Here is Sportscity.com's Top 50 2008 - 2009 MLB Free Agents. Players that have 'options' (player or team) are included in the list. When creating the top MLB free agents list, some of the factors we took into account the players age, position, and likelihood of signing with another team. Check out our 2008 - 2009 MLB Free Agents by Position.

Top 50 2009 MLB Free Agents
Rk.	Player	2008 Team	Contact Notes
1	CC Sabathia	Milwaukee Brewers
2	Vladimir Guerrero	Los Angeles Angels	Team Exercised Option: $15 million
3	Mark Teixera	Los Angeles Angels
4	Manny Ramirez	Los Angeles Dodgers
5	Carl Crawford	Tampa Bay Rays	Team Exercised Option
6	John Lackey	Los Angeles Angels	Team Exercised Option: $9 million
7	Francisco Rodriguez	Los Angeles Angels
8	Pat Burrell	Philadelphia Phillies
9	Adam Dunn	Arizona Diamondbacks
10	AJ Burnett	Toronto Blue Jays	Has opted out of contract
11	Ben Sheets	Milwaukee Brewers
12	Chipper Jones	Atlanta Braves	Team Option as Jones did not reach 450 ABs in 2008 (11 short)
13	Milton Bradley	Texas Rangers
14	Ryan Dempster	Chicago Cubs	Re-signed with the Cubs. 4 years, $52 million
15	Joe Crede	Chicago White Sox
16	Bobby Abreu	New York Yankees
17	Orlando Hudson	Arizona Diamondbacks
18	Troy Glaus	St. Louis Cardinals	Player Option
19	Mike Mussina	New York Yankees
20	Derek Lowe	Los Angeles Dodgers
21	Rafeal Furcal	Los Angeles Dodgers
22	Orlando Cabrera	Chicago White Sox
23	Jon Garland	Los Angeles Angels
24	Hank Blalock	Texas Rangers	Exercised Team Option: $6.2 million
25	Oliver Perez	New York Mets
26	Kerry Wood	Chicago Cubs
27	Brian Fuentes	Colorado Rockies
28	Trevor Hoffman	San Diego Padres
29	Carlos Delgado	New York Mets	Mutual Option: $16 million, $4 million buyout
30	Jim Thome	Chicago White Sox	Team Option: $13 million, $3 million buyout. Vesting with 564 P.A.'s in 2008
31	Brad Penny	Los Angeles Dodgers	Team Declined Option: $8.75 million, $2 million buyout
32	John Smoltz	Atlanta Braves	Team Option: $12 million
33	Brandon Lyon	Arizona Diamondbacks
34	Casey Blake	Los Angeles Dodgers
35	Mark Ellis	Oakland A's	Re-signed with the A's for 2 years
36	Jason Giambi	New York Yankees	Team Declined Option: $22 million, $5 million buyout
37	Raul Ibanez	Seattle Mariners
38	Garrett Anderson	Los Angeles Angels	Team Declined Option: $14 million, $3 million buyout
39	Andy Pettitte	New York Yankees
40	Greg Maddux	Los Angeles Dodgers
41	Chad Durbin	Philadelphia Phillies
42	Randy Johnson	Arizona Diamondbacks
43	Pudge Rodriguez	Detroit Tigers	Team Option
44	Mike Cameron	Milwaukee Brewers	Exercised Team Option: $10 million, $750,000 buyout
45	Braden Looper	St. Louis Cardinals
46	Damaso Marte	New York Yankees	Re-signed with the Yankees, 3 years, $12 million
47	Edgar Renteria	Detroit Tigers	Team Declined Option: $12 million, $3 buyout
48	Jason Varitek	Boston Red Sox
49	Nomar Garciaparra	Los Angeles Dodgers
50	Mark Kotsay	Boston Red Sox	Team Option