NEW YORK (AP) -The 2007-08 National 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:
First Basemen and Outfielders
A Players
1. Matt Holliday 98.125
2. Albert Pujols 95.385
3. Manny Ramirez 93.438
4. Carlos Lee 93.125
5. Brad Hawpe 88.125
6. Carlos Beltran 87.708
7. Ryan Braun 83.958
8. Prince Fielder 83.846
9. Alfonso Soriano 83.750
10. Aaron Rowand 82.292
11. Lance Berkman 81.538
12. Adam Dunn 81.250
13. Pat Burrell 80.000
13. Brian Giles 80.000
13. Ryan Ludwick 80.000
16. Andre Ethier 78.438
17. Randy Winn 77.917
18. Hunter Pence 77.500
19. Jayson Werth 76.250
20. Adrian Gonzalez 76.154
20. Derrek Lee 76.154
22. Josh Willingham 75.417
23. Todd Helton 75.385
24. Ryan Howard 73.077
25. Matt Kemp 72.917
B Players
26. Jeremy Hermida 72.708
27. Shane Victorino 71.875
28. Corey Hart 70.938
29. Ryan Spilborghs 70.417
30. Nate McLouth 70.208
31. Moises Alou 69.792
32. Cody Ross 69.375
33. Ryan Church 68.958
34. Jeff Francoeur 65.417
64.583
36. Dmitri Young 63.846
37. Eric Byrnes 62.917
38. James Loney 62.692
39. Skip Schumaker 62.188
40. Luis Gonzalez 61.667
41. Conor Jackson 60.769
42. Mike Cameron 60.000
42. Carlos Delgado 60.000
42. Chris Duncan 60.000
42. Austin Kearns 60.000
42. Chris Young 60.000
47. Matt Diaz 59.375
48. Adam LaRoche 57.692
49. Rick Ankiel 56.875
49. Fred Lewis 56.875
No Compensation
51. Joey Votto 56.538
52. Jim Edmonds 55.000
53. Fernando Tatis 54.792
54. Lastings Milledge 54.167
55. Willie Harris 51.563
56. Jody Gerut 51.042
56. Reed Johnson 51.042
58. Elijah Dukes 50.625
58. Juan Pierre 50.625
60. Greg Norton 48.750
61. Geoff Jenkins 48.333
62. Andruw Jones 48.125
63. Chris Dickerson 47.396
64. Bill Hall 47.292
65. Kosuke Fukudome 46.771
66. Willy Taveras 46.667
67. Josh Anderson 46.563
68. Scott Hairston 46.458
69. Daniel Murphy 46.042
70. Juan Encarnacion 45.417
71. Mike Jacobs 45.385
72. Omar Infante 45.208
73. Jerry Hairston Jr. 44.479
74. Norris Hopper 44.063
75. Gabe Kapler 43.333
76. Nomar Garciaparra 43.077
77. Darin Erstad 42.292
78. Justin Upton 40.417
79. Seth Smith 40.000
80. Alfredo Amezaga 39.583
81. Doug Mientkiewicz 38.462
81. Josh Phelps 38.462
83. Corey Patterson 37.708
84. Jason Michaels 37.604
85. Chase Headley 37.396
86. Jay Bruce 37.083
87. Gregor Blanco 36.875
88. Nyjer Morgan 36.667
89. So Taguchi 36.458
90. Dave Roberts 33.958
91. Rich Aurilia 33.846
91. Nick Johnson 33.846
93. Angel Pagan 33.750
94. Pablo Sandoval 33.462
95. Daryle Ward 33.077
96. Chad Tracy 32.308
97. Ryan Freel 32.292
98. Brian Barton 32.083
98. Delwyn Young 32.083
31.562
101. Trot Nixon 30.625
102. Wily Pena Mo 30.208
103. Aaron Boone 28.462
104. Tony Clark 27.692
105. Michael Bourn 27.083
106. Brandon Moss 25.833
107. Will Venable 23.646
108. Scott Podsednik 23.542
109. Marlon Anderson 22.500
110. Ryan Langerhans 21.771
111. Jeff Salazar 21.667
112. Andy Phillips 20.769
113. Joe Mather 18.125
114. Jolbert Cabrera 17.708
115. Wilkin Castillo 16.771
116. Travis Ishikawa 15.000
117. Brandon Jones 14.583
118. Nick Evans 13.542
119. Reggie Abercrombie 12.708
120. Alejandro De Aza 8.646
121. Mark Sweeney 3.077
122. Nick Stavinoha 2.604
123. Brett Carroll 1.979
124. Laynce Nix 0.521
Catchers
A Players
1. Russell Martin 85.328
2. Geovany Soto 81.467
3. Brian McCann 81.081
4. Chris Snyder 79.923
5. Bengie Molina 79.537
6. Ryan Doumit 76.834
7. Chris Iannetta 75.483
Molina 74.131
B Players
9. Brian Schneider 69.691
10. Josh Bard 65.637
11. Carlos Ruiz 64.865
12. Jason Kendall 64.093
13. Yorvit Torrealba 62.934
14. Chris Coste 59.073
15. Paul Lo Duca 56.371
No Compensation
16. Javier Valentin 55.019
17. Brad Ausmus 52.703
18. Jesus Flores 51.737
19. Ramon Castro 50.579
20. John Baker 49.421
21. Michael Barrett 45.560
21. Matt Treanor 45.560
23. Miguel Montero 44.015
24. Ryan Hanigan 43.050
25. Paul Bako 41.313
26. Henry Blanco 34.749
27. Mike Rivera 33.591
28. Jason LaRue 30.888
29. Raul Chavez 30.695
30. Gary Bennett 30.502
31. Humberto Quintero 27.027
32. Robinson Cancel 26.448
33. Mike Rabelo 26.255
34. Wil Nieves 26.062
35. Nick Hundley 25.676
36. Adam Melhuse 22.008
37. Clint Sammons 16.216
38. Danny Ardoin 14.479
s
A Players
1. Chase Utley 92.411
2. David Wright 89.560
3. Chipper Jones 86.813
4. Jimmy Rollins 85.714
5. Aramis Ramirez 82.418
6. Troy Tulowitzki 81.868
7. Hanley Ramirez 80.769
8. Orlando Hudson 79.911
9. Troy Glaus 79.670
9. Jose Reyes 79.670
11. Brandon Phillips 79.464
12. Garrett Atkins 79.121
13. Miguel Tejada 76.923
14. Freddy Sanchez 73.661
15. Ryan Zimmerman 73.626
16. Dan Uggla 72.768
17. Mark DeRosa 71.875
B Players
18. Kelly Johnson 71.429
19. Jeff Kent 70.089
20. Casey Blake 69.505
21. J.J. Hardy 69.231
22. Ronnie Belliard 69.196
23. Khalil Greene 67.033
23. Ty Wigginton 67.033
25. Jack Wilson 65.934
26. Kazuo Matsui 64.732
27. Yunel Escobar 61.538
28. Luis Castillo 61.161
29. Cristian Guzman 60.989
30. Stephen Drew 60.440
31. Edwin Encarnacion 59.890
32. Ryan Theriot 59.615
33. Mark Loretta 59.598
34. Mike Fontenot 58.482
34. Tadahito Iguchi 58.482
No Compensation
36. Rafael Furcal 58.242
36. Jeff Keppinger 58.242
36. Kevin Kouzmanoff 58.242
39. Pedro Feliz 57.692
40. Rickie Weeks 57.589
41. Aaron Miles 55.134
42. Ray Durham 53.125
43. Felipe Lopez 52.232
44. Mark Reynolds 51.923
45. Damion Easley 50.446
46. David Eckstein 50.000
46. Omar Vizquel 50.000
48. Greg Dobbs 48.077
49. Martin Prado 47.802
50. Jorge Cantu 46.703
51. Blake DeWitt 45.604
52. Geoff Blum 44.780
53. Anderson Hernandez 43.750
54. Alex Gonzalez 40.110
55. Augie Ojeda 39.286
56. Craig Counsell 38.462
56. Cesar Izturis 38.462
58. Edgar Gonzalez 37.946
59. Clint Barmes 37.500
60. Russell Branyan 36.264
61. Luis Rodriguez 35.440
62. Chris Gomez 35.165
63. Jeff Baker 34.821
63. Adam Kennedy 34.821
65. Emmanuel Burriss 33.242
66. Kevin Frandsen 32.589
67. Ian Stewart 31.868
68. Ruben Gotay 31.696
69. Wes Helms 31.319
70. Chris Burke 30.580
71. Jose Castillo 29.670
72. Eric Bruntlett 26.923
73. Ronny Cedeno 26.563
74. Alberto Gonzalez 25.275
75. Chin-lung Hu 24.725
76. Angel Berroa 22.802
77. Tony Abreu 21.429
78. Omar Quintanilla 20.982
79. Andy LaRoche 20.330
80. Pete Orr 16.758
81. Eugenio Velez 15.848
82. Luis Rivas 14.835
83. Sean Kazmar 12.912
84. Ivan Ochoa 9.066
85. David Newhan 6.250
86. Emilio Bonifacio 5.580
87. Ryan Rohlinger 0.275
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