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bizofbaseball.com - 15 days ago

Elias Rankings for the 183 Potential MLB Free Agents

— bizofbaseball.com — 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 ... (more) Elias Rankings for the 183 Potential MLB Free Agents

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Manny Ramirez

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mlbtraderumors.com - 15 days ago

2009 Elias Rankings Released

— mlbtraderumors.com — The 2009 Elias Rankings have been released, and Ed Price of AOL FanHouse has a full list of the Type-A and B free agents. Our 2010 MLB Free Agent list has been updated, and below are a summary of differences between the official rankings, and ... (more) 2009 Elias Rankings Released

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Chone Figgins

Melvin Mora

Vladimir Guerrero

Gregg Zaun

Jerry Hairston

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mlb.fanhouse.com - 15 days ago

MLB Free-Agent Compensation 'Elias Rankings' Released

— mlb.fanhouse.com — by Ed Price CHICAGO -- The annual Elias rankings are out, determining which free agents could result in draft-pick compensation for their former teams. Free agents are classified as Type A, Type B or not at all. The compensation applies to free ... (more) MLB Free-Agent Compensation 'Elias Rankings' Released

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Late Night Royals Links: Trade Rumors, Yankee Spending, Little Things
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Round 'em Up: Tuesday 11.10.09
Milwaukee Brewers Blog - Bernie's Crew — ... Lookout Landing has some interesting statistics concerning the Elias Rankings.  It turns out that the Type-B free agents have a higher overall WAR than the Type-As, while the top 26 unranked free agents have a higher total WAR than the bottom 26 Type-B free agents.  The compensation system is broken, but it is unlikely to be altered any time soon. ...

Baseball's Free Agency System Is Seriously, Seriously Screwed Up [Mlb]
Deadspin — ... It's ludicrous that Elias, home to more obscure stats than anyone else, doesn't even use now-common measures like OPS and WHIP in their valuations. (Though it's impossible to blame them; this was the formula agreed upon by baseball and the MLBPA.) This gives us major inconsistencies, like these chronicled at Lookout Landing: ...

The Dirty Water Filter 11/14 - Return of the Links
Over the Monster — ... The triumph of Moneyball - THT What was the impact of the book that Billy Beane didn't write? Did it cause OBP and salary to correlate better, as is popularly believed? MLB Exec: Moneyball is a Flop - New York Baseball Digest Chances this is a MFY executive? Seriously, the person who said this isn't going to win over any sabermatricians by justifying his position with the results of sabermetric GM's teams. Fun With The Elias Rankings - Lookout Landing A very ...