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Elias Rankings released
The Hardball Times —
Since the Elias rankings were back-calculated last year by Eddie Bajek of Tigers Thoughts, there should be less excitement regarding the release the the Elias free agent compensation rankings. There was a whole lot of outrage two seasons ago, and still a little last season, when the rankings were released. Orlando Hudson a type-B last year? We knew well in advance that it would happen. Regardless, here are the official Elias Rankings for this off-season. Feel free to voice your complaints in the comments. ...
Per 'Elias Rankings Byrd and Pudge Type B FA's
Lone Star Ball —
Per 'Elias Rankings Byrd and Pudge Type B FA's
Carl Crawford, Brian Shouse, Gregg Zaun, and Russ Springer Each Receive Type-B Status
DRaysBay —
... Per Ed Price.
Crawford won't reach free agency, Zaun and Shouse have options which may be declined, and Springer is a true free agent. The questions now are whether any of them will be offered arbitration in order to gain a supplemental round compensation pick. Given his age (and potential salary) it seems rather unlikely Shouse gets offered. The same can probably be said for Springer. We'll see though.
Some more thoughts:
LaTroy Hawkins is a Type-A free agent. He will cost some team a first round pick if they decide (for whatever ...
2009 Elias Rankings Released
MLB Rumors - 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 those projected by Eddie Bajek.
Chone Figgins qualifies as a Type-A, not a Type-B as projected.
Melvin Mora qualifies as a Type-A, not a Type-B as projected.
Vladimir Guerrero qualifies as a Type-B, not a Type-A as projected. ...
Elias Sports Bureau releases free agent rankings
Circling The Bases —
[image] This afternoon Elias Sports Bureau released the 2010 free agent rankings , which determine draft pick compensation received by teams losing players. Type A free agents require the signing team to send the old team their first draft pick after the 15th overall selection, with the old team also receiving a "sandwich" pick between the first and second rounds. Type B free agents don't result in the loss of a draft pick by the signing team, but do compensate the old team with a "sandwich" pick. In other words, teams may shy away from signing some Type A free agents because ...
Elias Rankings for Cubs Free Agents
The Cub Reporter (TCR) | A Chicago Cubs Blog —
The official Elias rankings are out and they don't differ too much from the reverse-engineered list that MLB Trade Rumors was putting out (courtesy of Eddie Bajek).
Type A - John Grabow, Kevin Gregg
Type B - Rich Harden
Reed Johnson didn't make the cut and even if offered arbitration, the Cubs would not get any draft picks if he signed with another team. A Type A free agent - if offered arbitration by his previous team - nets a first round pick and a supplemental pick if he signs with another club. A Type B free ...
Matsui noticeably absent from Elias Rankings
River Avenue Blues —
... Elias Sports Bureau’s free agent rankings were released earlier this afternoon, and they contain a few surprises. Despite numerous ...
MLB Free-Agent Compensation ‘Elias Rankings’ Released
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
MLB Free-Agent Compensation ‘Elias Rankings’ Released If a team signs a Type A free agent, its first-round pick goes to the former team—unless that pick is in the top 15, in which case a second-round pick goes to the former team. The former team also gets an extra pick between the first and second rounds. If a team loses a Type B free agent, it gets an extra “sandwich” pick. The types are calculated based on statistics over the 2008-09 seasons. Type B - I believe there’s a vaccine for that…
Fanhouse: MLB Free-Agent Compensation ‘Elias Rankings’ Released
Replacement Level Yankees Weblog —
Monday, November 9, 2009 Fanhouse: MLB Free-Agent Compensation ‘Elias Rankings’ Released Free agents are classified as Type A, Type B or not at all. The compensation applies to free agents offered arbitration by their former club by the Dec. 1 deadline or to those who sign before then. If a team signs a Type A free agent, its first-round pick goes to the former team—unless that pick is in the top 15, in which case a second-round pick goes to the former team. The former team also gets an extra pick between the first and second rounds. If a team loses a Type B free agent, it ...
Elias Rankings Released
Milwaukee Brewers Blog - Bernie's Crew —
The free agent Elias Rankings have been released, and Ed Price of AOL Fanhouse provides the composite rankings. Milwaukee does not have a single Type-A free agent hitting the market, but has a slew of Type-Bs hitting the open market this winter. They include: CF Mike Cameron 2B Felipe Lopez C Jason Kendall RHP Braden Looper RHP David Weathers These five Type-B free agents could correlate into five extra compensatory "sandwich" picks in the 2010 Draft next June. To cash in on the Type-Bs, ...
Smile, Desmond DeChone Figgins: You're a 'Type-A' free agent!
Big League Stew —
... and Adrian Beltre(notes). Meanwhile, Octavio Dotel(notes) is a Type A free agents, as are John Grabow(notes), Billy Wagner(notes), Darren Oliver(notes), Melvin Mora(notes) and Rafael Betancourt(notes). Here's a place to check the whole list. Here's another. Seeing as the Rays already picked up Crawford's option for 2010, the biggest revelation ...
Elias Ranks The Free Agents
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog —
Here are the rankings via AOL Fanhouse: Players with * have 2010 options in current contract Type A free agents (with former team): Jason Bay, OF, Boston Rafael Betancourt, RP, Colorado* Orlando Cabrera, IF, Minnesota Johnny Damon, OF, Yankees Octavio Dotel, RP, White Sox Jermaine Dye, OF, White Sox* Chone Figgins, IF, Angels Mike Gonzalez, RP, Atlanta John Grabow, RP, Cubs Kevin Gregg, RP, Cubs LaTroy Hawkins, RP, Houston Matt Holliday, OF, St. Louis Orlando Hudson, IF, ...
As and Bs
baseballmusings.com —
... The Elias free agent rankings are out. These ranking determine compensation if a club loses a free agent and has offered them arbitration. ...
Joba Sits In With The Roots & Some Other Links
Fack Youk —
... As such, here are a couple of tidbits from elsewhere in the MLB: The Elias Free Agent Rankings have been released. Who wants to give up a draft pick to sign Gregg Zaun?!?! Unsurprisingly, ...
Not The Best, But Still Worth A Look
Hot Foot —
The MLB has released the annual Elias Rankings that determine the free agent level of players entering the market. To sign a Type A free agent, you must surrender your first round pick, unless you are in the top fifteen. Since the Mets hold the seventh overall pick in the upcoming draft, the Mets first round pick is protected and therefore would have to give up their second round pick in the event that they were to sign a Type A free agent. Type B free agents require no draft pick compensation by the player’s new team, but is granted a sandwich pick in between rounds one and ...
Another Reason Matsui Won't Be Back
Pinstripe Alley —
... The Elias Rankings came out today, and everybody's favorite 2009 World Series MVP took a hit in the standings.
Hideki Matsui will be an uncompensated free agent, providing the Yankees with no reason to offer him arbitration.
I have figured from the start that someone will overpay the aging DH, but this pretty much seals the deal.
(By the way, I read Mariners so many places- I get it, they have signed a lot of Japanese players- but my money would be on an organization that is treading water and hoping for ...
Where Darren Oliver = Matt Holliday Happens
FanGraphs Baseball —
... The official Elias free agent compensation rankings were released earlier today. For those unaware, these rankings essentially determine the draft compensation (if any) a player’s previous team will recover based on a few criteria. For one, the former team must offer the player arbitration or have the player sign before the arbitration offering deadline. From there, Type-A players who sign with a team outside of the top half of round one will see their new team surrender their first round pick and their old team receive said pick as well as a compensatory pick in the ...
Elias free agent rankings released
Pinstripe Alley —
Elias free agent rankings released
Before you say the Yanks need to sign player X, please check to see if you would give up a high draft pick for him. FYI, Lackey, Bay and Holliday are all Type-A's. (h/t to BTF)
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News and notes from Day 1 of the GM Meetings
The LoHud Yankees Blog —
... several times that nothing is off the table.
• One thing Cashman feels likely to accomplish during the GM Meetings is getting a firm grasp of the trade market. “I’m open minded,” he said. ”I’m not looking into anything other than I’m going to come in here and look at what the trade market is, then we’ll gather all of our pro scouts together. We’ll take a strategy from there.”
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Some links to check out…
The free agent compensation rankings.
MLBTradeRumors Top 50 free agents.
Including ...
AaronGleeman.com — ... Yesterday the Elias Sports Bureau released the annual compensation rankings for free agents, with some potential points of interest for the Twins. Cabrera qualified as Type A, but under the terms of his contract the Twins can't offer him arbitration and thus aren't eligible to get draft picks if/when he signs elsewhere. Possible ...
Update on Chapman, More Rumors From Both Sides of Town
Talking Chicago Baseball - A Cubs and White Sox MLB blog —
... "Type A" classification for free agency. On the Cubs side John Grabow and Kevin Gregg got the Type A classification while Rich Harden was a Type B. That means if the player is offered arbitration, declines, then signs with another team the original team gets draft pick compensation. Type A is first round pick plus a sandwich pick, Type B just a sandwich pick. Also the top 15 picks in the draft are protected (meaning the Cubs and Sox can't lose their pick). The complete list of Elias rankings is here. Note Type B status for Mike Cameron and Marlon Byrd two guys the Cubs might be ...
Type-B personalities
Viva El Birdos —
Your Type A and B free agents for the 2009-2010 Hot Stove season:
TYPE A
Matt Holliday: This seems pretty obvious. Bad news: the Mets, Holliday's current Media Suitor of choice, have a protected first rounder in 2010, leaving the Cardinals stuck with a second rounder should he end up bolting for Queens. I hate to root for the Red Sox, ever, for anything, but they do have the 29th pick...
TYPE B
Mark DeRosa: This also seems pretty obvious. I don't want the Cardinals to ...
The Curious Case Of Carl Crawford’s Elias Ranking And What It Means For His Future With Rays
Rays Index —
... The Elias Ranking for 2010 free agents has been released. All players are ranked at their respective positions based on a formula using stats from the previous two seasons. Players that are ranked in the top 20% of their position are classified as Type A and players ranked in the next 20% are classified as Type B (all players are ranked, not just free agents). ...
Yankees Type A & B free agents
lenNY's Yankees —
... The Elias free agent rankings are out, and all Type A and B free agents have been classified. (If you don’t know what that means, read this:) ...
Quick Notes: Yanks Looking to Keep 3, Jeter Dynasty Teams Ranked and Elias Rankings Released
YanksBlog.com —
... . 2009 Elias Rankings: The 2009 Elias Rankings have been released . Free agents ranked as Type-A or Type-B players can gain their former team some type of draft pick compensation when they sign with a new team. Johnny Damon is a Type-A, while Xavier Nady and Andy Pettitte are both Type-B players. Somewhat surprisingly, Hideki Matsui does not chart. Via ...
Wednesday Morning Rangers Notes: Twenty-Five Days To Chaos
Baseball Time in Arlington —
... ● As expected, Rangers outfielder Marlon Byrd and catcher Ivan Rodriguez garnered Type B free agent classifications in the newly released Elias Sports Bureau rankings; none of the Rangers' other five free agent-eligible players (Joaquin Benoit, Hank Blalock, Andruw Jones, Eddie Guardado and Omar Vizquel) were ranked (Ed Price, MLB FanHouse) ...
Yankees to inquire about Halladay. How about Granderson and DeRosa?
Zell's Pinstripe Blog —
... Mariners, Nationals, Dodgers, Phillies, Rangers, Orioles, and Giants have also inquired about him
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Houston is an unlikely destination for Andy Pettitte
MLB Free-Agent Compensation ‘Elias Rankings’ Released
2010 Top 50 Free Agents / BBWAA ...
Washington Nationals Rumors: Are Mike Gonzalez Or Billy Wagner Worth A 2nd Round Pick?
Federal Baseball —
... was also on the Nationals' radar...though Gonzalez too is a Type A FA...but as MLB Fanhouse author Ed Price noted, in an article entitled, "MLB Free-Agent Compensation, 'Elias Rankings' released" (in case you've forgotten or didn't know), a team signing a Type A free agent only loses their 1st Round pick if it falls between 16-30, and since Washington, for the second-straight year, has the No. 1 overall pick in 2010, they'd forfeit their second-round pick if they somehow sign a Type A...One Note: ...
