US EditionMLB free agency begins: 137 players, including 16 ex-Tigers, hit the market
A total of 137 players, including 22 associated with the Detroit Tigers, were declared free agents Sunday as contracts expired or players reached service milestones.
- On Sunday, 137 players were declared free agents as baseball's business season started the day after the World Series, the MLB Players Association said.
- Most players became free agents after contracts expired or reaching six years of major-league service time; in the coming weeks others will join by declining options, not being offered contracts for 2026, or being waived or released.
- DETROIT-- Six Detroit Tigers and 16 former Tigers were among the 137 players declared free agents Sunday, including James McCann, Willi Castro, José Iglesias, Eugenio Suárez, Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Derek Law, Alex Cobb and Gleyber Torres.
- They can sign with any team starting Thursday, and teams have until Thursday to make $22,025,000 qualifying offers to former players; qualifying-offer history shows only 14 of 144 were accepted.
- High-Profile names in the group include Bo Bichette, Kyle Schwarber, Kyle Tucker, Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer, with players from many MLB teams like the Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Edwin Díaz is among the players with contract options, while 137 players, including Bo Bichette, Kyle Schwarber, and Kyle Tucker, became free agents after the World Series. Teams have until Thursday to submit qualifying offers.
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Chicago Tribune
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shortfield Bo Bichette, the designated batter Kyle Schwarzer and gardener Kyle Tucker were among the 137 players who became free agents on Sunday, when the baseball business season began the day after the World Series. Venezuelan third baseman Eugenio Suárez, gardener Trent Grisham, Venezuelan initialist Luis Arraez and Josh Naylor, right pitchers Dylan Cease and Devin Williams, left-handed Ranger Suárez, from Ve…
Key Mets, Yankees among top MLB players available in free agency
NEW YORK — Shortstop Bo Bichette, designated hitter Kyle Schwarber and outfielder Kyle Tucker were among 137 players who became free agents Sunday as baseball’s business season started on the day after the World Series.
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Bichette, Schwarber, Tucker among 137 who become free agents
NEW YORK (AP) — Shortstop Bo Bichette, designated hitter Kyle Schwarber and outfielder Kyle Tucker were among 137 players who became free agents Sunday as baseball's business season started on the day after the World Series.
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