1.2)
- Lane Thomas (30, 0.9)
- Michael Conforto (33, 0.7)
- Adolis García (33, 0.6)
- Will Brennan (27, 0.4)
- Jason Heyward (36, 0.3)
- Garrett Hampson (31, 0.2)
- Mark Canha (37, 0.2)
- Tommy Pham (38, 0.1)
- Jarred Kelenic (26, 0.0)
Designated Hitter
- Marcell Ozuna (35, 5.9)
- Andrew McCutchen (39, 0.4)
Starting Pitcher
- Framber Valdez (32, 7.7)
- Ranger Suárez (30, 7.5)
- Nick Martinez (35, 5.5)
- Chris Bassitt (37, 4.8)
- Michael King (31, 4.7)
- Zac Gallen (30, 3.9)
- Merrill Kelly (37, 3.8)
- Zack Littell (30, 3.7)
- Patrick Corbin (36, 3.6)
- Erick Fedde (33, 3.2)
- Justin Verlander (43, 2.9)
- Zach Eflin (32, 2.6)
- Miles Mikolas (37, 2.2)
- Nestor Cortes (31, 2.1)
- Adrian Houser (33, 2.1)
- Tyler Mahle (31, 2.1)
- Lucas Giolito (30, 2.0)
- Andrew Heaney (35, 1.9)
- Michael Lorenzen (34, 1.9)
- Jose Quintana (37, 1.9)
- Albert Suárez (36, 1.8)
- Aaron Civale (31, 1.8)
- Chris Paddack (30, 1.8)
- Tyler Anderson (36, 1.6)
- Jon Gray (34, 1.4)
- Frankie Montas (33, 1.3)
- Martín Pérez (35, 1.3)
- Griffin Canning (30, 1.0)
- Chris Flexen (31, 1.0)
- Marcus Stroman (35, 1.0)
- Max Scherzer (41, 1.0)
- Austin Gomber (32, 0.9)
- Cal Quantrill (31, 0.9)
- Dustin May (28, 0.8)
- Paul Blackburn (32, 0.6)
- Jordan Montgomery (33, 0.6)
- John Means (33, 0.5)
- Alex Cobb (38, 0.3)
- Germán Márquez (31, 0.2)
- Tomoyuki Sugano (36, 0.1)
- Carson Spiers (28, 0.0)
- José Ureña (34, 0.0)
- José Urquidy (31, 0.0)
Relief Pitcher
- Robert Suarez (35, 2.8)
- Shawn Armstrong (35, 2.0)
- Kenley Jansen (38, 2.0)
- Hoby Milner (35, 1.9)
- Tyler Rogers (35, 1.9)
- Kirby Yates (39, 1.8)
- Mark Leiter Jr. (35, 1.7)
- David Robertson (41, 1.7)
- Pete Fairbanks (32, 1.5)
- Sean Newcomb (33, 1.5)
- Jakob Junis (33, 1.4)
- Chris Martin (40, 1.4)
- Luke Weaver (32, 1.4)
- Caleb Thielbar (39, 1.3)
- Danny Coulombe (36, 1.2)
- Hunter Harvey (31, 1.2)
- Caleb Ferguson (29, 1.1)
- Derek Law (35, 1.1)
- Evan Phillips (31, 1.1)
- Justin Wilson (38, 1.1)
- Luis García (39, 1.0)
- Brad Keller (30, 0.9)
- Jacob Webb (32, 0.9)
- Jalen Beeks (32, 0.8)
- Andrew Chafin (36, 0.8)
- Tyler Kinley (35, 0.8)
- Tyler Alexander (31, 0.7)
- Ryan Brasier (38, 0.7)
- Seranthony Domínguez (31, 0.7)
- Ian Hamilton (31, 0.7)
- Pierce Johnson (35, 0.7)
- Drew Pomeranz (37, 0.7)
- Joe Ross (33, 0.7)
- José Leclerc (32, 0.6)
- Sean Guenther (30, 0.5)
- Jorge López (33, 0.5)
- Shelby Miller (35, 0.5)
- Ryan Pressly (37, 0.5)
- Michael Kopech (30, 0.4)
- Taylor Rashi (30, 0.4)
- Josh Sborz (32, 0.4)
- Paul Sewald (36, 0.4)
- Josh Winckowski (28, 0.4)
- Taylor Clarke (33, 0.3)
- Jason Foley (30, 0.3)
- Max Kranick (28, 0.3)
- T.J. McFarland (37, 0.3)
- Taylor Rogers (35, 0.3)
- Hunter Strickland (37, 0.3)
- Brent Suter (36, 0.3)
- Trent Thornton (32, 0.3)
- Scott Barlow (33, 0.2)
- Nic Enright (28, 0.2)
- Craig Kimbrel (38, 0.2)
- Drew Smith (32, 0.2)
- Jake Cousins (31, 0.1)
- Dauri Moreta (30, 0.1)
- Tayler Saucedo (33, 0.1)
- Ryan Borucki (32, 0.0)
- Omar Cruz (27, 0.0)
- Dugan Darnell (29, 0.0)
- Liam Hendriks (36, 0.0)
- Jack Little (28, 0.0)
- Joey Lucchesi (33, 0.0)
- Eli Morgan (29, 0.0)
- Gregory Santos (26, 0.0)
- Connor Seabold (30, 0.0)
- Carson Ragsdale (28, 0.0)
- Ryne Stanek (34, 0.0)
- Lou Trivino (34, 0.0)
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