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2024 MLB Opening Day is almost here. The regular season actually kicked off on March 20, as the Dodgers and Padres played the two-game Seoul Series in South Korea. Shohei Ohtani, the offseason's most notable free agent and game's biggest star, made his Dodgers debut in Seoul, but all the focus on Ohtani ahead of Opening Day surrounds his role in a gambling scandal that has seen his interpreter fired.

It was a mostly slow offseason in Major League Baseball. Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto signed record-setting deals with the Dodgers in December, but a lot of big names did not sign until February or later. Cody Bellinger, Blake Snell and Matt Chapman notably took a long time to find deals, and lefty Jordan Montgomery finally reached a deal with the Diamondbacks on Tuesday, less than 48 hours before Opening Day.

You can check out our top 50 free agent list, including write-ups on every player, here. CBS Sports will be keeping track of the top 50 free agents on the market below.

2023-24 MLB free agent tracker

RankPlayerPOSLast TeamNew TeamStatus
1 DH/RHP Signed 10-year, $700 million deal
2 RHPOrix Buffaloes (NPB)
Signed 12-year, $325 million deal
3 1B/CF Signed three-year, $80 million deal
4 3B Signed three-year, $54 million deal
5 RHP Signed seven-year, $172 million deal
6 LHP Signed two-year, $62 million contract with opt-out after 2024.
7 LHP Signed four-year, $80 million deal
8 RHP Signed two-year, $37 million deal
9 RHP Signed two-year, $38.5 million deal
10 LHP Signed one-year, $25 million deal
11 CF Signed one-year, $10.5 million deal
12 RHP Signed three-year, $75 million deal
13 1B Signed two-year, $34 million deal
14 LHP Signed five-year, $95 million deal
15 CFKiwoom Heroes (KBO)
Signed six-year, $113 million deal
16 OF Signed three-year, $42 million deal
17 1B/3B Signed three-year, $45 million deal
18 CF Signed one-year, $10.5 million deal
19 DH Signed three-year $42 million deal
20 OF/DH Signed one-year, $9.5 million deal
21 3B/DH Signed one-year, $13 million deal
22 DH Agreed to one-year, $12 million deal.
23 SS Signed one-year, $5 million deal
24 LHP Signed one-year, $5 million deal
25 RHP Signed four-year, $44 million deal
26 RHP Signed one-year, $9 millin deal
27 OF Signed one-year, $23.5 million deal
28 RHP Signed two-year, $24 million deal
29 RHP Signed two-year, $32 million deal
30 C Signed one-year, $7 million deal
31 CF Signed one-year, $4 million contract
32 RHP Signed three-year, $33 million contract
33 OF/DH N/ARetired
34 OF/DH
Free agent
35 3B Signed one-year, $1.5 million deal
36 RHP Signed two-year, $22 million deal
37 RHP Signed one-year, $13 million deal
38 LHP Signed one-year, $7 million deal
39 RHP Signed three-year, $45 million deal
40 LHP Signed one-year, $10.5 million deal
41 LHP Hanwha Eagles (KBO)
Signed eight-year, $12.8 million deal
42 LHPYokohama DeNA BayStars (NPB)
Signed four-year, $53 million deal
43 DH/C Signed two-year, $24 million deal
44 OF Signed one-year, $9 million deal
45 1B Signed one-year, $3.5 million split deal
46
Garrett Cooper (33)
1B Signed minor-league deal
47 1B Signed one-year, $5.25 million deal
48 RHP Signed one-year, $16 million deal
49 2B Signed one-year, $1.5 million deal
50 1B
Free agent