MLB Winter Meetings: Best Available Free Agent by Position
By Manny Gómez
With the 2018 MLB Winter Meetings set to kick off this week (Dec. 9-13), the already piping hot stove will start to be reduced to ashes, things will get so hot. In preparation for the blaze, we have decided to list the best available free agent by position.
Beginning on Sunday, December 9th, in Las Vegas, Nevada, baseball executives and staff, media, exhibitors and job seekers from around the world will converge to network with peers at the MLB Winter Meetings. Which free agent will be the headliner of the week?
In the past, this has been the place where all the big moves happened. For example, in 2014 Jon Lester decided to forego another stint with the Red Sox in order to reunite with Theo Epstein and the Cubs. Before that, in 2011 Albert Pujols agreed to one of the biggest deals in history, signing a 10-year, $240MM contract with the Los Angeles Angels.
And who could forget the 2000 Winter Meetings? That year, Manny Ramirez and Alex Rodriguez both signed monster deals. Ramirez agreed to an 8-year $160MM deal with the Boston Red Sox, and Alex Rodriguez agreed to a record-breaking 10-year $252MM deal with the Texas Rangers.
This year, the MLB Winter Meetings are expected to break news once again. Especially given that two superstars in their own right, Manny Machado and Bryce Harper remain unsigned.
In honor of this highly anticipated event, we have put together a list of the best available free agents by position.
Let’s begin with the outfield.