These bats are about to break the MLB market, y’all. Per ESPN, this winter’s slugger tier is weirdly deep, diverse, and priced to move-from a potential $400M headliner to DH nukes and glove-first risers who just found 30-homer juice.

Bookmark the numbers below, ‘cause they’re the price of doing business in 2026 lineups that want instant thunder and October swing decisions. Let’s shop for homers.

10. Jorge Polanco

Projected: 2 years, $26M; switch-hitting production popped with improved K% and homers, but defensive value sits on the 2B/3B/1B/DH spectrum. MLB teams buying the bat get top-tier lineup glue without paying star premiums. The 33-year-old season is coming, keeping it short and comfortably north of eight figures AAV.

9. Eugenio Suarez

Projected: 2 years, $45M; sixth in MLB HR s

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