Sportscity has prepared its Top 50 list of 2007 - 2008 MLB Free Agents. Some players and teams hold 'options' and may not become free agents. A-Rod, Torii Hunter, Andruw Jones and Mike Lowell head the list of Top MLB Free agents. When creating the top 50 MLB Free Agent list, Sportscity took into account age, position, potential contract size, and the likelihood of the player leaving his current team.

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2009 Top 50 MLB Free Agents | 2009 MLB Free Agents by Position

Sportscity's Top 50 2008 MLB Free Agents
Rank	Pos.	Player	2007 Team	Contract Notes
1	3B	Alex Rodriguez	New York Yankees	Re-signed with the Yankees for 10 years, $275 million plus other incentives.
2	OF	Torii Hunter	Minnesota Twins	Signed with the LA Angels. 5 years, $90 million
3	OF	Andruw Jones	Atlanta Braves	Signed with the LA Doaders. 2 years, $36.2 million
4	RP	Joe Nathan	Minnesota Twins	Minnesota exercised their $6 million option.
5	OF	Adam Dunn	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati exercised their $13 million option.
6	3B	Mike Lowell	Boston Red Sox	Re-signed with the Red Sox. 3 years for $37.5 million.
7	OF	Bobby Abreu	New York Yankees	Yankees exercised $16 million option
8	SP	Andy Pettitte	New York Yankees	Will re-sign with the Yankees after he declined option. 1 year, $16 million is likely what he'll get.
9	SP	Curt Schilling	Boston Red Sox	Re-signed with the Red Sox. 1 year, $8 million base salary, $3 million in preforance bonuses based on innings and $2 million based on weight clauses.
10	OF	Barry Bonds	San Francisco Giants
11	OF	Kosuke Fukudome	Chunichi Dragons	Singed with the Cubs to a reported 4 years, $48 million.
12	RP	Francisco Cordero	Milwaukee Brewers	Signed with the Reds. 4 years, $46 million. Option for 1 more year.
13	RP	Mariano Rivera	New York Yankees	Re-signed with the Yankees. 3 years, $45 million.
14	SP	Greg Maddux	San Diego Padres	Re-signed with the Padres for 1 year at $10 million
15	CF	Mike Cameron	San Diego Padres	Suspended 25 games next season for banned substance
16	C	Jorge Posada	New York Yankees	Re-signed with the Yankees for 4 years, $52.4 million
17	SP	Hiroki Kuroda	Hiroshima Carp	Signed with the Dodgers. 3 years, $35.3 million
18	SP	Carlos Silva	Minnesota Twins	Signed with the Mariners. 4 years, $48 million
19	OF	Aaron Rowand	Philadelphia Phillies	Signed with the Giants. 5 years, $60 million.
20	SP	Tom Glavine	New York Mets	Signed with the Atlanta Braves. 1 year, $8 million
21	SP	Freddy Garcia	Philadelphia Phillies
22	RP	Scott Linebrink	Milwaukee Brewers	Signed with the White Sox. 4 years, $19 million
23	RP	Eric Gagne	Boston Red Sox	Signed with the Brewers. 1 year, $10 million with up to $1 million in performace bonuses
24	C	Ivan Rodriguez	Detroit Tigers	Detroit exercised option for 1 year at $13 million .
25	SP	Kyle Lohse	Philadelphia Phillies
26	SP	Livan Hernandez	Arizona Diamondbacks
27	SP	Kazumi Saito	Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
28	RP	Jason Isringhausen	St. Louis Cardinals	Returning to the Cardinals, option accepted
29	SP	Roger Clemens	New York Yankees
30	RP	Hitoki Iwase	Chunichi Dragons	Signed with Japanese team
31	SS	David Eckstein	St. Louis Cardinals	Signed with the Blue Jays. 1 year, $4.5 million
32	SP	Bartolo Colon	Los Angeles Angels
33	SP	Kenshin Kawakami	Chunichi Dragons
34	RF	Jose Guillen	Seattle Mariners	Signed with the Royals. 3 years, $36 million.
35	C	Michael Barrett	San Diego Padres	Accepted arbitration from the Padres
36	SP	Jason Jennings	Houston Astros	Signed with the Rangers. 1 year, $4 million
37	SP	Paul Byrd	Cleveland Indians	The Indians picked up the $7.5 million option
38	RP	Ron Mahay	Atlanta Braves	Signed with the Royals. 2 years, $8 million
39	2B	Tadahito Iguchi	Philadelphia Phillies	Signed with the Padres. 1 year, $4 million
40	RP	Joe Borowski	Cleveland Indians	The Indians exercised their option.
41	3B	Pedro Feliz	San Francisco Giants	Signed with the Phillies. 2 years, $8.5 million
42	SP	Jeff Weaver	Seattle Mariners
43	C	Paul Lo Duca	New York Mets	Signed with the Nationals. 1 year, $5 million.
44	RP	Octavio Dotel	Atlanta Braves	Declined $5.5 million option
45	OF	Sammy Sosa	Texas Rangers
46	2B	Luis Castillo	New York Mets	Re-signed with the Mets. 4 years, $25 million.
47	RP	Masahide Kobayashi	Chiba Lotte Marines	Signed with the Indians. 2 years, $6.25 million with a $3.25 million club option.
48	OF	Geoff Jenkins	Milwaukee Brewers	Signed with the Phillies. 2 years, $13 million
49	SP	Randy Wolf	Los Angeles Dodgers	Signed with the Padres. A 1 year deal worth up to $9 million if meets all performance bonuses
50	SP	Jon Lieber	Philadelphia Phillies	Signed with the Cubs. 1 year, $3.5 million