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With the deadline for tendering contracts to arbitration-eligible gamers passing Friday night time, a number of intriguing new free brokers have hit the open market.
From one of many sport’s greatest beginning pitchers over the previous few years to a slugging first baseman who launched 35 residence runs simply two seasons in the past, right here’s a take a look at 10 notable new names within the pool.
Woodruff, a two-time All-Star and probably the greatest starters within the Nationwide League over the past half-decade, is unlikely to pitch a lot — or in any respect — subsequent season after present process proper shoulder surgical procedure in October.
A workforce, together with the Brewers, might signal Woodruff in hopes of getting him wholesome by the postseason or organising a possible partnership for 2025 and past — or each.
It simply by no means labored out for Senzel and the Reds after Cincinnati drafted him second total out of the College of Tennessee in 2016. Senzel hit at each stage alongside the best way within the Minor Leagues, reaching the Majors inside three years. However the versatile defender, who noticed time in any respect three outfield positions, in addition to at second base and third base for Cincinnati, by no means bought going on the plate within the huge leagues. In components of 5 MLB seasons, he hit .239/.302/.369.
Senzel is simply 28 years outdated, can play everywhere in the diamond, and the right-handed batter has really hit fairly effectively towards left-handed pitching — he has a profession slash line of .287/.334/.460 towards southpaws. He might definitely be a low-cost/high-upside pickup for a workforce on the lookout for a utility participant.
After a midseason commerce from the Brewers in 2022, Vogelbach mashed in Queens, hitting .255/.393/.436 with six residence runs in 149 at-bats. However the left-hander took a major step again on the plate in 2023, hitting simply 13 residence runs and slashing .233/.339/.404. His stroll and strikeout charges each ticked within the improper course as effectively. Vogelbach is nearly unplayable towards left-handed pitching, hitting .129/.248/.215 (35 wRC+) towards southpaws all through his profession.
That apparently gained’t reduce it as a DH-only kind for the Mets. The soon-to-be 31-year-old continues to be able to hitting the ball as laborious as anybody — his 2023 hard-hit fee (50 p.c) was among the many greatest in baseball. Though his worth is proscribed within the area and on the bases, Vogelbach might present worth as a platoon bat or in a backup position.
Accidents derailed Tellez’s 2023 marketing campaign and restricted him to 105 video games, throughout which he posted a .667 OPS with 13 residence runs. The massive first baseman hung out on the injured record as a consequence of forearm irritation and a freak harm to his left ring finger that required surgical procedure after he bought it caught within the padding of the outfield wall whereas shagging fly balls.
However Tellez is simply a season faraway from a profession 12 months on the plate — in 2022 he performed in 153 video games for Milwaukee and belted a career-best 35 residence runs. There isn’t a workforce within the Majors that couldn’t use that kind of manufacturing if it’s nonetheless in him.
It’s been a tough few seasons health-wise for Turnbull. The 31-year-old right-hander missed all the 2022 season after present process Tommy John surgical procedure and was restricted to simply 31 innings final 12 months with neck discomfort.
But when Turnbull can return to his pre-2022 kind, he’d be a welcome addition to any workforce’s pitching employees. Over 271 1/3 innings from 2018-21, Turnbull posted a 4.25 ERA and three.63 FIP whereas proving to be a ground-ball machine.
After a stable debut in 2022, Yepez opened final season in Triple-A and by no means caught on throughout a few temporary huge league cameos, hitting .183/.246/.300 (51 wRC+) in 65 plate appearances with the Cardinals.
Yepez continues to be simply 25 years outdated, although, and as talked about, he hit effectively within the Majors only a 12 months in the past. As a rookie in 2022, he hit 12 residence runs and 13 doubles with a 107 wRC+ over 274 plate appearances. The native of Venezuela is gifted sufficient to function a robust right-handed bat off the bench, with room to develop into one thing extra at his younger age.
Cimber had a season he’d wish to overlook in 2023, posting a 7.40 ERA in 20 2/3 innings earlier than a proper shoulder impingement ended his marketing campaign in late June. The 33-year-old atypically struggled with each free passes (3.05 BB/9) and the lengthy ball (2.61 HR/9) final season after limiting each previous to 2023.
Whoever lands Cimber will hope he returns to the pitcher he was in 2021 and 2022, when he was probably the greatest center relievers in baseball. He tossed 70-plus innings in each seasons with a mixed 2.53 ERA.
It’s been an extended fall since Lewis gained the 2020 American League Rookie of the Yr Award. Throughout that season, at 24 years outdated, Lewis clubbed 11 residence runs and posted a 127 wRC+, with stable protection and baserunning over 58 video games.
However he’s struggled since struggling a proper meniscus tear in June 2021, hitting simply .150/.216/.280 in 116 Main League plate appearances over the past two seasons. He was as soon as some of the gifted prospects in baseball, although, making him a probably interesting upside pickup this winter.
A former Prime 100 prospect, Hudson had the very best season of his profession in 2019, when he went 16-7 with a 3.35 ERA and an MLB-best 56.9 p.c ground-ball fee over 174 2/3 innings. However like Turnbull, Hudson hasn’t been the identical since present process Tommy John surgical procedure in 2020.
In 18 outings (12 begins) final season, Hudson struck out fewer than 5 batters per 9 innings, though he maintained his potential to get the ball on the bottom. If a workforce believes it might probably get a couple of extra whiffs out of the right-hander, Hudson is value a flier.
Knizner has served because the Cardinals’ major backup catcher over the previous three seasons. In 241 plate appearances in 2023, he put up a stable .712 OPS, however that wasn’t sufficient to be tendered a contract.
The 28-year-old hasn’t been stout with the glove behind the plate over 5 huge league seasons, posting below-average caught-stealing and framing numbers over every of the final three years. But when he hits like he did in 2023, Knizner is a worthy pickup.
