While there have been a few significant moves already in MLB since the World Series wrapped up roughly a month ago, things generally don’t get going until the annual winter meetings, which are set for Dec. 4-8 in National Harbor, Maryland.
There figures to be no shortage of blockbuster trades and notable free-agent signings during the upcoming event, but before that happens, let’s make some predictions.
What follows is a look at the top 25 free agents and trade targets on the market with predictions from six of our top MLB writers on where they will land.
These six writers made up our panel of prognosticators:
- Seth Gruen, National MLB Columnist
- Danny Knobler, MLB Lead Writer
- Joel Reuter, National MLB Columnist
- Zachary Rymer, MLB Lead Writer
- Jacob Shafer, National MLB Columnist
- Rick Weiner, National MLB Columnist
Having six writers weigh in gave us plenty of different opinions, and in the end we only had two consensus predictions among the 25 players.
It will be fun to look back in a few months to see who got the most picks right, but for now, here’s our best guess at how this year’s free-agent and trade markets will unfold this winter.