MLB Free Agents Who Could Become Superstars on New Teams in 2025

Age: 32

2024 Stats: 17 G, 7 GS, 54.1 IP, 37 H (6 HR), 58 K, 20 BB, 2.65 ERA

The Current State of His Career

If Spencer Turnbull is known for anything, it’s for throwing a no-hitter in 2021. Or at least, one hopes that people aren’t quicker to remember when he had a 3-17 record in 2019.

Either way, he isn’t a guy who stands out from the crowd. And he’s indeed been largely unable to in the last three years. He missed all of 2022 and most of 2023 because of Tommy John surgery and a good chunk of this year with a strained lat.

Turnbull now fits the general description of a depth piece. As in, a guy who’s somewhere between a fifth starter and a long man in a bullpen.

How Changing Scenery Could Help

Let’s once again go back to Stuff+ to see how the quality of Turnbull’s pitches is progressing:

• 2021: 104
• 2023: 98
• 2024: 112

In other words, Turnbull’s stuff got significantly better this season. This had much to do with his new sweeper, though he also boasts a pretty good curveball and changeup.

Clearly, the 1.67 ERA that Turnbull posted in six starts out of the gate in April didn’t come out of nowhere. A team should sign him in hopes that there will be more where that came from if he can stay healthy.

Ideally, that team will have a home park that is less punishing to pitchers than Citizens Bank Park.