{"id":261345,"date":"2025-11-04T15:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T15:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/261345\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T15:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T15:49:10","slug":"mlb-free-agency-tracker-2025-26-offseason-trades-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/261345\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB free agency tracker: 2025-26 offseason trades, moves"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2025-26 MLB hot stove has been lit just days after the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> hoisted their second consecutive World Series championship trophy.<\/p>\n

All eyes this winter are on a free agent hitting class featuring Kyle Tucker<\/a>, Kyle Schwarber<\/a>, Cody Bellinger<\/a>, Alex Bregman<\/a> and Pete Alonso<\/a>. But they’re not the only ones who will make a splash in the market.<\/p>\n

Which teams will go big to contend for the 2026 World Series title? And who will make the trades and deals that have everyone buzzing?<\/p>\n

Below is a running list of notable transactions and updates from throughout the MLB offseason.<\/p>\n

Key links: Best fits for top free agents<\/a><\/p>\n

Key offseason dates<\/p>\n

Nov. 6: Free agency begins at 5 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Nov. 10-13: GM meetings in Las Vegas<\/p>\n

Nov. 18-20: Owners meetings in New York<\/p>\n

Nov. 18: Deadline to accept or reject qualifying offer<\/p>\n

Nov. 21: Non-tender deadline<\/p>\n

Dec. 8-10: Winter meetings in Orlando<\/p>\n

Dec. 9: MLB draft lottery<\/p>\n

Dec. 10: Rule 5 draft<\/p>\n

Notable MLB offseason transactionsNov. 4\"\"<\/p>\n

Chicago Cubs<\/a> SP Shota Imanaga<\/a> becomes free agent after team, player reject options for 2026<\/p>\n

Nov. 3\"\"<\/p>\n

Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> exercise option on SP Freddy Peralta<\/a>; SP Brandon Woodruff<\/a> declines option<\/p>\n

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Boston Red Sox<\/a> 3B Alex Bregman opts out of contract; SP Lucas Giolitto declines option<\/p>\n

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New York Yankees<\/a> OF Cody Bellinger declines option<\/p>\n

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New York Mets<\/a> 1B Pete Alonso, RP Edwin D\u00edaz opt out of contracts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025-26 MLB hot stove has been lit just days after the Los Angeles Dodgers hoisted their second…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-261345","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\/261345","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=261345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}