Top free agent pitchers of the 2020-21 offseason

The holiday season has officially arrived and across the world folks are spending time and money to find the perfect gifts for loved ones.

In baseball, a similar process has begun taking place as clubs look to splash some of their cash for talented free agents who might be able to take their teams to the next level in 2021 and beyond.

Strong pitching has long been one of the most crucial elements for every championship-caliber team over the years, and this offseason there are a number of quality arms on the open market looking for a new landing spot.

Here now we’ll take a look at some of the best available free agent pitchers across the big leagues.

Starting Pitchers – [Age on Opening Day]

Brett Anderson, LHP – 33
2020 Stats (10 G): W-L: 4-4, 4.21 ERA, 47.0 IP, 32 K/10 BB, 0.6 WAR

Chris Archer, RHP – 32
2020 Stats: Did not pitch in 2020

Jake Arrieta, RHP – 35
2020 Stats (9 G): W-L: 4-4, 5.08 ERA, 44.1 IP, 32 K/16 BB, 0.8 WAR

Trevor Bauer, RHP – 30
2020 Stats (11 G): W-L: 5-4, 1.73 ERA, 73.0 IP, 100 K/17 BB, 2.7 WAR

Tyler Chatwood, RHP – 31
2020 Stats (5 G): W-L: 2-2, 5.30 ERA, 18.2 IP, 25 K/9 BB, -0.1 WAR

Mike Foltynewicz, RHP – 29
2020 Stats (1 G): W-L: 0-1, 16.20 ERA, 3.1 IP, 3 K/4 BB, -0.3 WAR

Zack Godley, RHP – 30
2020 Stats (8 G): W-L: 0-4, 8.16 ERA, 28.2 IP, 28 K/14 BB, -0.4 WAR

Corey Kluber, RHP – 34
2020 Stats (1 G): W-L: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.0 IP, 1 K/1 BB, 0.1 WAR

Jimmy Nelson, RHP – 31
2020 Stats: Did not pitch in 2020

Jake Odorizzi, RHP – 30
2020 Stats (4 G): W-L: 0-1, 6.59 ERA, 13.2 IP, 12 K/3 BB, -0.2 WAR

James Paxton, LHP – 32
2020 Stats (5 G): W-L: 1-1, 6.64 ERA, 20.1 IP, 26 K/7 BB, -0.4 WAR

Martin Perez, LHP – 29
2020 Stats (12 G): W-L: 3-5, 4.50 ERA, 62.0 IP, 46 K/28 BB, 1.1 WAR

Jose Quintana, LHP – 32
2020 Stats (4 G): W-L: 0-0, 4.50 ERA, 10.0 IP, 12 K/3 BB, 0.0 WAR

Garrett Richards, RHP – 32
2020 Stats (14 G): W-L: 2-2, 4.03 ERA, 51.1 IP, 46 K/17 BB, 1.0 WAR

Tyson Ross, RHP – 33
2020 Stats: Did not pitch in 2020

Masahiro Tanaka, RHP – 32
2020 Stats (10 G): W-L: 3-3, 3.56 ERA, 48.0 IP, 44 K/8 BB, 0.7 WAR

Michael Wacha, RHP – 29
2020 Stats (8 G): W-L: 1-4, 6.62 ERA, 34.0 IP, 37 K/7 BB, -0.2 WAR

Taijuan Walker, RHP – 28
2020 Stats (11 G): W-L: 4-3, 2.70 ERA, 53.1 IP, 50 K/19 BB, 1.3 WAR

Alex Wood, LHP – 30
2020 Stats (9 G): W-L: 0-1, 6.39 ERA, 12.2 IP, 15 K/6 BB, -0.4 WAR

Relief Pitchers, RHP

Pedro Baez – 33
2020 Stats (18 G): W-L: 0-0, 3.18 ERA, 17.0 IP, 13 K/7 BB, 0.1 WAR

Alex Colome – 32
2020 Stats (21 G): W-L: 2-0, 0.81 ERA, 22.1 IP, 16 K/8 BB, 1.0 WAR

Chris Devenski – 30
2020 Stats (4 G): W-L: 0-1, 14.73 ERA, 3.2 IP, 5 K/3 BB, -0.4 WAR

Oliver Drake – 34
2020 Stats (11 G): W-L: 0-2, 5.73 ERA, 11.0 IP, 7 K/6 BB, -0.1 WAR

Ken Giles – 30
2020 Stats (4 G): W-L: 0-0, 9.82 ERA, 3.2 IP, 6 K/4 BB, -0.2 WAR

Shane Green – 32
2020 Stats (28 G): W-L: 1-0, 2.60 ERA, 27.2 IP, 21 K/9 BB, 1.0 WAR

Liam Hendriks – 32
2020 Stats (24 G): W-L: 3-1, 1.78 ERA, 25.1 IP, 37 K/3 BB, 1.4 WAR

Jeremy Jeffress – 33
2020 Stats (22 G): W-L: 4-1, 1.54 ERA, 23.1 IP, 17 K/12 BB, 1.2 WAR

Trevor May – 31
2020 Stats (24 G): W-L: 1-0, 3.86 ERA, 23.1 IP, 38 K/7 BB, 0.1 WAR

Roberto Osuna – 26
2020 Stats (4 G): W-L: 0-0, 2.08 ERA, 4.1 IP, 3 K/0 BB, 0.3 WAR

David Robertson – 35
2020 Stats: Did not pitch in 2020

Trevor Rosenthal – 30
2020 Stats (23 G): W-L: 1-0, 1.90 ERA, 23.2 IP, 38 K/8 BB, 1.2 WAR

Blake Treinen – 32
2020 Stats (27 G): W-L: 3-3, 3.86 ERA, 25.2 IP, 22 K/8 BB, -0.2 WAR

Brandon Workman – 32
2020 Stats (21 G): W-L: 1-4, 5.95 ERA, 19.2 IP, 23 K/13 BB, -0.1 WAR

Kirby Yates – 34
2020 Stats (6 G): W-L: 0-1, 12.46 ERA, 4.1 IP, 8 K/4 BB, -0.3 WAR

Relief Pitchers, LHP

Jose Alvarez – 31
2020 Stats (8 G): W-L: 0-0, 1.42 ERA, 6.1 IP, 6 K/3 BB, 0.3 WAR

Luis Avilan – 31
2020 Stats (10 G): W-L: 0-0, 4.32 ERA, 8.1 IP, 9 K/5 BB, 0.1 WAR

Andrew Chafin – 31
2020 Stats (15 G): W-L: 1-2, 6.52 ERA, 9.2 IP, 13 K/5 BB, -0.1 WAR

Ross Detwiler – 35
2020 Stats (16 G): W-L: 1-1, 3.20 ERA, 19.2 IP, 15 K/5 BB, 0.1 WAR

Sean Doolittle – 34
2020 Stats (11 G): W-L: 0-2, 5.87 ERA, 7.2 IP, 6 K/4 BB, 0.0 WAR

Brad Hand – 31
2020 Stats (23 G): W-L: 2-1, 2.05 ERA, 22.0 IP, 29 K/4 BB, 0.7 WAR

Derek Holland – 34
2020 Stats (12 G): W-L: 1-3, 6.86 ERA, 40.2 IP, 45 K/15 BB, -1.1 WAR

Mike Kickham – 32
2020 Stats (6 G): W-L: 1-1, 7.71 ERA, 14.0 IP, 17 K/5 BB, -0.2 WAR

Aaron Loup – 33
2020 Stats (24 G): W-L: 3-2, 2.52 ERA, 25.0 IP, 22 K/4 BB, 0.5 WAR

T.J. McFarland – 31
2020 Stats (23 G): W-L: 2-0, 4.35 ERA, 20.2 IP, 9 K/5 BB, 0.1 WAR

Jake McGee – 34
2020 Stats (24 G): W-L: 3-1, 2.66 ERA, 20.1 IP, 33 K/3 BB, 0.4 WAR

Oliver Perez – 39
2020 Stats (21 G): W-L: 1-1, 2.00 ERA, 18.0 IP, 14 K/6 BB, 0.6 WAR

Nick Ramirez – 31
2020 Stats (5 G): W-L: 0-0, 5.91 ERA, 10.2 IP, 11 K/4 BB, 0.0 WAR

Tony Watson – 36
2020 Stats (21 G): W-L: 1-0, 2.50 ERA, 18.0 IP, 15 K/3 BB, 0.1 WAR

Justin Wilson – 33
2020 Stats (23 G): W-L: 2-1, 3.66 ERA, 19.2 IP, 23 K/9 BB, 0.2 WAR

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