How to Use free agent in a Sentence

free agent

noun

• 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 Guardians signed Maile as a free agent right before the start of spring training.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 5 June 2022
• Trey’s a free agent, left tackle, all that kind of stuff.
  — Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2025
• 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
• Not, at least, for some of the top free agents who remain unsigned.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2025
• 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
• As of late in the day, none of the league’s 13 teams had come to terms with the dozens of available free agents, at least not publicly.
  — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
• Alex Bregman is one of the top free agents left on the market this winter.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
• 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 29-year-old right-hander will be a free agent after this season.
  — Marc Topkin, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
• Alex Cappa, the Bucs' starting right guard the past three seasons, signed as a free agent with the Bengals in March.
  — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 13 May 2022
• It’s been a topic for most of the offseason — fueled in part by some big names on the free agent market.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2025