Free agents by team

Every offseason, the Elias Sports Bureau compiles rankings of all major league players, based on the previous two year's stats. The players are ranked by position, so first basemen are not compared to second basemen, etc. The players are then broken down into Type A, Type B and Type C (and the rest).

Type A players are players rated in the top 30 percent of all players at their position. Type B players are players rated in the 31-50 percent bracket at their position. Type C players are players rated in the 51-60 percent bracket at their position. Because the players are only compared to others at their position, some players might be a Type B but seem to be not as good as some Type C players, etc., but that’s how the system works.

When a team loses a free agent who is ranked in one of the three categories, they receive compensation as follows (if and only if they offered that player arbitration before he signed with his new team):

• Type A. Team losing player gets signing team’s first-round pick as well as a supplemental first-round pick. If the signing team is picking in the first half of the first round, they lose their second-rounder instead of their first-rounder.
• Type B. Team losing player gets signing team’s first-round pick. If the signing team is picking in the first half of the first round, they lose their second-rounder instead of their first-rounder.
• Type C. Team losing player gets a supplemental pick after the second round.

If a team doesn't offer arbitration to their free agent, they get nothing when he signs with another team. This brings up the next question of why don't the teams always offer arbitration? The answer is, they might simply be afraid he'll accept it. It's a gamble some teams aren't willing to take, even if it seems likely the player is heading out of town. Teams must offer arbitration by Dec. 7.

Type	Player	Team	Position
	Abbott, Kurt	ATL	2B
A	Adams, Terry	LA	SP
B	Alicea, Luis	KC	2B
A	Alou, Moises	HOU	RF
A	Astacio, Pedro	HOU	SP
	Baines, Harold	CWS	DH
B	Baldwin, James	LA	SP
B	Bautista, Danny	AZ	RF
A	Beck, Rod	BOS	RP
B	Bell, David	SEA	3B
B	Bichette, Dante	BOS	DH
C	Bogar, Tim	LA	SS
C	Bohanon, Brian	COL	SP
A	Bonds, Barry	SF	LF
	Bones, Ricky	FLA	RP
	Bonilla, Bobby	STL	1B
A	Boone, Bret	SEA	2B
	Borders, Pat	SEA	C
A	Bottalico, Ricky	PHI	RP
	Bottenfield, Kent	HOU	SP
	Brocail, Doug	HOU	RP
B	Brosius, Scott	NYY	3B
B	Buhner, Jay	SEA	LF
A	Burba, Dave	CLE	SP
A	Burkett, John	ATL	SP
B	Caminiti, Ken	ATL	3B
B	Canseco, Jose	CWS	DH
B	Castilla, Vinny	HOU	3B
B	Cedeno, Roger	DET	CF
B	Charlton, Norm	SEA	RP
B	Christiansen, Jason	SF	RP
C	Cone, David	BOS	SP
C	Cook, Dennis	PHI	RP
	Coomer, Ron	CHC	1B
	Cordova, Francisco	PIT	SP
C	Cordova, Marty	CLE	LF
	Crabtree, Tim	TEX	RP
	Curtis, Chad	TEX	CF
C	Daal, Omar	PHI	SP
A	Damon, Johnny	OAK	CF
	Davis, Eric	SF	RF
B	DeShields, Delino	CHC	LF
	Dipoto, Jerry	COL	RP
	DiSarcina, Gary	ANA	SS
	Ducey, Rob	MON	LF
	Dunston, Shawon	SF	LF
C	Eldred, Cal	CWS	SP
C	Embree, Alan	CWS	RP
B	Eusebio, Tony	HOU	C
	Fabregas, Jorge	ANA	C
	Fernandez, Alex	FLA	SP
	Fernandez, Tony	TOR	3B
	Franco, Julio	ATL	1B
C	Frye, Jeff	TOR	2B
B	Galarraga, Andres	SF	1B
C	Gant, Ron	OAK	LF
C	Gardner, Mark	SF	SP
A	Giambi, Jason	OAK	1B
	Gilkey, Bernard	ATL	LF
	Gomez, Chris	TB	SS
A	Gonzalez, Juan	CLE	RF
A	Gutierrez, Ricky	CHC	SS
C	Gwynn, Tony	SD	RF
	Hamilton, Joey	CIN	SP
	Hansen, Dave.	LA	1B
	Harnisch, Pete	CIN	SP
C	Henderson, Rickey	SD	LF
B	Heredia, Gil	OAK	SP
	Hernandez, Carlos	STL	C
	Hitchcock, Sterling	NYY	SP
	Hunter, Brian	PHI	LF
A	Isringhausen, Jason	OAK	RP
C	Jackson, Mike	HOU	RP
C	James, Mike	STL	RP
B	Javier, Stan	SEA	LF
A	Johnson, Charles	FLA	C
A	Jones, Todd	MIN	RP
A	Karsay, Steve	ATL	RP
C	Knoblauch, Chuck	NYY	LF
	Knorr, Randy	MON	C
C	Lansing, Mike	BOS	SS
C	Leiter, Mark	MIL	RP
	Lewis, Darren	BOS	RF
	Lockhart, Keith	ATL	2B
A	Lofton, Kenny	CLE	CF
B	Lopez, Albie	AZ	SP
A	Lopez, Javy	ATL	C
	Mabry, John	FLA	RF
	Magadan, Dave	SD	3B
	Mahomes, Pat	TEX	RP
A	Manzanillo, Josias	PIT	RP
C	Martin, Al	SEA	LF
B	Martinez, Tino	NYY	1B
	Mathews, T. J.	STL	RP
	McElroy, Chuck	SD	RP
B	McGwire, Mark	STL	1B
A	McLemore, Mark	SEA	2B
	Merced, Orlando	HOU	RF
B	Mercedes, Jose	BAL	SP
B	Miceli, Dan	COL	RP
	Mills, Alan	BAL	RP
	Mohler, Mike	AZ	RP
	Morgan, Mike	AZ	RP
	Mouton, James	MIL	CF
	Myers, Greg	OAK	C
A	Nomo, Hideo	BOS	SP
	O'Leary, Troy	BOS	LF
B	O'Neill, Paul	NYY	RF
	Olivares, Omar	PIT	RP
	Oliver, Joe	BOS	C
	Orosco, Jesse	LA	RP
	Painter, Lance	MIL	RP
C	Paquette, Craig	STL	3B
A	Park, Chan Ho	LA	SP
	Perez, Eduardo	ATL	C
	Pichardo, Hipolito	BOS	RP
B	Powell, Jay	COL	RP
C	Pratt, Todd	PHI	C
	Raines, Tim	BAL	LF
C	Rapp, Pat	ANA	SP
	Reboulet, Jeff	LA	SS
B	Reed, Steve	ATL	RP
	Rijo, Jose	CIN	RP
B	Ripken, Cal	BAL	3B
	Rodriguez, Rich	CLE	RP
	Saberhagen, Bret	BOS	SP
A	Sanchez, Rey	ATL	SS
B	Sanders, Reggie	AZ	RF
A	Santiago, Benito	SF	C
	Scanlan, Bob	MON	RP
B	Schmidt, Jason	SF	SP
B	Seanez, Rudy	ATL	RP
A	Sele, Aaron	SEA	SP
	Servais, Scott	HOU	C
A	Shaw, Jeff	LA	RP
C	Sierra, Ruben	TEX	DH
	Simas, Bill	CWS	RP
A	Smoltz, John	ATL	RP
	Sojo, Luis	NYY	3B
B	Spiers, Bill	HOU	3B
C	Sprague, Ed	SEA	3B
	Springer, Russ	AZ	RP
B	Stairs, Matt	CHC	1B
B	Tapani, Kevin	CHC	SP
C	Tucker, Michael	CHC	CF
C	Valdes, Ismael	ANA	SP
	Valentin, John	BOS	3B
A	Van Poppel, Todd	CHC	RP
A	Velarde, Randy	NYY	2B
	Villone, Ron	HOU	RP
	Vizcaino, Jose	HOU	SS
	Watson, Allen	NYY	RP
A	Weathers, Dave	CHC	RP
A	Wells, David	CWS	SP
C	White, Devon	MIL	CF
A	White, Rondell	CHC	LF
A	Williams, Mike	HOU	RP
	Witt, Bobby	AZ	RP
	Wohlers, Mark	NYY	RP
A	Young, Eric	CHC	2B
B	Zaun, Greg	KC	C