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Projected Type B Free Agents
All the data is in for Eddie Bajek's Elias Ranking projections. There may be a few errors to clean up but we'll take a look at the tentative rankings anyway. The projected Type B free agents (asterisk denotes an option):
Garret Anderson
Rod Barajas
Erik Bedard
Joe Beimel
Ron Belliard
Adrian Beltre
Doug Brocail*
Marlon Byrd
Kiko Calero
Mike Cameron
Carl Crawford*
Doug Davis
Carlos Delgado
Justin Duchscherer
Scott Eyre
Pedro Feliz*
Chone Figgins
Jon Garland*
Jerry Hairston Jr.
Rich Harden
Ramon Hernandez*
Bob Howry
Aubrey Huff
Nick Johnson
Randy Johnson
Reed Johnson
Jason Kendall
Adam LaRoche
Braden Looper*
Brandon Lyon
Jason Marquis
Hideki Matsui
Melvin Mora*
Guillermo Mota
Xavier Nady
Will Ohman*
Miguel Olivo*
Vicente Padilla*
Chan Ho Park
Carl Pavano
Andy Pettitte
Joel Pineiro
Fernando Rodney
Ivan Rodriguez
Brian Schneider
Gary Sheffield
Brian Shouse*
Russ Springer
Jason Varitek*
Tim Wakefield*
Dave Weathers*
Brandon Webb*
Randy Winn
Gregg Zaun*
The biggest beneficiary of Type B status is Figgins, who was due an arbitration offer from the Angels whether he's A or B. If his B ranking holds up, he'll be more attractive to other teams since he won't cost a draft pick. Byrd, Nick Johnson, Marquis, Pavano, Pineiro, and Rodney seem like strong candidates to be offered arbitration.
When a Type B free agent is offered arbitration, turns it down, and signs elsewhere, the losing team does get one draft pick. The pick does not come from the signing team; it is instead inserted into a supplemental round. The Reds (Jeremy Affeldt), Rangers (Milton Bradley), Diamondbacks (Brandon Lyon), Twins (Dennys Reyes), Brewers (Brian Shouse), and Angels (Jon Garland) were compensated with draft picks for Type B losses last year.
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Why is Bedard so intriguing to me?
Posted by: Cardinals Fan Forever | October 07, 2009 at 01:50 PM
Does anyone know if there is a limit to the number of supplemental picks a team can receive? The Dodgers have a good amount of Type B free agents that they will not likely resign. Just wondering.
Posted by: cutmeibleedblue | October 07, 2009 at 02:11 PM
What are the chances that Xavier Nady does anything worth while next year? He's coming off his 2nd Tommy John surgery.
Posted by: Ethanator99 | October 07, 2009 at 02:17 PM
There's no limit to supplemental picks you can receive, but keep in mind that the Dodgers likely won't be offering arbitration to a few of those guys. Garland, Padilla, Mota, Beimel, and Belliard would all be risks to accept the offers, and the Dodgers may not be too enthusiastic about that.
Posted by: 92-93 | October 07, 2009 at 02:40 PM
I know his health is a concern, but I've got to believe that Brandon Webb is at the head of the class of this group. Crawford may be the best hitter available, which IMO makes the hitter group a little less than stellar.
Posted by: Satyen | October 07, 2009 at 03:21 PM
You dont need to look any further than Jason Varitek to see that this system is severely broken. How he is rated anything other than Type Garbage is a joke.
Posted by: Zero | October 07, 2009 at 03:30 PM
"Why is Bedard so intriguing to me?"
Because in 2006-2007, he posted consecutive seasons with a 5+ WAR?
When he's healthy, he's been one of the best starters in the game. Unfortunately, he's thrown just 164 innings in the past two seasons.
Posted by: scribbletone | October 07, 2009 at 03:57 PM
"There's no limit to supplemental picks you can receive, but keep in mind that the Dodgers likely won't be offering arbitration to a few of those guys. Garland, Padilla, Mota, Beimel, and Belliard would all be risks to accept the offers, and the Dodgers may not be too enthusiastic about that."
That's a good point that I did not consider. I figured that there was no limit, but it is rare to see a team receive a large number of supplemental picks. Probably due to the factor you discuss. Most type-B FA's are risky options to be offered arbitration. Thanks for the input.
Posted by: cutmeibleedblue | October 07, 2009 at 04:17 PM
The METS should take a gamble on some of these fa's; in order of WEBB,BEDARD,HARDEN,MARQUIS AND PINEIRO AT LEAST 1 OR 2 OF THESE.
THEN,1 OF THESE OF'S; CRAWFORD,FIGGINS,BYRD AND NADY.
For me WEBB,BEDARD and CRAWFORD or FIGGINS
The 2010 METS ROTATIN;
SANTANA
WEBB
BEDARD
MAINE
PEREZ
2010 LINEUP;
REYES
CRAWFORD(FIGGINS)
WRIGHT
FIELDER
BELTRAN
FRANCOEUR
THOLE
CASTILLO
Posted by: james | October 07, 2009 at 08:37 PM
They need to get rid of FA compensation.
Posted by: icedrake523 | October 07, 2009 at 09:52 PM
I think you've forgotten "Future Oakland A" Troy Glaus from the Type B list.
:-)
Posted by: OaklandAussie | October 07, 2009 at 11:50 PM
As I look through and remove some errors, the following projected types have changed since this was posted:
Yorvitt Torealba from no type to B
Brian Schneider from B to no type
Brian Giles is B instead of A
Reed Johnson from B to no type
Gary Sheffield from B to no type
Fernando Tatis from no type to B
Mark DeRosa from A to B
Pedro Feliz from B to No Type
Posted by: ebajek85 | October 10, 2009 at 06:59 AM