Attempting to predict anything in 2020 is probably a lost cause, but it won’t stop people from trying.
Every year, Tim Dierkes of MLB Trade Rumors releases his predictions for where the top-50 free agents will sign and how much they’ll ultimately command. We’ll add the qualifier, as Phillies president Andy MacPhail did last Friday, that this offseason projects to have even more moving parts than a normal one. But typically, Dierkes makes relatively accurate predictions.
We say all that to say this: the Phillies have two top-50 free agents this year – J.