With the ending of each season, a handful of players become eligible for free agency. Sometimes if a player impresses a franchise, the team will re-sign their own free agents before another team gets the chance.
The Athletic’s Jim Bowden ranked the top 50 pending free agents, including two Dodgers players. The Dodgers may look to re-sign one or both of these players in order to secure them for at least one more season. Deadline acquisition Jack Flaherty checked in at No. 14, while outfielder Teoscar Hernández was ranked at No. 19.
Flaherty, 28, has been a boon to the Dodgers’ rotation since he was acquired from the Detroit Tigers on July 30.