{"id":83418,"date":"2025-11-20T08:57:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/mlb-2025-26-key-free-agency-and-trade-moves\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T08:57:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:57:50","slug":"mlb-2025-26-key-free-agency-and-trade-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mlb\/mlb-2025-26-key-free-agency-and-trade-moves\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB 2025-26: Key Free Agency and Trade Moves"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>MLB Market Heats Up After Dodgers Victory<\/h2>\n\nDays after the [Los Angeles Dodgers](\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/lad\/los-angeles-dodgers) secured their second consecutive World Series championship, the MLB market for the 2025-26 season is already underway.\n\nThis winter, all eyes are on the free agent class, which includes players of the caliber of Kyle Tucker, Kyle Schwarber, Cody Bellinger, Alex Bregman, and Pete Alonso. But they are not the only ones who will cause a sensation in the market.\n\nWhat teams will make big moves to compete for the 2026 World Series title? Who will be responsible for the transfers and agreements that will keep everyone in suspense?\n\nHere is a list of the most outstanding transactions and news of the MLB offseason:\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/46994593\/2025-26-mlb-offseason-grades-free-agency-trade-analysis\">Offseason Grades<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/46859761\/mlb-2025-2026-top-50-free-agents-rankings-contract-projections\">Top 50 Free Agents<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/fantasy\/baseball\/story\/_\/id\/46744306\/fantasy-baseball-hot-stove-mlb-offseason-trades-free-agent-signings-2026?referrer=scribe\">Fantasy Analysis<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/46808370\/mlb-offseason-2025-26-free-agency-best-fits-schwarber-bregman-bellinger-tucker-valdez\">Best Fits<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/46999006\/mlb-2025-26-offseason-passan-predictions-free-agency-kyle-tucker-schwarber-alex-bregman\">Offseason Preview<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notable MLB Offseason Transactions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\nThe Braves re-signed Raisel Iglesias to a one-year, $16 million contract.\n\nThe Atlanta Braves acquired Mauricio Dubon from the Houston Astros in exchange for Nick Allen.\n\n\n<p><strong>November 18th<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\nThe Baltimore Orioles acquired outfielder Taylor Ward from the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for right-handed pitcher Grayson Rodriguez.\n\nNew York Yankees outfielder Trent Grisham, Detroit Tigers infielder Gleyber Torres, Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff, and Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga accepted their qualifying offers, meaning they will return to their respective teams in 2026 with salaries of $22.025 million.\n\n\n<p><strong>November 17th<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\nReliever Ryan Yarbrough will return to the Yankees after agreeing to a one-year contract.\n\n\n<p><strong>November 16th<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\nFirst baseman Josh Naylor and the Seattle Mariners finalized a five-year, $92.5 million contract, with a full no-trade clause and no deferrals.\n\n\n<p><strong>November 4th<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\nShota Imanaga, starting pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, becomes a free agent after the team and the player declined the options for 2026.\n\n\n<p><strong>November 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\nThe Milwaukee Brewers exercise the option on starting pitcher Freddy Peralta; Brandon Woodruff, also a starting pitcher, declines the option.\n\nAlex Bregman, third baseman for the Boston Red Sox, opts out of the contract; Lucas Giolito, starting pitcher, declines the option.\n\nCody Bellinger, outfielder for the New York Yankees, declines the option.\n\nPete Alonso, first baseman for the New York Mets, and Edwin D\u00edaz, reliever, are opting out of their contracts.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Dates of the Off-Season<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>November 6: Free agency begins at 5 p.m. ET<\/li><li>November 10-13: GM meetings in Las Vegas<\/li><li>November 18-20: Owners meetings in New York<\/li><li>November 18: Deadline to accept or reject the qualifying offer<\/li><li>November 21: Non-tender deadline<\/li><li>December 8-10: Winter meetings in Orlando<\/li><li>December 9: MLB draft lottery<\/li><li>December 10: Rule 5 draft<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MLB Market Heats Up After Dodgers Victory Days after the [Los Angeles Dodgers](\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/lad\/los-angeles-dodgers) secured their second consecutive World Series championship, the MLB market for the 2025-26 season is already underway. This winter, all eyes are on the free agent class, which includes players of the caliber of Kyle Tucker, Kyle Schwarber, Cody Bellinger, Alex Bregman, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[375,344,1013,1618],"class_list":{"0":"post-83418","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-free-agency","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-offseason","11":"tag-trades"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}