Stay up to date with the MLB free agent market this offseason, including player signings, contract details, and team fits as the 2025-26 Hot Stove heats up.

Kyle Tucker’s deal made him the highest-paid position player in all of MLB, and second-highest among all positions. He only trails new teammate and four-time MVP Shohei Ohtani, who makes $70 million per year while pitching and hitting for the Dodgers. Since Tucker only signed for four years though, he ranks 21st in total contract value.

White Sox sign INF Munetaka Murakami Details: Two years, $34 million Stats: Hit 246 home runs in eight seasons for NPB's Tokyo Yakult Swallows, breaking the league record for most home runs in a season in 2022 (56).

The Giants also signed 17-year-old Mexican right-hander Alexis Gallego, who made his pro debut with Yucatan in the Mexican Professional League last year, and Venezuelan outfielder Angelo Ugueto. With Hernandez’s bonus taking up most of the Giants’ pool, their international class is expected to be smaller than usual this year. — Andrew Baggarly

The ABS will allow players to challenge balls and strikes in 2026, a major rule change moving forward. Austin Hedges is training for it.

Horton is the newest face of the Cubs' wrecking crew, making his debut in May of 2025 and also being a first-round draft pick. He spent three years pitching in the minors (drafted in 2022), and to say he found his stride against elite hitters would be an understatement.

Since MLB Pipeline began ranking the top international prospects in 2012, just eight clubs had ever signed five ranked players (the list expanded from 30 to 50 in '22), last achieved by the Padres in ‘21.

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