Rest easy. No Juan Soto or Shohei Ohtani is available this offseason — no one remotely otherworldly enough to cause another seismic disruption in Major League Baseball’s free-agent contract calculus.
Yet excellent players pepper the market, as do a slew of better than average options at nearly every position. Teams will need to shop wisely, digesting medical reports on established players coming back from injuries and deciphering scouting reports on another handful of talented players from Japan.
Former Dodgers and Angels players litter the landscape as well. From highly sought-after stars such as Cody Bellinger to distinguished veterans such as Kenley Jansen and Miguel Rojas to former top prospects looking to rebound, such as Dustin May and Walker Buehler, players whom Los Angeles fans are well familiar with will seek new homes and fresh starts.