Last year, the MLB free agent market took awhile to get sorted out. After New Year's Day, a number of free agents finally signed that would have a huge impact on the 2012 season, including Fernando Rodney, Coco Crisp, Hisashi Iwakuma, Darren Oliver, Wei-Yin Chen, Norchika Aoki, Yu Darvish, Hiroki Kuroda, Cody Ross, Yoenis Cespdes, and of course, Prince Fielder (among many others). But this winter, things are a little different. Of Keith Law's top 50 free agents (Insider required), just six of the top 30 and 11 of the top 50 players don't have homes yet. There is also a glut of top players available at certain positions, and a complete lack of players available at others. For instance, do you want a reliever? No problem, we've got veteran closers like Matt Capps, Francisco Cordero, Francisco Rodriguez, Kyle Farnsworth, Rafael Soriano, Jose Valverde, Brandon Lyon, Kevin Gregg, Bobby Jenks, and Jon Rauch available, as well as lefties like Mike Gonzalez, JP Howell, Ma...
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PLAYERS:
Fernando Rodney,
Coco Crisp,
Hisashi Iwakuma,
Darren Oliver,
Wei-Yin Chen,
Yu Darvish,
Hiroki Kuroda,
Cody Ross,
Prince Fielder,
Matt Capps,
Francisco Cordero,
Francisco Rodriguez,
Kyle Farnsworth,
Rafael Soriano,
Jose Valverde,
Brandon Lyon,
Kevin Gregg,
Bobby Jenks,
Jon Rauch,
Mike Gonzalez,
JP Howell,
Manny Parra,
Hisanori Takahashi,
Scott Hairston,
Austin Kearns,
Kosuke Fukudome,
Bobby Abreu,
Rod Barajas,
Jesus Flores,
Miguel Olivo,
Kelly Shoppach,
Chris Snyder,
Adam LaRoche,
Lance Berkman,
Aubrey Huff,
Casey Kotchman,
Yuniesky Betancourt,
Ryan Raburn,
Ronny Cedeno,
Alex Gonzalez,
Jean Segura,
Kevin Youkilis,
Jeff Keppinger,
Chone Figgins,
Brandon Inge,
Scott Rolen,
Michael Bourn,
Grady Sizemore,
Scott Podsednik,
Rick Ankiel,
Jim Thome,
Hideki Matsui,
Travis Hafner,
Luke Scott,
Johnny Damon,
Kyle Lohse,
Erik Bedard,
Dallas Braden,
Jair Jurrjens,
Shaun Marcum,
Daisuke Matsuzaka,
Carl Pavano,
Joe Saunders,
Freddy Garcia,
Brett Myers,
Carlos Zambrano,
Matt Lindstrom,
Vicente Padilla,
Joey Devine
TEAMS: Tampa Bay Rays, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Washington Nationals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Miami Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Atlanta Braves
TEAMS: Tampa Bay Rays, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Washington Nationals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Miami Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Atlanta Braves
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