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Each Team’s Free Agent Activity So Far

The New Year serves as a symbolic halfway point of the offseason. It has been just under two months since the Dodgers came back in Toronto to repeat as World Series champions. We’re exactly six weeks away from pitchers and catchers beginning to report to Spring Training.

Twenty eight of MLBTR’s top 50 free agents have come off the board, though most of the marquee names remain. Seven of the top 10 are unsigned. We’re less than two days away from resolution on #7 free agent Tatsuya Imai, whose posting window closes on Friday afternoon. The overall volume of free agent activity is similar to last offseason, when 26 of our top 50 players were off the board on New Year’s Eve. However, a lot of last winter’s early activity was concentrated at the top of the market, as five of our top six free agents had signed before the close of December. Dylan Cease and Munetaka Murakami are the only two of our top eight who have signed so far this offseason.

    Using MLBTR’s Contract Tracker (a tool available to Front Office subscribers), we can find every team’s free agent activity thus far. Players who accepted the $22.025MM qualifying offer are treated as free agent signings. Four contracts negotiated between the end of the regular season and November 6 — the Guardians’ deal with Austin Hedges, Baltimore’s signing of Dietrich Enns, the Royals’ deal with Salvador Perez, and the Cubs’ contract with Colin Rea — are excluded. Those all came before those players were permitted to speak with other teams and are thus extensions rather than free agent contracts.

    As always, this is not meant as an exhaustive look at a team’s offseason activity. The Royals (Maikel Garcia) and Athletics (Tyler Soderstrom) have each signed a significant contract extension. The Red Sox are one of two teams that has yet to sign an MLB free agent contract, but they’ve taken on nearly $40MM in 2026 salary via trades for Sonny Gray, Willson Contreras and Johan Oviedo. This is strictly a look at what teams have so far accomplished through free agency.

    For this exercise, we’ll take the total amount even if the contract includes deferred money. Teams are ordered by overall spending.

    1. Toronto Blue Jays

    Total guarantees: $277MM

    RHP Dylan Cease: Seven years, $210MM RHP Tyler Rogers: Three years, $37MM RHP Cody Ponce: Three years, $30MM

    2. Baltimore Orioles

    Total guarantees: $195.1MM

    1B Pete Alonso: Five years, $155MM RHP Ryan Helsley: Two years, $28MM RHP Zach Eflin: One year, $10MM OF Leody Taveras: One year, $2.1MM

    3. Philadelphia Phillies

    Total guarantees: $182MM

    DH Kyle Schwarber: Five years, $150MM RHP Brad Keller: Two years, $22MM OF Adolis García: One year, $10MM RHP Zach Pop: One year deal, salary unreported

    4. New York Mets

    Total guarantees: $113MM

    RHP Devin Williams: Three years, $51MM INF Jorge Polanco: Two years, $40MM RHP Luke Weaver: Two years, $22MM

    5. Atlanta Braves

    Total guarantees: $106.25MM

    RHP Robert Suarez: Three years, $45MM OF Mike Yastrzemski: Two years, $23MM SS Ha-Seong Kim: One year, $20MM RHP Raisel Iglesias: One year, $16MM RHP Joel Payamps: One year, $2.25MM LHP Danny Young: One year split contract RHP Ian Hamilton: One year non-guaranteed deal

    6. Seattle Mariners

    Total guarantees: $99.75MM

    1B Josh Naylor: Five years, $92.5MM OF Rob Refsnyder: One year, $6.25MM C Andrew Knizner: One year, $1MM

    7. San Diego Padres

    Total guarantees: $91.2MM

    RHP Michael King: Three years, $75MM INF Sung-mun Song: Four years, $15MM LHP Kyle Hart: One year, $1.2MM RHP Ty Adcock: One year deal RHP Daison Acosta: One year deal

    8. Los Angeles Dodgers

    Total guarantees: $74.5MM

    RHP Edwin Díaz: Three years, $69MM INF Miguel Rojas: One year, $5.5MM

    9. Detroit Tigers

    Total guarantees: $59.025MM

    2B Gleyber Torres: One year, $22.025MM qualifying offer RHP Kyle Finnegan: Two years, $19MM RHP Kenley Jansen: One year, $11MM RHP Drew Anderson: One year, $7MM

    10. Chicago Cubs

    Total guarantees: $53.525MM

    LHP Shota Imanaga: One year, $22.025MM qualifying offer RHP Phil Maton: Two years, $14.5MM RHP Hunter Harvey: One year, $6MM LHP Caleb Thielbar: One year, $4.5MM LHP Hoby Milner: One year, $3.75MM RHP Jacob Webb: One year, $1.5MM 1B Tyler Austin: One year, $1.25MM

    11. Chicago White Sox

    Total guarantees: $50.5MM

    1B Munetaka Murakami: Two years, $34MM (plus $6.575MM posting fee to NPB’s Yakult Swallows) LHP Anthony Kay: Two years, $12MM LHP Sean Newcomb: One year, $4.5MM

    12. Arizona Diamondbacks

    Total guarantees: $50.25MM

    RHP Merrill Kelly: Two years, $40MM RHP Michael Soroka: One year, $7.5MM C James McCann: One year, $2.75MM

    13. Pittsburgh Pirates

    Total guarantees: $36.75MM

    1B Ryan O’Hearn: Two years, $29MM LHP Gregory Soto: One year, $7.75MM

    14. San Francisco Giants

    Note: Salary terms on San Francisco’s one-year deal with Tyler Mahle remain unreported. Once finalized, that’ll likely push them into the mid-$30MM range. Their placement above the Yankees assumes Mahle’s guarantee is north of $4MM.

    Total guarantees: More than $25.4MM

    RHP Adrian Houser: Two years, $22MM RHP Jason Foley: One year, $2MM LHP Sam Hentges: One year, $1.4MM

    15. New York Yankees

    Total guarantees: $29.025MM

    OF Trent Grisham: One year, $22.025MM qualifying offer LHP Ryan Yarbrough: One year, $2.5MM INF Amed Rosario: One year, $2.5MM RHP Paul Blackburn: One year, $2MM

    16. Cincinnati Reds

    Total guarantees: $25.9MM

    RHP Emilio Pagán: Two years, $20MM LHP Caleb Ferguson: One year, $4.5MM OF JJ Bleday: One year, $1.4MM RHP Keegan Thompson: One year split deal

    17. Tampa Bay Rays

    Total guarantees: $25MM

    LHP Steven Matz: Two years, $15MM OF Cedric Mullins: One year, $7MM OF Jake Fraley: One year, $3MM

    18. Milwaukee Brewers

    Total guarantees: $22.025MM

    RHP Brandon Woodruff: One year, $22.025MM qualifying offer OF Akil Baddoo: One year split contract

    19. Texas Rangers

    Total guarantees: $20.625MM

    C Danny Jansen: Two years, $14.5MM RHP Chris Martin: One year, $4MM LHP Tyler Alexander: One year, $1.125MM RHP Alexis Díaz: One year, $1MM

    20. Miami Marlins

    Total guarantees: $15MM

    RHP Pete Fairbanks: One year, $13MM 1B Christopher Morel: One year, $2MM

    21. Los Angeles Angels

    Total guarantees: $12.95MM

    RHP Kirby Yates: One year, $5MM LHP Drew Pomeranz: One year, $4MM RHP Jordan Romano: One year, $2MM RHP Alek Manoah: One year, $1.95MM

    22. St. Louis Cardinals

    Total guarantees: $12.5MM

    RHP Dustin May: One year, $12.5MM C Yohel Pozo: One year split contract

    23. Cleveland Guardians

    Total guarantees: $7.9MM

    RHP Shawn Armstrong: One year, $5.5MM RHP Colin Holderman: One year, $1.5MM RHP Connor Brogdon: One year, $900K RHP Pedro Avila: One year split contract

    24. Minnesota Twins

    Total guarantees: $7MM

    1B Josh Bell: One year, $7MM

    25. Kansas City Royals

    Total guarantees: $6.15MM

    OF Lane Thomas: One year, $5.25MM RHP Alex Lange: One year, $900K

    26. Washinton Nationals

    Total guarantees: $5.5MM

    LHP Foster Griffin: One year, $5.5MM

    27. Houston Astros

    Total guarantees: $3.95MM

    RHP Ryan Weiss: One year, $2.6MM RHP Nate Pearson: One year, $1.35MM

    28. Athletics

    Total guarantees: $2.85MM

    RHP Mark Leiter Jr.: One year, $2.85MM

    T-29. Boston Red Sox/Colorado Rockies

    Total guarantees: $0

    Boston and Colorado have yet to sign a free agent to a major league deal this offseason.

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