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 gets an extra “sandwich” pick.
The types are calculated based on statistics over the 2008-09 seasons.
After the jump, the lists of Type A and B free agents:
Players with * have 2010 options in current contract
Type A free agents (with former team):
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Johnny Damon, OF, Yankees
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Billy Wagner, RP, Boston
...Type B free agents (with former team):
Xavier Nady, OF, Yankees
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Andy Pettitte, SP, Yankees
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Looks like offering Hideki Matsui arbitration shouldn’t be a consideration.
I’d love to know how a system that has Billy Wagner and his 62 total innings over the past two seasons ranked as a Type A makes any freaking sense. I wonder if the Mets think Chris Carter and Eddie Lora were worth more than a possible first round pick, although I guess they wouldn’t have offered Wagner arbitration.
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