Here are the Type A and B White Sox players as listed by Elias:

 

Type A

Konerko 87.778

Thome 87.059

Dye 80.253

Pierzynski 78.151

Vazquez 75.099

Jenks 82.008

 

Type B

Uribe 61.905

Crede 61.143

Garland 71.329

Buehrle 61.111

Thornton 63.910

 

 

Hunter is a Type A.

 

There are some real interesting valuations:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/al...-complete_N.htm

 

I assume agents and teams would use some of these valuations as leverage in negotiations.

Crede was barely a type B player despite having a career year in 2006. I stand by my original assessment: Joe Crede will not bring back any compensation when he walks at the end of '08.

Maybe this is dumb of me, but are these values the ones for declaring a player to be a type A free agent or is it just a ranking.

 

 

Does defense play a role in any of the rankings? I just find it odd that Daivd Ortiz can get a perfect 100 ranking....

As far as I know, yes, but I think it is based on opportunities.

Maybe this is dumb of me, but are these values the ones for declaring a player to be a type A free agent or is it just a ranking.

Yes

Maybe this is dumb of me, but are these values the ones for declaring a player to be a type A free agent or is it just a ranking.

 

Yes, this is what they would be right now if they were a Free Agent.

Yes

 

 

Yes, this is what they would be right now if they were a Free Agent.

 

alright thanks for the clarification. and the shortstop market is god awful if uribe brings back compensation.

Possible future White Sox:

 

Torii Hunter: A

Aaron Rowand: A

Barry Bonds: A

Mike Cameron: B

Jose Guillen: B

Andruw Jones: B

 

Luis Castillo: B

Omar Vizquel: B

David Eckstein: B

 

Scott Linebrink A

Can I ask why Buehrle's value is so low?

Can I ask why Buehrle's value is so low?

 

4.99 ERA in 2006

Can I ask why Buehrle's value is so low?

The grades are based on the last 2 seasons and Buehrle was terrible in 2006.

Possible future White Sox:

 

Torii Hunter: A

Aaron Rowand: A

Barry Bonds: A

Mike Cameron: B

Jose Guillen: B

Andruw Jones: B

 

Luis Castillo: B

Omar Vizquel: B

David Eckstein: B

 

Scott Linebrink A

Giving up draft picks for any of those guys would be terrible. In Bonds case you wont' give up a draft pick because the Giants won't offer Bonds arbitration. But geeze, if the Sox sign Hunter or Rowand & Eckstein the club will have little draft picks. Not only will those two signings help cripple the franchises future, but they will also cripple the system with a loss of early picks.

Giving up draft picks for any of those guys would be terrible. In Bonds case you wont' give up a draft pick because the Giants won't offer Bonds arbitration. But geeze, if the Sox sign Hunter or Rowand & Eckstein the club will have little draft picks. Not only will those two signings help cripple the franchises future, but they will also cripple the system with a loss of early picks.

You don't lose any draft picks for Type B now

You don't lose any draft picks for Type B now

I didn't realize there was a change made, but I just read that in the Trib article as well. Thanks for the info Gene

Does defense play a role in any of the rankings? I just find it odd that Daivd Ortiz can get a perfect 100 ranking....

That's a great point. Try and find A-Rod on the list. He gets dinged for poor defense, but Ortiz doesn't because all he had to do was hit. What a screwed up system.

Thornton > Buehrle?