free agent

noun

: a professional athlete (such as a baseball player) who is free to negotiate a contract with any team

free agency noun

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Rodgers, 28, remains a free agent and though Spotrac projects his market worth at $56.4 million over four years, given that he was cut by the Rockies in November and has failed to catch on with any other team, he could likely be acquired for significantly less. —

Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025 Smith is a pending unrestricted free agent, and New York probably won’t have the cap flexibility to bring him back. —

Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025 With a few exceptions such as Jon Lester, the team traditionally has come up short in its pursuits of prominent free agents or trade acquisitions, going back to the Tribune Co. days. —

Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025 The Chiefs also signed free agent D.J. Humphries, but eventually moved Joe Thuney from guard to left tackle. —

Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for free agent