Juan Soto agreed to the biggest contract in sports history to kick off Major League Baseball’s Winter Meetings, but there should be plenty of hot stove action in the days to come at the annual event in Dallas.
Soto’s 15-year, $765 million deal with the New York Mets on Sunday night surpassed the $700 million contract that Shohei Ohtani signed last winter and may very well have shifted the balance of power behind the World Series champion Dodgers in the National League.
The trade market always takes shape at the Winter Meetings, with Chicago White Sox starter Garrett Crochet among the top players expected to be traded before the 2025 season begins.
Keep it here all day Monday for the latest news and rumors from around baseball:
Juan Soto and Blake Snell, the top two players in USA TODAY Sports’ 2024-25 free agent rankings, are now off the board but there’s elite talent remaining on the market expected to fetch big deals.
Here are the top 10 players still on the market:
SP Corbin Burnes
3B Alex Bregman
1B Pete Alonso
SP Max Fried
OF Teoscar Hernández
OF Anthony Santander
INF Gleyber Torres
SP Nathan Eovaldi
SP Jack Flaherty
RP Tanner Scott
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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: MLB rumors: Soto contract resets market, Winter Meetings live updates
