Top 20 Free Agents in Baseball

Free agency is allegedly a dying institution, due largely to the ultra-long-term contract extensions given to many of baseball's best young players, but it will look more lively this winter with the best class of free agents in the game's history. Here are Ben Reiter's top 20 free agents this off-season.

Top 20 Free Agents in Baseball

David Price — SP (Age: 30)

2015 Stats: 18–5, 2.45 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 9.2 K/9 — 2015 Postseason (3 GS): 1-2, 6.17 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 9.0 K/9

Zack Greinke — SP (Age: 32)

2015 Stats: 19–3, 1.66 ERA, 0.84 WHIP, 8.1 K/9 — 2015 Postseason (2 GS): 1-1, 3.29 ERA, 0.88 WHIP, 11.6 K/9

Jason Heyward — OF (Age: 26)

2015 Stats: .293/.359/.439, 13 HR, 60 RBIs, 23 SB — 2015 Postseason (14 AB): .357/.438/.643, 1 HR, 2 RBIs, 0 SB

Yoenis Cespedes — OF (Age: 30)

2015 Stats: .291/.328/.542, 35 HR, 105 RBIs, 7 SB — 2015 Postseason (54 AB): .222/.232/.352, 2 HR, 8 RBIs, 1 SB

Justin Upton — OF (Age: 28)

2015 Stats: .251/.336/.454, 26 HR, 81 RBIs, 19 SB

Jordan Zimmermann — SP (Age: 29)

2015 Stats: 13–10, 3.66 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 7.3 K/9

Chris Davis — 1B (Age: 29)

2015 Stats: .262/.361/.562, 47 HR, 111 RBIs, 2 SB

Alex Gordon — OF (Age: 31)

2015 Stats: .271/.377/.432, 13 HR, 48 RBIs, 2 SB — 2015 Postseason (54 AB): .241/.349/.426, 2 HR, 6 RBIs, 0 SB

Matt Wieters — C (Age: 29)

2015 Stats: .267/.319/.422, 8 HR, 25 RBIs, 0 SB

Johnny Cueto — SP (Age: 29)

2015 Stats: 11–13, 3.44 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 7.5 K/9 — 2015 Postseason (4 GS): 2-1, 5.40 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 6.8 K/9

Mike Leake — SP (Age: 28)

2015 Stats: 11–10, 3.70 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 5.6 K/9

Dexter Fowler — OF (Age: 30)

2015 Stats: .250/.346/.411, 17 HR, 46 RBIs, 20 SB — 2015 Postseason (36 AB): .278/.316/.500, 2 HR, 3 RBIs, 1 SB

Ian Desmond — SS (Age: 30)

2015 Stats: .233/.290/.384, 19 HR, 62 RBIs, 13 SB

Wei-Yin Chen — SP (Age: 30)

2015 Stats: 11–8, 3.34 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 7.2 K/9

Marco Estrada — SP (Age: 32)

2015 Stats: 13–8, 3.13 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, 6.5 K/9 — 2015 Postseason (3 GS): 2-1, 2.33 ERA, 0.78 WHIP, 7.1 K/9

Gerardo Parra — OF (Age: 29)

2015 Stats: .291/.328/.452, 14 HR, 51 RBIs, 14 SB

Daniel Murphy — 2B (Age: 31)

2015 Stats: .281/.322/.449, 14 HR, 73 RBIs, 2 SB — 2015 Postseason (58 AB): .328/.391/.724, 7 HR, 11 RBIs, 1 SB

Jeff Samardzija — SP (Age: 31)

2015 Stats: 11–13, 4.96 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 6.9 K/9

Ben Zobrist — 2B (Age: 35)

2015 Stats: .276/.359/.450, 13 HR, 56 RBIs, 3 SB — 2015 Postseason (66 AB): .303/.365/.515, 2 HR, 6 RBIs, 1 SB

Scott Kazmir — SP (Age: 32)

2015 Stats: 7–11, 3.10 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 7.6 K/9 — 2015 Postseason (1 GS): 0-0, 5.06 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 7.1 K/9