The 2025-26 offseason has arrived and there will be no shortage of storylines to follow.

Where will consensus top free agent Kyle Tucker end up and what might his deal look like? How will an excellent group of free-agent starting pitchers shape the market? Those are just some of the fascinating stories to follow, but another subplot to monitor is where the next tier of free agents will end up.

In this article, we’ll identify some free agents who could end up producing beyond their expected value in free agency. For the sake of this exercise, only free agents ranked outside of MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand’s top-30 free agent list were considered. Here are seven from this offseason’s class who could outperform expectations.

Brandon Woodruff , RHP

Key stats: 2.19 expected ERA, 83 strikeouts

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