How to Use free agent in a Sentence

free agent

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  • Hedges is a free agent and Maile just signed a one-year deal with the Reds.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The Chicago Cubs are thrilled about the return of free agent Cody Bellinger.
    — USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The Rays are never big players in the free agent market.
    — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
  • While Scott will be a free agent at the end of the year, the market for closers has not been cheap in recent days.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2024
  • The two prize free agent signees two years ago helped get this team its first title.
    — Doug Feinberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Not only did free agents want to join the Burrow Train, the Bengals had the money to pay them.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Last week, the Blazers signed free agent center Mose Brown.
    — Afentres, oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
  • That would put Blake Snell, pending free agent and Rays legend, on the block.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
  • Happ, who would have been a free agent after this season, will be part of the Cubs through at least 2026.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Forget the question of whether Ohtani can earn $500 million as a free agent.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Gurriel, 38, has failed to land on an MLB roster as a free agent thus far.
    — Josh Criswell, Chron, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Johnson, 27, has been a free agent since the Cleveland Browns released him in March.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Robertson had signed with the Phillies as a free agent in January 2019.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The new-model Fox is much more of a free agent in the 21st century eco-system.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Tom Brady, who has retired, and Matt Ryan, who remains a free agent, are the only ones with more.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 10 Sep. 2023
  • How much does a team have to pay a restricted free agent to retain their rights?
    — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Urías, who hasn’t pitched this season, remains a free agent.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The Dolphins are going to need to spend big money to keep free agent Christian Wilkins.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Sneed’s ranked sixth overall — and rates as the best available cornerback — on NFL.com’s list of the league’s top 101 free agents.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The Rangers have signed right-hander Nathan Eovaldi as a free agent.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Drury, 31, is set to be a free agent at the end of the season, so a strong finish would give him a chance to find a job next season.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 12 Aug. 2024
  • All-Star Kyrie Irving -- an unrestricted free agent at the end of the year.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Players who sign for the first time at 19 can become free agents after six years.
    — David Waldstein, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Jones was signed as a free agent in March to be part of the rotation behind Tony Pollard.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
  • López signed with the Mets, his sixth team in nine MLB seasons, as a free agent during the offseason.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
  • He was traded to the Astros, then signed as a free agent with the Yankees in 2019 and has been one of baseball’s best pitchers.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
  • The 49ers thought their defensive talent would free Young — a free agent at the end of the season — to play at a Pro Bowl level again.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Flaherty, an upcoming free agent, is a two-month rental and the biggest prize of the day.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 31 July 2024
  • Despite promising to make top ballplayers wealthy beyond their wildest dreams, the Mets have failed to sign any of the game’s top free agents.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Second, re-sign Walker Buehler, who also is a free agent.
    — Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 1 Nov. 2024

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