Top 50 Predictions: MLB's 2019-2020 Free Agency Class

With the 2019-2020 offseason now upon us, it’s time for the most fun part of the winter as a baseball fan: making predictions that will overwhelmingly be incorrect!

It’s impossible to know for sure what’s going on in the minds of these players, their families, and the team executives tasked with acquiring them throughout the next four months. However, because this is still a fun exercise to me, I’ve predicted where I think the top 50 players of this year’s free-agent class will land.

I considered positional need, payroll, history of team signings and player hometowns in my educated guesses. As the offseason chugs along, I’ll be adding writing articles explaining particularly interesting fits among this list.

  1. Gerrit Cole - RHP: Colorado Rockies

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2. Anthony Rendon - 3B: Texas Rangers

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3. Stephen Strasburg - RHP: Philadelphia Phillies

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4. Madison Bumgarner - LHP: Houston Astros

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5. Hyun-Jin Ryu - LHP: Los Angeles Dodgers

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6. Josh Donaldson - 3B: Atlanta Braves

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7. Zack Wheeler - RHP: Atlanta Braves

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8. Marcell Ozuna - OF: Atlanta Braves

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9. Yasmani Grandal - C/1B: Houston Astros

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10. Didi Gregorius - SS: Chicago Cubs

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11. Dallas Keuchel - LHP: Texas Rangers

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12. Cole Hamels - LHP: New York Yankees

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13. Nicholas Castellanos - OF/3B/1B: Houston Astros

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14. Tanner Roark - RHP: Chicago Cubs

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15. Jake Odorizzi - RHP: St. Louis Cardinals

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16. Wade Miley - LHP: Houston Astros

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17. Edwin Encarnacion - 1B: Oakland Athletics

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18. Mike Moustakas - 3B/2B: Los Angeles Angels

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19. Yasiel Puig - OF: Texas Rangers

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20. Brett Gardner - OF: Cincinnati Reds

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21. Jose Abreu - 1B: New York Yankees

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22. Dellin Betances - RHP: New York Mets

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23. Will Smith - LHP: San Francisco Giants

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24. Avisail Garcia - OF: Tampa Bay Rays

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25. Will Harris - RHP: Houston Astros

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26. Jonathan Schoop - 2B: Arizona Diamondbacks

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27. Starlin Castro - 2B: Tampa Bay Rays

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28. Michael Pineda - RHP: Baltimore Orioles

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29. Daniel Hudson - RHP: Washington Nationals

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30. Howie Kendrick - 1B/3B/2B/OF: Toronto Blue Jays

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31. Asdrubal Cabrera - 2B/3B/SS: St. Louis Cardinals

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32. Travis d’Arnaud - C: Los Angeles Angels

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33. Arodys Vizcaino - RHP: Washington Nationals

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34. Robinson Chirinos - C: Colorado Rockies

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35. Eric Sogard - Utility: Arizona Diamondbacks

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36. Cameron Maybin - OF: Seattle Mariners

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37. Todd Frazier - 3B/1B: Cincinnati Reds

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38. Steve Cishek - RHP: Chicago Cubs

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39. Kole Calhoun - OF: Chicago Cubs

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40. Jose Iglesias - SS: Pittsburgh Pirates

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41. Kyle Gibson - RHP: Baltimore Orioles

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42. Hunter Pence - OF: Philadelphia Phillies

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43. Sergio Romo - RHP: Washington Nationals

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44. Brandon Kintzler - RHP: Arizona Diamondbacks

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45. Adam Wainwright - RHP: Atlanta Braves

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46. Homer Bailey - RHP: Pittsburgh Pirates

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47. Alex Gordon - OF: Los Angeles Angels

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48. Jarrod Dyson - OF: Chicago Cubs

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49. Rich Hill - LHP: Oakland Athletics

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50. Matt Adams - 1B: Tampa Bay Rays

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