There almost certainly won’t be a $700 million deal for any player in the baseball’s next free agency class, nothing like the record contracts for two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani and four-time All-Star slugger Juan Soto the last two winters.

Still, plenty of talented players are going into their final seasons before potentially becoming free agents for the first time.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr., five-tool player Kyle Tucker and starting pitchers Dylan Cease, Framber Valdez and Zac Gallen could all be available after this season. Three-time batting champ Luis Arráez and Bo Bichette, who twice led the AL in hits, could also be first-time free agents.

Guerrero, like Soto already a four-time All-Star and Home Run Derby champion at age 26, had set a self-imposed deadline for negotiating a long-term agreement with the Blue Jays. That passed at the start of spring training without a new deal, when he said he wanted to stay but would listen to other teams in free agency.

Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro remained optimistic going into the season that the team would eventually sign the first baseman to a contract extension and reportedly the team made another offer in the 24 hours leading up to opening day.

Soto’s 15-year, $765 million contract with the Mets in December came after Ohtani got a 10-year, $700 million deal from the Dodgers the previous offseason. Guerrero told ESPN in an interview after his deadline passed that he was seeking a similar contract length as Soto but noted that his last offer was for less than $600 million.

Here are some of the players eligible for free agency after this year’s World Series:

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Blue Jays 1B)

Guerrero, who will make $28.5 million this season, hit a career-best .323 last year with a .940 OPS, 30 homers and 103 RBIs in his fourth consecutive All-Star season. Over six seasons with the Blue Jays, he had a .288 average with 160 homers and 507 RBIs in 819 games. He was second in the 2021 AL MVP voting behind unanimous choice Ohtani.

Kyle Tucker (Cubs OF)

The Astros clearly weren’t planning to pay the price to keep Tucker in free agency, so they traded the three-time All-Star and Gold Glove-winning right fielder to the Cubs in December for a third baseman, starting pitcher and top prospect outfielder that are all under team control for multiple seasons. The 28-year-old Tucker was limited to 78 games last year because of a fractured right shin, and still hit 23 homers. He had a combined 59 homers, 219 RBIs and 55 stolen bases in 2022-23.

Dylan Cease (Padres RHP)

The 29-year-old Cease has 130 starts over the last four seasons, twice finishing in the top four in Cy Young Award voting. He was the AL runner-up behind unanimous winner Justin Verlander while with White Sox in 2022, and fourth in the NL last year when 14-11 with a 3.47 ERA in 33 starts after being traded to the playoff-bound Padres during spring training from a White Sox team that went on to lose 121 games. Cease has 1,016 career strikeouts in 847 1/3 innings.

Framber Valdez (Astros LHP)

One of the game’s best left-handed starters, the 31-year-old Valdez has a 68-41 career record and was the Astros’ opening day starter for the fourth year in a row. He was 15-7 with a 2.91 ERA in 28 games last season, his fifth in a row to finish with a winning record. The workhorse threw a no-hitter in 2023 and averaged more than 191 innings the last three years.

Zac Gallen (Diamondbacks RHP)

The 29-year-old Gallen, 14-6 last year, is 43-19 with a 3.20 ERA in 93 starts the last three seasons. The D-backs just gave 2021 NL Cy Young Award winner and four-time All-Star right-hander Corbin Burnes a six-year, $210 million deal, the richest in franchise history. That could significantly impact whether they will also be able to keep Gallen, twice a top-five finisher in Cy Young voting.

Luis Arráez (Padres 1B)

Arráez has back-to-back 200-hit seasons, part of three batting titles in a row while finishing each of those seasons with a different team. The Padres acquired him last year in a midseason trade from the Marlins, who got him from the Twins after he claimed his first batting title in 2022. He entered this season with a .323 career average and only 194 strikeouts in 2,858 career plate appearances.

Bo Bichette (Blue Jays SS)

A calf injury and then a broken right middle finger limited Bichette to 81 games last season, and the 27-year-old two-time All-Star hit a career-low .225 with only four homers. Before that, he led the AL in hits in 2021 and 2022, and batted .306 in 2023 during his third consecutive 20-homer season.

Marcell Ozuna (Braves DH)

Ozuna, who turns 35 next November, played in all 162 games for the first time last year and was an All-Star for the third time — first since 2016. He has 79 homers and 204 RBIs over the last two years.

Shane Bieber (Guardians RHP)

Bieber had 20 strikeouts in 12 scoreless innings last season before Tommy John surgery and becoming a free agent for the first time. The Guardians re-signed the 2020 AL Cy Young winner even though he won’t pitch until later this season, in which the pitcher with a 62-32 career record turns 30. He does have a $16 million player option.

Few Phillies

34-year-old catcher J.T. Realmuto, 32-year-old slugger Kyle Schwarber and 29-year-old left-handed starter Ranger Suárez enter the final seasons of their contracts with the Phillies after being key figures for three consecutive playoff seasons. That began with that 2022 NL pennant that ended a decade-long postseason drought.