Categories: Baseball

2022-23 MLB Free Agent Tracker

With the Houston Astros winning the World Series, the off-season has officially begun. Players declared for free agency a few days back, which is the first of many transactions to happen. Here is the official timeline of the off-season:

Nov 6: Players can file for free agency, teams/players must decide on options and opt outs. Trade market opens
Nov 7-10: GM meetings
Nov 10: Free agent market opens; players can sign with any team. Deadline for options/opt outs. Deadline to offer qualifying offers.
Nov 14-17: Awards announced
- 14th: Rookie of the Year
- 15th: Manager of the Year
- 16th: Cy Young Award
- 17th: MVP
Nov 15: Deadline to set 40-man roster for Rule V Draft.
Nov 20: Players must decide on QOs.
Dec 4-7: Winter Meetings
- Dec 7: Rule V Draft
Jan 13: Deadline to file numbers for arbitration; teams and players can still negotiate after this date.
Jan 15: International signing period begins; 2023 period ends 12/15/2023.
Feb 24: Spring training games begin.
Mar 8: World Baseball Classic begins.
Mar 30: Opening Day

Below is the free agent tracker; it’ll be updated often. I’ve listed the minor league free agents in yellow. Everything is sorted by former team at this point; eventually I’ll change it to new team, once we’ve gotten a significant amount of signings.

There are also tabs for trades, waivers, arbitration; I’ll add other transaction tabs once they happen.