Honorable Mention: Kenta Maeda

One of the more intriguing players left to be signed is Japanese right hander Kenta Maeda.

Maeda is coming off the best season of his career in Japan, while winning the Japanese equivalent of the Cy Young award, and figures to be in high demand once the posting process is complete. Maeda represents a cheaper option than most of the other upper echelon talents on the free agent market, and could be had for a fair price, projected for somewhere in the five-year, $60 million range, not including the likely $20 million posting fee.

Despite this potential upside, the inherent risk with a transition from Japan to America makes Maeda a potentially risky signing for any team in need of pitching help. Given this uncertainty, and the fact that he is not technically a free agent just yet, Maeda falls just outside the top five free agent pitchers still available.

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Patrick is a recent graduate of the University of California San Diego where he studied Political Science with an emphasis in International Relations. He is also a lifelong baseball fan and has dreams of one day watching a Major League game in every stadium.