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
• McManus will become a free agent at the end of the year, though.
  — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
• 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
• Detwiler signed with the Reds as a minor league free agent in April.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 31 Aug. 2022
• 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
• The 27-year-old signed with the Minnesota Vikings practice squad as a free agent on Nov. 27.
  — Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
• 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
• The same goes for Moore, who has a quad strain and is also a potential free agent.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2024
• Don’t think for a second that this is lost on the impending free agent.
  — Vincent Frank, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
• Robertson had signed with the Phillies as a free agent in January 2019.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], 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 | [e-mail], 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
• The Lions did very little in the free agent market but drafted two of the top 10 prospects in the draft with Hutchinson and Williams.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 7 Sep. 2022
• 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

Last Updated: 14 Jan 2025