Hello baseball fans, I am Evan Grote with sportsnot.com, and
I'm here today with my power rankings of the top
five Major League Baseball free agents as the winter meetings
are just four weeks away.
So sit back, relax, and let's take a look at
the list coming in at #5 On our list is
third baseman Alex Bregman.
Bregman may be 31 years old now and not as
productive as he was in the 2018 and 2019 seasons,
but if you're a team looking for a player who
has a winning pedigree and can bring leadership to your
clubhouse, Bregman is a great fit.
A strong finish to the year helped Bregman end with
a stat line of a 260 batting average, 26 home
runs, 75 RBIs, 79 runs scored in 145 games played
coming in #4 starting pitcher Corbin Burns.
Burns reached a career high fifteen wins in his one
year stint in Baltimore, which I'm sure the Orioles would
like to make his permanent home.
Burns was a workhorse for the OS, making 32 starts,
22 of them quality starts, logging 194 innings with a
2.92 earned run average #3 shortstop Willie Adamus.
Adamus will cash in on a career year which just
so happened to fall in a walk season.
Adamus belted 32 home runs with 112 RBI, scored 93
runs, and swiped 21 bags while he was at it
to help boost his market.
Per reports, Adamus said for the right price he would
be open to a position change if necessary #2 on
the list.
Rokie Sasaki Sasaki doesn't have the Major League Baseball experience
that Burns has, but his upside potential are through the
roof.
Still only 23 years old, Sasaki has a fastball that
clocks in at 100 plus and a devastating splitter to
compliment it.
Sasaki will be the most coveted free agent pitcher once
he is posted by his current Japanese team.
Because of his age, he will be subject to international
bonus pool money restriction similar to when Shohei Otani came
to the big leagues in 2017 and the number one
free agent in Major League Baseball on our power rankings
list.
Who else but Juan Soto?
The Yankees swung for the fences by trading for Soto
knowing that they may not be able to resign him,
and it turned out to be a win win for
both parties.
The Yankees won the AL Pennant for the first time
in 15 years, while Soto set a career high in
home runs and finished second in on base percentage and
3rd in OPS.
Soto is a client of super agent Scott Morris.
Early projections have the potential Soto contract landing in the
ballpark of 13 years and over $600 million.
If you want Soto, you're going to have to pay
off.
So that is our rankings there for the top MLB
free agents as the winner.
Meetings are just four weeks so low.
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I am Evan Groat with forest.com and we'll talk to
you next time.