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 The Major League Baseball Players Association today released the Elias rankings for all 183 players that have been deemed to be "potential" free agents for the 2009-10 off-season.
The term “potential” pertains to contract provisions with allow options, for either the player or club, to exercise. For example, Manny Ramirez is one such player. He exercised his player option for the 2010 to allow him to remain with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Some clubs have exercised options to release players. An example would be J.J. Putz with the New York Mets.
The Elias rankings are important in determining draft pick compensation, should a player sign with another team (a player that files for free agency can resign with their former club. Case in point, Alex Rodriguez who resigned with the Yankees in 2007)
Players are ranked as A, B, or no ranking what so ever.
Clubs that sign a Type A free agent then give their 1st-round pick to the player’s former club. The exception would be unless the pick ranks within the top 15, in which case a 2ndround pick goes to the former club. That club also gets an extra pick between the first and second rounds.
If a club loses a Type B free agent to another team, that club then gets an extra "sandwich" pick.
The rankings are based upon player stats as collected by Elias.
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| RANKING |
PLAYER |
POSITION |
TEAM |
| B |
Garret Anderson |
OF |
AT |
| A |
Mike Gonzalez |
RP |
AT |
|
Tim Hudson |
SP |
AT |
| B |
Adam LaRoche |
1B |
AT |
|
Greg Norton |
1B/OF |
AT |
| A |
Rafael Soriano |
RP |
AT |
| B |
Doug Davis |
SP |
AZ |
|
Scott Schoeneweis |
RP |
AZ |
|
Chad Tracy |
1B |
AZ |
|
Brandon Webb |
SP |
AZ |
|
Danys Baez |
RP |
BA |
|
Mark Hendrickson |
SP/RP |
BA |
|
Chad Moeller |
C |
BA |
| B |
Melvin Mora |
3B |
BA |
|
Rocco Baldelli |
OF |
BO |
| A |
Jay Bay |
OF |
BO |
|
Paul Byrd |
SP |
BO |
|
Alex Gonzalez |
SS |
BO |
| A |
Victor Martinez |
C |
BO |
| B |
Jason Varitek |
C |
BO |
| A |
Billy Wagner |
RP |
BO |
| B |
Tim Wakefield |
SP |
BO |
|
Chris Woodward |
3B |
BO |
|
Chad Fox |
RP |
CC |
| A |
John Grabow |
RP |
CC |
| A |
Kevin Gregg |
RP |
CC |
| B |
Rich Harden |
SP |
CC |
|
Reed Johnson |
OF |
CC |
| B |
Ramon Hernandez |
C |
CI |
|
Kip Wells |
SP |
CI |
|
Jamey Carroll |
2B/3B/0F |
CL |
|
Tomokazu Ohka |
SP/RP |
CL |
| B |
Joe Beimel |
RP |
CO |
| A |
Rafael Betancourt |
RP |
CO |
|
Jose Contreras |
SP |
CO |
|
Alan Embree |
RP |
CO |
|
Josh Fogg |
SP/RP |
CO |
|
Jason Giambi |
1B |
CO |
|
Matt Herges |
RP |
CO |
| B |
Jason Marquis |
SP |
CO |
|
Juan Rincon |
RP |
CO |
| B |
Yorvit Torrealba |
C |
CO |
|
Ramon Castro |
C |
CWS |
| A |
Octavio Dotel |
RP |
CWS |
| A |
Jermaine Dye |
OF |
CWS |
|
Scott Podsednik |
OF |
CWS |
|
Adam Everett |
SS |
DE |
|
Aubrey Huff |
1B/3B |
DE |
| B |
Brandon Lyon |
RP |
DE |
| A |
Placido Polanco |
2B |
DE |
| B |
Fernando Rodney |
RP |
DE |
|
Jarrod Washburn |
SP |
DE |
| B |
Kiko Calero |
RP |
FL |
|
Brendan Donnelly |
RP |
FL |
|
Ross Gload |
1B/OF |
FL |
| B |
Nick Johnson |
1B |
FL |
|
Aaron Boone |
1B/3B |
HO |
| B |
Doug Brocail |
RP |
HO |
|
Darin Erstad |
1B/OF |
HO |
|
Mike Hampton |
SP |
HO |
| A |
LaTroy Hawkins |
RP |
HO |
|
Jason Michaels |
OF |
HO |
| A |
Miguel Tejada |
SS |
HO |
| A |
Jose Valverde |
RP |
HO |
|
Bruce Chen |
SP/RP |
KC |
|
Coco Crisp |
OF |
KC |
| B |
Miguel Olivo |
C |
KC |
|
Jamey Wright |
RP |
KC |
|
Bob Abreu |
OF |
LAA |
|
Kelvim Escobar |
SP |
LAA |
| A |
Chone Figgins |
3B |
LAA |
| B |
Vladimir Guerrero |
OF/DH |
LAA |
| A |
John Lackey |
SP |
LAA |
| A |
Darren Oliver |
RP |
LAA |
|
Robb Quinlan |
1B/3B/OF |
LAA |
|
Brad Ausmus |
C |
LAD |
| B |
Ron Belliard |
2B |
LAD |
|
Juan Castro |
2B/SS |
LAD |
| B |
Jon Garland |
SP |
LAD |
| A |
Orlando Hudson |
2B |
LAD |
|
Mark Loretta |
1B/2B/3B |
LAD |
|
Doug Mientkiewicz |
1B |
LAD |
|
Eric Milton |
SP |
LAD |
| B |
Guillermo Mota |
RP |
LAD |
| B |
Will Ohman |
RP |
LAD |
| B |
Vicente Padilla |
SP |
LAD |
| A |
Manny Ramirez |
OF |
LAD |
|
Jason Schmidt |
SP |
LAD |
|
Jim Thome |
DH/1B |
LAD |
|
Jeff Weaver |
SP |
LAD |
| A |
Randy Wolf |
SP |
LAD |
| B |
Michael Cameron |
OF |
MI |
|
Frank Catalanotto |
OF |
MI |
|
Craig Counsell |
2B/3B/SS |
MI |
| B |
Jason Kendall |
C |
MI |
| B |
Braden Looper |
RP |
MI |
| B |
Felipe Lopez |
2B/3B/SS/OF |
MI |
|
Corey Patterson |
OF |
MI |
|
Claudio Vargas |
SP/RP |
MI |
| B |
Dave Weathers |
RP |
MI |
| A |
Orlando Cabrera |
SS |
MN |
|
Joe Crede |
3B |
MN |
|
Ron Mahay |
RP |
MN |
| B |
Carl Pavano |
SP |
MN |
|
Mike Redmond |
C |
MN |
|
Alex Cora |
2B/SS |
NYM |
| B |
Carlos Delgado |
1B |
NYM |
|
Elmer Dessens |
RP |
NYM |
|
Ramon Martinez |
2B/SS |
NYM |
|
J.J. Putz |
RP |
NYM |
|
Brian Schneider |
C |
NYM |
|
Gary Sheffield |
OF |
NYM |
| B |
Fernando Tatis |
1B/3B/OF |
NYM |
| A |
Johnny Damon |
OF |
NYY |
|
Jerry Hairston Jr |
2B/3B/SS/OF |
NYY |
|
Eric Hinske |
1B/OF |
NYY |
|
Hideki Matsui |
OF |
NYY |
|
Jose Molina |
C |
NYY |
| B |
Xavier Nady |
OF |
NYY |
| B |
Andy Pettitte |
SP |
NYY |
|
Bobby Crosby |
SS |
OA |
| B |
Justin Duchscherer |
SP |
OA |
|
Nomar Garciaparra |
1B |
OA |
|
Adam Kennedy |
2B |
OA |
|
Brett Tomko |
SP |
OA |
|
Paul Bako |
C |
PH |
|
Miguel Cairo |
IF |
PH |
| B |
Scott Eyre |
RP |
PH |
|
Pedro Feliz |
3B |
PH |
| A |
Cliff Lee |
SP |
PH |
|
Pedro Martinez |
SP |
PH |
|
Brett Myers |
SP |
PH |
| B |
Chan Ho Park |
SP |
PH |
|
Matt Stairs |
OF |
PH |
|
Henry Blanco |
C |
SD |
| B |
Brian Giles |
OF |
SD |
|
Miguel Batista |
SP/RP |
SE |
| B |
Erik Bedard |
SP |
SE |
| B |
Adrian Beltre |
3B |
SE |
|
Russ Branyan |
1B |
SE |
|
Endy Chavez |
OF |
SE |
|
Ken Griffey Jr. |
DH/OF |
SE |
|
Mike Sweeney |
1B/DH |
SE |
|
Jack Wilson |
SS |
SE |
|
Rich Aurilia |
1B/3B |
SF |
| B |
Bob Howry |
RP |
SF |
| B |
Randy Johnson |
SP |
SF |
| A |
Bengie Molina |
C |
SF |
|
Brad Penny |
SP |
SF |
|
Juan Uribe |
2B/3B/SS |
SF |
| B |
Randy Winn |
OF |
SF |
|
Rick Ankiel |
OF |
SL |
| B |
Mark De Rosa |
3B |
SL |
| B |
Troy Glaus |
3B |
SL |
|
Khalil Greene |
SS/3B |
SL |
| A |
Matt Holliday |
OF |
SL |
|
Jason LaRue |
C |
SL |
| B |
Joel Pineiro |
SP |
SL |
|
John Smoltz |
SP |
SL |
|
Todd Wellemeyer |
SP |
SL |
| B |
Chad Bradford |
RP |
TB |
|
Carl Crawford |
OF |
TB |
|
Jason Isringhausen |
RP |
TB |
|
Troy Percival |
RP |
TB |
| B |
Brian Shouse |
RP |
TB |
| B |
Russ Springer |
RP |
TB |
| B |
Gregg Zaun |
C |
TB |
|
Joaquin Benoit |
RP |
TE |
|
Hank Blalock |
3B |
TE |
| B |
Marlon Byrd |
OF |
TE |
|
Eddie Guardado |
RP |
TE |
|
Andruw Jones |
OF |
TE |
| B |
Ivan Rodriguez |
C |
TE |
|
Omar Vizquel |
SS |
TE |
| B |
Rod Barajas |
C |
TO |
|
John McDonald |
3B/SS |
TO |
|
Kevin Millar |
OF178 |
TO |
| A |
Marco Scutaro |
2B/SS |
TO |
|
Josh Bard |
C |
WA |
|
Livan Hernandez |
SP |
WA |
|
Austin Kearns |
OF |
WA |
|
Ron Villone |
RP |
WA |
|
Dmitri Young |
1B |
WA |
Source: MLBPA
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