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

Age: 33

2024 Stats: 130 G, 552 PA, 26 HR, 2 SB, .251 AVG, .335 OBP, .468 SLG

The Current State of His Career

Anyone who says that Christian Walker is already a star has firm ground to stand on.

By WAR, he’s the fifth-most valuable first baseman of the last three seasons. The 95 home runs he’s hit help his cause, and he also stands alone as the best defender at the cold corner.

On the less-positive side, Walker will be 34 on March 28, 2025 and his numbers aren’t exactly trending up. To these ends, he’s less central superstar and more finishing piece.

How Changing Scenery Could Help

As impressive as Walker’s performance over the last three seasons is on the surface, it actually looks better in context.

Chase Field isn’t entirely bad for hitters, but it is a bad place to hit home runs. Even Walker occasionally felt the brunt of that. He hit 52 home runs on the road between 2022 and 2024, compared to 43 at home. That’s despite a difference of just three games played.

It isn’t hard to imagine Walker making a run at a 40-homer season in 2025 if he ends up in a place that would promise to amplify his right-handed pull power.

Just sayin’: The Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox should both take a strong look.