Who is the best free-agent bat available?

Plus: The snubs for each major award

Tuesday, November 03 View In Browser  TOP NEWS Finalists for MVP, Cy, Rookie, Manager & Reliever of the Year revealed   Three finalists were announced for each BBWAA Award, including loaded Rookie of the Year fields and a new Relief Pitcher of the Year Award, with winners to be announced next week. Arozarena, Suzuki among 8 players to receive qualifying offers This team 'badly' wants Skubal (report) Contemporary Baseball Era Committee unveils 8 candidates up for Hall Yankees extend qualifying offer to Bednar, but not Chisholm O's decline Mountcastle's option; Kjerstad clears waivers, becomes free agent Tigers decline Jansen's option, bring back a pair of key arms MORE TOP NEWS ADD MLB AS YOUR PREFERRED SOURCE ON GOOGLE PERSONALIZE STORIES STAFF PICKS Who is the best free-agent hitter available? While Tarik Skubal is clearly the No. 1 pitcher on the free-agent market, the top bat is open for debate. Here are pros and cons for seven candidates. 1 snub from each award category Let's go through each BBWAA Award and give some kudos to one player who wasn't a finalist, but put together an award-worthy season. FA slugger also deserves love for his glove Brandon Lowe has always been known more for his bat than his glove, but after being a Gold Glove Award finalist for the first time, he has much more to offer on the free-agent market. The most exciting comebacks of 2026 Check out the best come-from-behind wins from the year in baseball, highlighted by the Brewers' World Series Game 2 victory. PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY © 2026 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. MLB trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com. Any other marks used herein are trademarks of their respective owners. Please review our Privacy Policy. You (geoffgould.gr8iphone@blogger.com) received this message because you registered to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com. Please add info@marketing.mlbemail.com to your address book to ensure our messages reach your inbox. If you no longer wish to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com, please unsubscribe  or log in and manage your email subscriptions. Postal Address: MLB.com, c/o MLB Advanced Media, L.P., 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.