There will be plenty of money spent on the 2023 free-agency class. Hitting the open market this winter is a loaded crop of shortstops, three veteran aces with a combined seven Cy Young awards (and counting) and some guy who just hit 62 home runs and can play center field.
Those are just a few of the standouts in our top 50 free agents for this year, and there will surely be more outside of that core group to make a massive impact on next season and beyond. In making this list, we tried to put ourselves in the shoes of baseball’s prominent decision-makers, taking into account past performance, age, health and a myriad of other factors that get thrown into the stew, so to speak, in the often fruitless guessing game of trying to predict the future. We’ve also tried (most likely in vain) to predict the landing spot of each player.
A few notes: Each player’s listed age reflects how old he will be during the 2023 season, and we’re using FanGraphs’ version of wins above replacement. This page will be updated throughout the offseason as players sign with teams.
