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From CC Sabathia to Jason Varitek, the game's top 50 free agents - Ben Reiter - SI.com
The nation's economic slowdown won't have much of an impact on the very best of the 184 major league players who are currently eligible for free agency. Nearly unimaginable -- and, in some cases, perhaps unprecedented -- riches await those at the very top of the list, who include some of the ...
My Top 50 Free Agents for 2009
My Top 50 Free Agents for 2009
3guysandasportspage.com — My list will include all players who’s contracts ended and who’s contract hold an option that has... yet to be picked up. Here is my list of the top 50 free agents for the 2009 season: (more) My Top 50 Free Agents for 2009

Ben Reiter: Ranking the top free agents
sportsillustrated.cnn.com — Ranking the game's top 50 free agents, from CC to a former Idiot.... (more) Ben Reiter: Ranking the top free agents
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Tomahawk This & That with Even Stevens
The DiaTribe — ... Finally, SI.com’s Ben Reiter ranks the top 50 FA this off-season (who are now FA…it officially being the off-season) and projects landing spots for those 50. Showing an obvious bias towards 4 teams, Reiter has 14 of the top 25 (including 8 of the top 10) going to either the NY or LA teams in either league. Reiter’s “predictions” beg the question, “With the dominance that the Yankees, Mets, Angels, and Dodgers exert over their minor-league feeder teams…what’s the point of even playing the season.” ...

Indians: Continuing to Temper Expectations
WaitingForNextYear — ... are considered to be a “splash,” you may just want to tune out all Tribe news until March rolls around.  Previous thoughts of eying up closer Brian Fuentes are fleeting.  Francisco Rodriguez wants Dr. Evil money, and Jake Peavy apparently listed his possible suitors: Chicago and Los Angeles.  Not to burst bubbles, but Cleveland is neither of those two.  And after looking at this list , it appears that we’re also not New York either. So, with Brian Roberts requiring too much in the trade market, and Orlando Hudson requiring too much in the paycheck market, Terry guesses that ...

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