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MLB Trade Rumors is proud to present our 13th annual Top 50 Free Agents list! For the entire list of free agents, plus the ability to filter by signing status, position, signing team, and qualifying offer status, check out our mobile-friendly free agent tracker here. New to MLBTR? You can follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, and download our free app for iOS and Android. MLBTR writers Steve Adams and Jeff Todd joined me in this collaboration, debating free agent contracts and destinations for many hours. We vetted these as much as possible, but...

Democrats touted a Congressional Budget Office report that projects more than 2 million workers will opt out of full time work because of the Affordable Care Act's subsidies for unemployed and underemployed persons. “While the Administration's opponents will try to make this look like bad news, the fact is that work is a disutility,” said Press Secretary Jay Carney. “Everyone knows that leisure is man's preferred state. By enabling more people to obtain health insurance at government expense, the Affordable Care Act is liberating millions from the drudgery of full time employment.” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) maintains that...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said the Congressional Budget Office report that shows Obamacare will make the labor force lose 2.3 million full-time workers by 2021 is positive because it lets Americans be “free agents.” “We have the CBO report, which rightfully says, that people shouldn’t have job lock. If they — we live in a country where there should be free agency. People can do what they want,” Reid told reporters outside of a close policy luncheon. “And what they’re saying here is — and the fact checkers have already done this — the Republicans talk about losing...

A bipartisan effort in Washington to encourage the president to free imprisoned U.S. Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean in time to spend Christmas with their families is gaining ground. A new bipartisan coalition yesterday delivered a letter to the White House, and another resolution, also a bipartisan plan, is advancing through the U.S. House of Representatives. Both ask President Bush to commute the agents' prison sentences. However, there's been no indication the White House would respond positively to the requests. In fact, this week a conference committee finalizing the Omnibus Appropriations Bill stripped out an amendment co-sponsored...

If you're the New York Giants you don't have to wait for Thursday to be thankful. You can start saying your hallelujahs right now for key offseason moves that have the club at the top of its division. I'm talking about players like Plaxico Burress. And Antonio Pierce. And Jay Feely. All were veteran free agents the Giants believed could make them better. And they were right. Now they deserve to be recognized, along with others who dared to spend millions on veterans who could stand and deliver. We can start with the Giants because they scored so many bull's-eyes...

After the World Series, baseball fans still have football, basketball, and hockey to watch. But the winter months bring about free agency and trade rumors for Major League Baseball and that is always exciting. This year's free agent crop is not as deep as past years. There are no real super-superstars waiting for gargantuan contracts. Not only is the market shallow, trades will be a tie-in with free agents. So with that in mind, here are the top 10 free agents available. There are two leadoff hitters in demand this year, the Atlanta Braves SS Rafael Furcal and the Boston...