How to Use free agent in a Sentence

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• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• In 2015, Travis signed to the Kansas City Chiefs practice squad as an undrafted free agent.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024
• Until a new Grant of Rights is signed, the remaining nine members are all free agents in 11 months.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2023
• Biles was there to support her husband, Packers safety Jonathan Owens, who signed with the team in May as a free agent.
  — Jordan Kellogg, The Enquirer, 11 Aug. 2023
• Stewart stayed with Seattle one more year, then became a free agent again.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2023
• This Panthers squad doesn’t have many trade chips with more than 20 free agents and several holes to fill.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2024
• Each was hired after Jones became a free agent, but both heaped praised Friday.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 15 Sep. 2023
• Correa has now landed with Minnesota as a free agent two years in a row.
  — Lindsey Adler, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2023
• Edge rusher The Panthers’ top three edge rushers are set to become free agents in March.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 12 Feb. 2024
• The Dodgers would probably have to send Lux to Milwaukee to get Adames, who would be a free agent after the season.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
• Irving became a footwear free agent after he got axed from his Nike shoe deal late last year.
  — Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2023
• Ending the season on a two-game win streak would have been a good way to announce to potential free agents that this team is on the rise.
  — The Arizona Republic, 7 Jan. 2024
• Once the 31 other teams are able to legally tamper and speak with free agents, why would Cousins give the Vikings any kind of hometown discount?
  — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• As a team over the first apron ($7 million above the tax line), Miami cannot sign a free agent making more than $12 million.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024