What are the key dates to know?
Today: Teams can trade Major League players again, and eligible players become free agents. For the first few days of free agency, free agents can only negotiate with their own team.
Sunday: Gold Glove Award winners and BBWAA Award finalists will be announced.
Major League free agents can sign with any team, and teams must make qualifying offers to free agents by 5 p.m. ET. Teams and players must make decisions on contract options, too.
Nov. 7-9: GM Meetings in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Nov. 13-16: BBWAA Award winners announced. It starts with Rookie of the Year on Nov. 13 and continues on subsequent nights for Manager of the Year, Cy Young and MVP.
Nov. 14: The deadline for players to accept a qualifying offer is 4 p.m. ET. The deadline to add players to the 40-man roster to protect them from the Rule 5 Draft is 6 p.m. ET.
Nov. 17: Tender deadline. It is also known as the non-tender deadline. By 8 p.m. ET, teams must formally tender 2024 contracts to unsigned players, including any arbitration-eligible players. If a player is non-tendered, he becomes a free agent.
Dec. 4-6: Winter Meetings in Nashville, Tenn., including the MLB Draft lottery on Dec. 5 and the Rule 5 Draft on Dec. 6.
Jan. 12, 2024: Eligible players and their teams exchange arbitration figures.
Jan. 15, 2024: Start of the new international signing period.
Which players are free agents?
Rhys Hoskins, Craig Kimbrel, Michael Lorenzen and Aaron Nola. Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said last week that resigning Nola is the Phillies’ No. 1 offseason priority, but Nola will be a top target for any team in need of starting pitching (and with at least $100 million or so laying around).