MLB Free Agency: Ranking The Top 50 Position Players Available For 2025

rank	NAME	POS.	AGE	2024 WINS	AVG	OBP	SLG	wRC+	HR
1	Juan Soto	RF	26.4	8.2	.288	.419	.569	180	41
2	Willy Adames	SS	29.6	3.6	.251	.331	.462	119	32
3	Alex Bregman	3B	31.0	3.8	.260	.315	.453	118	26
4	Pete Alonso	1B	30.3	2.7	.240	.330	.462	123	34
5	Teoscar Hernandez	LF	32.5	3.9	.272	.339	.501	134	33
6	Tyler O’Neill	LF	29.8	2.9	.241	.336	.511	131	31
7	Jurickson Profar	LF	32.1	4.2	.280	.380	.459	139	24
8	Anthony Santander	RF	30.5	3.2	.235	.308	.506	129	44
9	Christian Walker	1B	34.0	2.9	.251	.335	.468	119	26
10	Marcell Ozuna	DH	34.4	4.7	.304	.381	.552	156	39
11	Cody Bellinger	CF	29.7	2.3	.266	.325	.426	109	18
12	Eugenio Suarez	3B	33.7	3.1	.256	.319	.469	115	30
13	Ha-Seong Kim	SS	29.5	2.2	.233	.330	.370	101	11
14	Brandon Lowe	2B	30.7	2.2	.244	.311	.473	123	21
15	Gleyber Torres	2B	28.3	1.7	.257	.330	.378	104	15
16	Rhys Hoskins	1B	32.0	0.1	.214	.303	.419	100	26
17	Paul Goldschmidt	1B	37.6	1.3	.244	.300	.411	98	22
18	Joc Pederson	DH	32.9	2.8	.275	.393	.515	151	23
19	Miguel Rojas	SS	36.1	2.6	.283	.337	.410	111	6
20	Danny Jansen	C	30.0	0.8	.205	.309	.349	90	9
21	Max Kepler	RF	32.1	1.1	.253	.302	.380	94	8
22	Ryan O’Hearn	1B	31.7	2.1	.264	.334	.427	119	15
23	Kyle Higashioka	C	34.9	1.4	.220	.263	.476	105	17
24	Carlos Santana	1B	39.0	2.7	.238	.328	.420	114	23
25	Gary Sanchez	C	32.3	0.4	.220	.307	.392	96	11
26	Harrison Bader	CF	30.8	1.5	.239	.287	.378	87	12
27	Alex Verdugo	LF	28.9	1.0	.233	.291	.356	83	13
28	Jesse Winker	LF	31.6	1.8	.253	.360	.405	118	14
29	Andrew McCutchen	RF	38.5	1.1	.232	.328	.411	105	20
30	Jorge Polanco	2B	31.7	0.9	.213	.296	.355	92	16
31	Paul DeJong	SS	31.7	0.8	.227	.276	.427	95	24
32	Kevin Newman	SS	31.7	1.4	.278	.311	.375	89	3
33	Yasmani Grandal	C	36.4	1.3	.228	.304	.400	95	9
34	Michael Conforto	LF	32.1	1.1	.237	.309	.450	112	20
35	Kevin Kiermaier	CF	34.9	0.5	.197	.237	.313	54	5
36	Michael A. Taylor	CF	34.0	0.6	.193	.253	.290	50	5
37	Yoan Moncada	3B	29.8	0.2	.275	.356	.400	117	–
38	Randal Grichuk	RF	33.6	1.6	.291	.348	.528	139	12
39	Jacob Stallings	C	35.3	1.1	.263	.357	.453	114	9
40	Elias Diaz	C	34.4	0.9	.265	.313	.382	81	6
41	Eloy Jimenez	RF	28.3	-0.4	.238	.289	.336	78	6
42	Brandon Drury	2B	32.6	-1.4	.169	.242	.228	34	4
43	Gio Urshela	3B	33.5	1.0	.249	.285	.362	81	9
44	Austin Barnes	C	35.3	0.4	.264	.331	.307	86	1
45	Austin Hedges	C	32.6	0.2	.152	.203	.220	20	2
46	Kevin Pillar	CF	36.2	0.4	.229	.291	.377	88	8
47	David Peralta	RF	37.6	0.7	.267	.335	.415	115	8
48	Josh Bell	1B	32.6	0.3	.249	.319	.405	101	19
49	Enrique Hernandez	3B	33.6	0.9	.229	.281	.373	83	12
50	Whit Merrifield	2B	36.2	0.5	.222	.311	.314	80	4

Tier 1 : Juan Soto

Juan Soto is in a clear tier of his own, and as a preview of the upcoming positional deep dives, we’ll do a deep dive here for the future Hall of Famer.

Soto is the closest you can get to a sure-fire .400 OBP player with power. While he doesn’t provide a lot of value with the glove—being somewhere between 4-8 runs below average—his bat will likely carry him to the Hall of Fame. Let’s visualize how special of a talent Juan is:

Against breaking balls (curves, sliders, sweepers and cutters), he shows an incredible approach. He’s aggressive on pitches in the zone and rarely chasing pitches, which, once again, limiting his swings when the pitch is in the bottom third of the zone. We’ll have more to say about Soto in the upcoming positional deep dive.

Tier 2: Power Hitters Galore

Willy Adames

Shortstops are always in demand, and Adames is clearly the best available in this free agent class, which is why we have him as the No. 2 position player available.

Pete Alonso

Alonso is perhaps the biggest name outside of Soto to enter free agency. Excluding 2020, he’s hit 30 home runs every year, including four seasons with 40 or more homer. Excluding, again, the pandemic season, he has played at least 152 games eery season and posted a wRC+ of at least 120. His production is as rock solid as you can get. Sluggers like Alonso may not age well in their latter years, but he’s very likely to be a middle-of-the-lineup producer for many years to come.

Teoscar Hernandez and Tyler O’Neill

Hernandez and O’Neill are broadly similar players, but the edge goes to Hernandez as we have more confidence in his ability to stay healthy.

Alex Bregman and Jurickson Profar

Both these players are elite contact hitters, though Profar added about three mph to pretty much all of his EV metrics, catapulting him into the top tier of free agency. Bregman doesn’t need his home ball park to succeed.

Anthony Santander

Santander is close to Hernandez and O’Neill, but we have him here as he’s a lesser defender who is somewhat over-reliant on hitting home runs.

Marcell Ozuna and Christian Walker

These dudes absolutely mash, but they are about 4-5 years older than Alonso. And you never know when that performance cliff will come for a 1B/DH.

Cody Bellinger

Bellinger is the one guy other than Profar in this tier that didn’t crack 30 HR, but he’s a very good all-around player, and only 30 years old entering next season. He’s now put together two consecutive seasons of high-quality production, so it feels likely that he’ll opt out and try to get a more favorable contract.

Eugenio Suarez

A good defender who hits a lot of home runs, Suarez will need to be on a team that can stomach the streaky nature of his production (likely ruling out intense markets like New York).

Tier 3: Boring, But Valuable

Ha-Seong Kim, Brandon Lowe and Gleyber Torres

Kim and Lowe don’t get a lot of hype, but are both extremely valuable baseball players. We’ve grouped these three players as we think they are the most likely to produce positive free agent value to the team that scoops them up.

Paul Goldschmidt and Joc Pederson

We worry that Goldschmidt may have hit an age-related performance cliff, and see limited value in a DH-only platoon bat. You could perhaps move Pederson down a tier, but the bat is really good, as he slugged over .500 in 2022 and 2024.

Tier 4: Guys With Some Questions

Miguel Rojas is probably the third-best shortstop available this off-season. Max Kepler had a bad year, but looks like an average player. Carlos Santana continues to mash, but he’s entering his age-39 season. Danny Jansen has struggled to stay on the field, while Kyle Higashioka is limited offensively. Ryan O’Hearn is a solid bat, but he’ll likely only be a 1-2 win player in the next few seasons.

Tier 5: Everyone Else

There will always be a gem or two that comes out of this group. If we had to pick a couple of names, it would probably be Jesse Winker and Jorge Polanco.

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