Elias Player Rankings

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Elias Player Rankings
Tabulated for MLB and the Players Association by the Elias Sports Bureau. Under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, this set of player ratings used by the league to gauge free agent compensation for teams losing players. Compensation is in the form of amateur draft picks in June following the off-season. The rankings as of October 31, 2007 are available for American and National league players.

The 2006 CBA changed the draft pick compensation for losing free agents substantially starting in the 2007-2008 offseason, including the elimination of "Type C" free agents. Details of the changes to the system can be found here. The current compensation system is as follows:

Type A - Players whose rankings place them in the top 20% at their position. A team losing a Type A free agent gets a sandwich pick between the 1st and 2nd rounds. Any team signing a Type A player forfeits their 1st round pick to the team that lost the player unless:
* The signing team had one of the 15 worst records in MLB the previous season, or
* The team losing the player signs another free agent rated higher than the player lost.
Type B - Players whose rankings place them among the next 20% at their position (between 20% and 40%). A team losing a Type B free agent gets a sandwich pick between the 1st and 2nd rounds.

To form the rankings, Elias groups players together in categories by position and league:

  • 1B, OF, DH
  • 2B, 3B, SS
  • Catchers
  • Starting Pitchers
  • Relief Ppitchers
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