{"id":231863,"date":"2025-10-22T12:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/231863\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T12:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:31:10","slug":"ranking-pete-alonso-and-the-top-10-hitters-of-the-2025-26-mlb-free-agent-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/231863\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranking Pete Alonso and the Top 10 Hitters of the 2025-26 MLB Free-Agent Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Kyle Tucker hit 22 home runs with 73 RBI and an .841 OPS in what could prove to be his lone season with the Cubs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">That might feel relatively disappointing for his contract year, but there&#8217;s context. First of all, he struck out just 88 times, while drawing 87 walks. He also sustained a hairline fracture in his right hand in mid-June that he played though, likely limiting his production. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The question teams will have to ask themselves is how the feel Tucker is going to hold up physically. Ahead of his age-29 season, Tucker is likely to seek a contract of a decade, or thereabouts, in length. In 2025, he not only dealt with the hairline fracture in his hand, but also spent time on the injured list with a left calf strain in September. A right shin contusion\u2014admittedly, one that was poorly managed by the Astros\u2014limited him to 78 games in 2024. Were those injuries just one-off things, or are there durability concerns with Tucker? <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">At his best, Tucker is one of the most well-rounded players in the sport, just as capable as winning a game with his defense in right field as hitting a go-ahead three-run home run. He is, without a doubt, the top free agent available this offseason, hitter or otherwise. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kyle Tucker hit 22 home runs with 73 RBI and an .841 OPS in what could prove to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-231863","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}