The 2027 Free Agent Tracker Is Here!
The 2027 Free Agent Tracker is now live! There are currently 244 players on the list, with more sure to be added after the postseason concludes and teams begin to clear space on their 40-man rosters. The Tracker will be updated regularly throughout the offseason as qualifying offers are made (and then accepted or rejected) and free agents find their new homes.
Unlike in previous years, we’ve included players with pending contract options or opt-outs on our initial list of free agents. To avoid any confusion, there is an Option Type label displayed next to each player’s name, as well as a separate “FA Likelihood” column (my assessment), making it easy to filter out unlikely free agents like Ronald Acuña Jr. (the Braves have a club option, putting him in the “Not Happening” group) and include players like Nick Martinez (with a mutual option, he’s in the “Probably FA” bucket).
“Not Happening,” “Probably FA,” “Probably Not FA,” and “Tossup” are the “FA Likelihood” column categories. Any questions regarding these determinations can be sent to me on Twitter or Bluesky, or via email. I’ll be happy to discuss my assessment.
You can filter the Tracker by status (signed/unsigned), previous team, and signing team, and export the data for your own analysis. You can also sort by a player’s handedness, age, and 2026 WAR. Shortly after the postseason ends, projected 2027 WAR will be added to the Tracker, as will the results of our annual contract crowdsourcing project, which include median contract total, years, and average annual value estimates:
As previously mentioned, players with options or an opt-out clause are now included in the Tracker. Typically, options do not have to be exercised or declined until five days after the World Series ends. Players who have their option exercised or choose not to exercise their opt-out will be removed.
In years past, I have included contract details (2027 salary, buyout total, etc.) in this post. However, in addition to being on the team payroll pages, these details are now available on our player pages. You can click on “contract history” under the RosterResource section of a player page to view a player’s contract details:
The Tracker can be found in the RosterResource section of the site drop-down menu or in the tabs above any RosterResource content.
As always, we appreciate your feedback. If there are features you’d like to suggest for future versions of the Tracker, feel free to drop them in the comments here!
Pretty good year if you’re looking to sign a barely-adequate defending corner outfielder in their early 30s for three years.
But I have to imagine each of Arozarena, Suzuki, and Bauers have a good chance of getting a QO, which might blow up their market more than I expect, especially if not all of them get it.
I’m guessing Rogers and Lowe will also be getting a QO. I don’t think either one would accept, and I doubt the Orioles would hold Rogers unless they were going to give him one.
Definitely some “roll the dice on this free agent veteran starter” types out there like Peralta, Mize, Gray, King, and Gausman. And then a bunch of low-ceiling veteran types like Martinez, Griffin, Soroka, May, Holmes, Imanaga, etc.
He makes it to free agency the guy I would go after is Pivetta. He’s great when he’s healthy and probably could be signed on a one year deal. I’d also buy low on Varsho.
I would stay far, far away from Arraez. Give me Chisholm instead.
Genuinely curious to see if Bichette opts out and if he does who goes for him. I wouldn’t sign him to a massive deal but he’s definitely better than he looked last year.
Seems like the Bucs have little chance of retaining Lowe.
I don’t think Lowe is going to get a Marcus Semien type of deal or anything like that.
1. Up until this year he had been hurt a lot and his defense was not good at all. He also just turned 32 a couple of months ago. That means there are three reasons that teams might be scared off from signing him to a massive deal.
2, Arraez can’t get a QO and has a lot of similarities, so if there is a team that would be willing to give Lowe a huge deal they might pivot to Arraez instead.
3. A lot of teams are acting like there’s going to be a salary cap (I think this is wishful thinking on their part, but still).
If the Pirates give him a QO that will scare off enough suitors that they could theoretically win a bidding war. I doubt that with the QO he would get more than DJ LeMahieu’s deal from several years ago, and that’s less than they offered Schwarber last offseason.
I’m not even sure who their main competitors would be. The Tigers? Twins? Royals? Reds? Rangers? Giants? How high do we think these teams would even be willing to go? I don’t think it’s particularly high.
I have to imagine Bauers would just take the QO if he’s offered it. As good as he was this year, who’s paying big money for a 31-year-old first baseman who was sub-replacement level for his career before this year?
Hey that’s a 31 year old *corner outfielder* who was sub-replacement level for his career this year to you!
Jason you are the best. RR and all your stuff is amazing. thanks!
France coming off a monster walk year at age 32 after not being good at all 2023-2025. Color me skeptical.
OTOH, I like Nathanial Lowe on an eminently cheap 1-year deal. Would even give him 2 if the AAV is right.