Now that the trade deadline is over, it's a good time to look forward to what free agency has to offer this winter. It's a strong, well-balanced group, but -- as in the past two years with Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani -- there's one marquee name. This year, it's Juan Soto.
A few months ago, I did a deep dive on Soto's market, getting contract predictions from 28 industry insiders. Most of the group coalesced around a $500 million guarantee, already an industry-shaping number. And since then, Soto has been even better, so expectations have moved slightly northward.
Soto will lead the way, but there are plenty of big names expected to get big deals this winter. Here are the best of them -- broken into four tiers -- as of right now, along with another group of players whose decisions could impact the market.
