2024 Top 50 Free Agents

The FanGraphs Newsletter, November 9, 2023 [READ IN BROWSER]( November 9, 2023 Welcome to the offseason. As is customary, FanGraphs’ annual top 50 free agent rankings come out the week after the World Series. In recent years, we’ve rotated through the writers principally responsible for the list – first Dave Cameron, then Kiley McDaniel, Craig Edwards, and, more recently, Ben Clemens. Ben is back this year and he's brought help: the FanGraphs staff contributed mightily to this piece. Today we present you with contract estimates and rankings of the winter’s top free agents, along with market-focused breakdowns for the top 25 players. That could be a quick discussion of where a player might sign, what a team might look for, or even just statistical analysis masquerading as market analysis – Ben's an analyst at heart and never strays far from his roots. Meanwhile, a combination of Davy Andrews, Michael Baumann, Chris Gilligan, Jay Jaffe, Kyle Kishimoto, David Laurila, Eric Longenhagen, Leo Morgenstern, Dan Szymborski, and Esteban Rivera supplied player-focused breakdowns, which are designed to provide some context for each player at this moment in his career. Special thanks to David Appelman, Sean Dolinar, Jason Martinez, and Meg Rowley for their help behind the scenes. [Top 50 Free Agents]( [You Call That a Comeback?]( Out of all the end-of-season awards, Comeback Player of the Year has the most complicated criteria to pin down. | by Leo Morgenstern [2024 Contemporary Baseball Era Committee Candidate: Lou Piniella]( The hotheaded and highly entertaining skipper gets another chance at the Hall after missing election by one vote on the 2019 ballot. | by Jay Jaffe [Let's Categorize Some Managers]( Any type of manager can lead a team to a championship. It’s more important that the GM has a clear, defensible understanding of who they’re hiring and why. | by Michael Baumann [2024 Contemporary Baseball Era Committee Candidate: Davey Johnson]( He managed the 1986 Mets to a championship and won at a .562 clip for his career but didn't stick around long at any stop. | by Jay Jaffe [Cardinals Prospect Cooper Hjerpe Is a Southpaw With Deception]( St. Louis' 2022 first-round pick is pitching well in the Arizona Fall League after missing time with an injury. | by David Laurila [Here Comes Your Manager: Three Teams Pick New Skippers]( Craig Counsell's move to (checks notes) the Cubs? Set off a series of managerial dominoes. | by Michael Baumann 🎧 [Effectively Wild Episode 2083: Analytics Retentive]( [DOWNLOAD THE FANGRAPHS APP]( [FanGraphs & Effectively Wild Merch Is Now Available at BreakingT!]( [ORDER HERE]( [Rankings, contract projections for top 50 MLB free agents]( by Kiley McDaniel, ESPN ($) [GM Meetings poll on Ohtani's future: One team stands out]( by Mark Feinsand, MLB [Ten big-name MLB players who could be traded this offseason]( by Jim Bowden, The Athletic ($) [Arizona Fall League Prospect Report: Yankees Infielder Runs Toward Steals Record]( by Geoff Pontes, Baseball America ($) [@fangraphs]( [FanGraphs]( [FanGraphs]( [RSS]( [FORWARD]( [SUBSCRIBE]( Copyright © 2023 FanGraphs Inc, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the FanGraphs Newsletter. Our mailing address is: FanGraphs Inc 1200 N Hartford St. Apt 312Arlington, Va 22201 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](