{"id":258442,"date":"2025-11-03T08:32:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T08:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/258442\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T08:32:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T08:32:21","slug":"bichette-schwarber-tucker-among-137-who-become-free-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/258442\/","title":{"rendered":"Bichette, Schwarber, Tucker among 137 who become free agents"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Shortstop Bo Bichette<\/a>, designated hitter Kyle Schwarber<\/a> and outfielder Kyle Tucker<\/a> were among 137 players who became free agents Sunday as baseball\u2019s business season started on the day after the World Series.<\/p>\n

Third baseman Eugenio Su\u00e1rez, outfielder Trent Grisham<\/a>, first basemen Luis Arraez<\/a> and Josh Naylor<\/a>, right-handers Dylan Cease<\/a> and Devin Williams<\/a> and left-handers Ranger Su\u00e1rez and Framber Valdez<\/a> and catcher J.T. Realmuto<\/a> also were among the players who went free.<\/p>\n

They can sign with any team starting Thursday.<\/p>\n

About 60 additional players potentially can go free through Thursday, depending on whether team, player and mutual options are exercised.<\/p>\n

Among those with player options or opt outs are Boston third baseman Alex Bregman<\/a>, New York Mets<\/a> first baseman Pete Alonso<\/a> and closer Edwin D\u00edaz, New York Yankees<\/a> outfielder\/first baseman Cody Bellinger<\/a>, San Diego right-hander Robert Suarez<\/a>, Detroit right-hander Jack Flaherty<\/a> and Toronto right-hander Shane Bieber<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Padres right-hander Michael King<\/a> has a mutual option.<\/p>\n

Awaiting decisions on club options are Boston right-hander Lucas Giolito<\/a> and Kansas City catcher Salvador Perez<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Teams have until Thursday to make $22,025,000 qualifying offers to their former players who became free agents, a figure determined by the average of the top 125 major league contracts this year. Qualifying offers began after the 2012 season, and only 14 of 144 offers have been accepted.<\/p>\n

A player can receive a qualifying offer only if he was on a team\u2019s roster for the entire season and had not received a qualifying offer previously. Potential free agents ineligible for qualifying offers include Alonso, Bellinger, Bregman, Realmuto and pitcher Nick Martinez<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/p>\n

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