Type A and B Free Agents

By Tim Dierkes [October 5, 2010 at 4:33pm CST]

Based on Eddie Bajek's reverse-engineered Elias rankings, 82 free agents will be ranked Type A or B for the 2010-11 offseason.  Right now there are 33 Type A and 49 Type B free agents.  The list is below.  The deadline for teams to offer arbitration to their own free agents is November 23rd.  Prior to that date this list will shrink quite a bit, as certain players have options that will obviously be exercised, others will sign extensions, and Wagner and Lowell will retire.  If recent history is any indication, 23-24 free agents will ultimately be offered arbitration.  Keep in mind that unless a player is offered arbitration and turns it down to sign a Major League deal with another club, there is no draft pick compensation.

Type A

Albert Pujols - 96.667
Jayson Werth - 92.000
Rafael Soriano - 91.771
Derek Jeter - 91.304
Mariano Rivera - 88.609
Victor Martinez - 87.054
Cliff Lee - 86.932
Matt Thornton - 86.094
Carl Crawford - 84.615
Billy Wagner - 83.650
Adrian Beltre - 82.313
A.J. Pierzynski - 80.804
Andy Pettitte - 80.682
Vladimir Guerrero - 80.000
Ted Lilly - 79.950
Jason Kubel - 79.744
Bronson Arroyo - 79.538
Matt Guerrier - 79.483
Paul Konerko - 78.095
Magglio Ordonez - 77.436
Miguel Tejada - 76.720
Manny Ramirez - 76.154
Scott Downs - 76.069
Carl Pavano - 75.000
Ramon Hernandez - 74.517
Mark Ellis - 74.405
Dan Wheeler - 74.218
Jorge de la Rosa - 74.092
Jason Frasor - 73.446
Grant Balfour - 72.727
Frank Francisco - 72.584
Arthur Rhodes - 72.076
Takashi Saito - 69.749

Type B

David Ortiz - 75.000
Johnny Damon - 74.359
Derrek Lee - 74.167
Adam Dunn - 74.167
Hideki Matsui - 73.333
Javier Vazquez - 71.875
Jon Garland - 71.452
Brad Hawpe - 71.026
Bengie Molina - 72.321
Scott Podsednik - 70.588
Orlando Hudson - 70.238
Brandon Inge - 68.707
Jon Rauch - 68.541
Koji Uehara - 67.733
John Buck - 67.411
Felipe Lopez - 66.964
Brian Fuentes - 66.906
Pedro Feliciano - 66.733
Joaquin Benoit - 66.727
Kevin Gregg - 66.673
Orlando Cabrera - 66.667
Lance Berkman - 66.667
Octavio Dotel - 66.442
Juan Uribe - 65.608
Miguel Olivo - 65.251
Carlos Pena - 64.762
Jason Varitek - 64.732
David Eckstein - 64.732
Mike Lowell - 64.626
Jhonny Peralta - 63.946
Yorvit Torrealba - 63.707
Trevor Hoffman - 63.043
Kerry Wood - 62.666
Aramis Ramirez - 62.637
Jose Reyes - 62.434
Randy Choate - 62.379
J.J. Putz - 61.876
Adam LaRoche - 61.667
Omar Infante - 61.607
Alex Gonzalez - 61.376
Jesse Crain - 60.690
Gerald Laird - 60.045
Aubrey Huff - 60.000
Rod Barajas - 59.459
Aaron Heilman - 58.512
Chad Durbin - 58.359
Kevin Millwood - 58.049
Kevin Correia - 57.261
Chad Qualls - 56.126