NEW YORK (AP) -The 2007-08 American League rankings, compiled by the Elias Sports Bureau by the standards established jointly by the Player Relations Committee and MLB Players Association, to determine what draft choices are used as compensation for free agents under the 1981, 1985, 1996, 2002 and 2006 labor agreements between the Major League Baseball Players Association and the major league clubs. The rankings also are used to compare players. They combine statistics such as batting average, plate appearances, home runs and runs batted in for hitters, and starts, innings, earned-run average, saves and strikeouts for pitchers. The statistics used vary from position to position.
Type A players are among the top 20 percent at their grouping, and a team losing a Type A free agent to another club receives an amateur draft pick from that club as compensation. Type B players are among 21-40 percent in their grouping, and a team losing a Type B free agent to another club receives a “sandwich” pick between rounds of the amateur draft as compensation:
Designated Hitters, First Basemen And Outfielders
A Players
1. Mark Teixeira 98.889
96.316
3. David Ortiz 94.545
4. Vladimir Guerrero 91.842
5. Nick Markakis 90.395
6. Josh Hamilton 87.632
7. Carlos Pena 84.444
8. Raul Ibanez 83.684
8. Grady Sizemore 83.684
10. Bobby Abreu 83.421
11. Justin Morneau 83.333
11. Kevin Youkilis 83.333
13. Curtis Granderson 81.842
14. B.J. Upton 80.000
15. Alex Rios 78.816
16. Hideki Matsui 78.026
17. Jim Thome 76.364
18. Jason Bay 75.132
19. Torii Hunter 74.868
20. Aubrey Huff 74.545
21. Xavier Nady 74.474
22. Ichiro Suzuki 73.947
B Players
23. Johnny Damon 72.895
24. Garret Anderson 72.105
25. Milton Bradley 70.909
26. Jose Guillen 70.395
27. Carl Crawford 70.263
27. Jermaine Dye 70.263
29. Jack Cust 70.000
30. Ken Griffey Jr. 69.605
31. Marlon Byrd 69.474
31. J.D. Drew 69.474
33. Vernon Wells 67.632
34. Carlos Quentin 66.316
35. Delmon Young 66.053
36. David DeJesus 65.132
37. Nick Swisher 63.421
38. Ryan Garko 62.222
38. Paul Konerko 62.222
40. Michael Cuddyer 61.842
41. Shin-Soo Choo 60.526
42. Frank Thomas 60.000
43. Mark Teahen 58.684
No Compensation
44. Jason Kubel 58.421
45. Gary Sheffield 58.182
46. Jason Giambi 57.778
47. Luke Scott 56.579
48. Sean Casey 55.556
49. Cliff Floyd 55.526
50. Lyle Overbay 53.333
51. Travis Hafner 52.727
52. David Murphy 51.184
53. Jacoby Ellsbury 50.526
54. Kevin Millar 50.000
55. Coco Crisp 49.737
56. Denard Span 48.289
57. Gary Matthews Jr. 46.184
58. Ross Gload 44.444
59. Frank Catalanotto 42.895
60. Chris Davis 42.222
61. Billy Butler 41.818
62. Reggie Willits 41.447
63. Mike Morse 40.921
65. Oscar Salazar 40.000
66. Ryan Sweeney 39.474
67. Brad Wilkerson 38.421
68. Franklin Gutierrez 38.158
69. Emil Brown 37.895
70. Ben Francisco 37.632
71. Eric Hinske 36.447
71. Adam Lind 36.447
73. Willie Bloomquist 36.184
74. Mark Kotsay 35.263
75. Joey Gathright 35.000
76. Jay Payton 34.868
77. Gabe Gross 33.816
78. Daric Barton 33.333
79. Carlos Gomez 33.158
80. Nelson Cruz 32.632
80. Adam Jones 32.632
82. Travis Snider 32.368
83. David Dellucci 31.053
84. Matt Joyce 30.263
85. Luis Montanez 29.474
86. Mike Sweeney 29.091
87. Ryan Raburn 27.632
88. Juan Rivera 26.316
89. Kendry Morales 25.556
90. Randy Ruiz 24.545
91. Rajai Davis 23.553
92. Robb Quinlan 23.333
93. Brandon Boggs 22.500
94. Mitch Maier 21.974
21.316
96. Jeff Bailey 20.556
97. Jeremy Reed 20.526
98. Miguel Cairo 17.778
99. Rocco Baldelli 14.545
100. Dewayne Wise 14.211
101. Aaron Cunningham 12.632
102. Bryan LaHair 11.667
103. Wladimir Balentien 11.579
104. Brian Anderson 11.447
105. Brett Gardner 7.237
106. Justin Ruggiano 4.474
107. Jonathan Van Every 3.553
108. Tug Hulett 2.727
Catchers
A Players
1. Joe Mauer 89.401
2. Victor Martinez 88.018
3. Jorge Posada 84.793
4. A.J. Pierzynski 78.111
5. Jason Varitek 76.037
6. Ramon Hernandez 73.733
B Players
7. Dioner Navarro 70.968
8. Ivan Rodriguez 69.585
9. Mike Napoli 68.664
10. Kurt Suzuki 67.051
11. Kenji Johjima 64.977
12. Gregg Zaun 59.447
13. Kelly Shoppach 57.834
No Compensation
14. Rod Barajas 55.300
15. Miguel Olivo 55.069
16. Gerald Laird 54.839
17. Mike Redmond 53.226
18. John Buck 51.843
19. David Ross 49.770
20. Jamie Burke 46.313
21. Jarrod Saltalamacchia 43.779
22. Jose Molina 37.788
23. Jeff Clement 36.866
24. Jeff Mathis 35.945
25. Rob Bowen 25.806
26. Toby Hall 22.581
27. Kevin Cash 21.429
28. Shawn Riggans 19.355
29. Guillermo Quiroz 17.281
30. Sal Fasano 12.673
31. Dane Sardinha 11.521
32. Vance Wilson 0.000
Second Basemen, Third Basemen And Shortstops
A Players
1. Alex Rodriguez 95.031
2. Michael Young 88.000
3. Mike Lowell 86.957
4. Orlando Cabrera 86.000
5. Dustin Pedroia 85.714
6. Derek Jeter 84.000
7. Placido Polanco 83.851
8. Jhonny Peralta 82.286
9. Brian Roberts 80.435
10. Ian Kinsler 79.503
11. Edgar Renteria 79.429
12. Miguel Cabrera 78.261
13. Melvin Mora 77.640
14. Adrian Beltre 74.534
15. Robinson Cano 72.050
B Players
16. Scott Rolen 70.186
17. Carlos Guillen 68.000
18. Yuniesky Betancourt 66.000
19. Mark Ellis 65.217
19. Chone Figgins 65.217
19. Alex Gordon 65.217
22. Akinori Iwamura 63.975
23. Jose Lopez 63.354
24. Mark Grudzielanek 62.733
25. Aaron Hill 61.491
26. Brendan Harris 60.571
27. Howie Kendrick 60.248
28. Jose Bautista 58.385
29. Juan Uribe 56.571
30. Hank Blalock 56.522
No Compensation
31. Marco Scutaro 56.000
32. Evan Longoria 55.901
33. Jason Bartlett 55.429
34. Maicer Izturis 55.280
35. Mike Aviles 54.857
36. Bobby Crosby 53.714
37. Asdrubal Cabrera 51.553
37. Brandon Inge 51.553
39. Julio Lugo 51.429
40. Eric Chavez 45.963
41. Ramon Santiago 44.000
42. Alexei Ramirez 41.925
43. Jack Hannahan 41.615
43. Joe Inglett 41.615
43. Ramon Vazquez 41.615
46. Joe Crede 39.752
47. Nick Punto 38.509
48. Erick Aybar 37.714
49. Jamey Carroll 36.957
50. Jed Lowrie 36.000
51. John McDonald 34.286
52. Brian Buscher 34.161
53. Tony Pena 33.143
54. Alexi Casilla 32.298
55. Alex Cora 32.286
56. Adam Everett 32.000
57. Alberto Callaspo 31.988
58. Willy Aybar 31.677
59. Esteban German 29.814
60. Cody Ransom 28.000
61. Joaquin Arias 27.329
62. Wilson Betemit 26.708
63. Ben Zobrist 25.143
64. Alex Cintron 24.857
65. Josh Barfield 24.845
66. Cliff Pennington 23.292
67. Juan Castro 21.714
68. Sean Rodriguez 18.323
69. Andy Marte 18.012
69. Matt Tolbert 18.012
71. Brandon Wood 16.460
72. Jeff Larish 12.112
73. Jason Smith 8.571
74. Eric Patterson 6.211
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