While fans and teams alike are still trying to recover from the chaos that unfolded at the trade deadline, baseball draws closer to a second wave of chaos with each passing day—the start of free agency.
From big-time starters like Jon Lester and Max Scherzer to All-Star sluggers like Nelson Cruz and, depending on the season, Hanley Ramirez, there’s no shortage of impact players set to hit the open market after the current campaign.
Much can—and will—change between now and then, but it’s never too early to start looking at where those players might be calling home in 2015 and beyond—and what it’s going to cost to get them there.
Let’s take a look at 20 of the biggest names poised to hit the open market and predict where they might end up.