FA Compensation

[Frayed Knot]

I'm not sure that this is official, but "according to documents obtained by SI.com" Jon Heyman's column lists the following FA types as determined by the Elias Bureau:

Type A - Team receives (subject to arb procedures) a draft pick from the signing team + a supplemental pick

Bobby Abreu
Doug Brocail
A.J. Burnett
Pat Burrell
Orlando Cabrera
* Juan Cruz
Ryan Dempster
* Adam Dunn
* Brian Fuentes
Brian Giles
Trevor Hoffman
Bobby Howry
* Orlando Hudson
* Raul Ibanez
* Derek Lowe
Damaso Marte
Jamie Moyer
Mike Mussina
Darren Oliver
Oliver Perez
Andy Pettitte
* Manny Ramirez
Edgar Renteria
* Francisco Rodriguez
CC Sabathia
Ben Sheets
Russ Springer
* Mark Teixeira
Jason Varitek
* Kerry Wood


Type B - Losing team receives Supplemental pick
* Jeremy Affeldt
Moises Alou
Garret Anderson
Luis Ayala
Joe Beimel
* Casey Blake
Milton Bradley
Paul Byrd
Mike Cameron
Alan Embree
Eric Gagne
Jon Garland
Luis Gonzalez
Ken Griffey
Mark Grudzielanek
LaTroy Hawkins
Jason Isringhausen
Randy Johnson
Jeff Kent
Paul LoDuca
Braden Looper
Mark Loretta
Brandon Lyon
Greg Maddux
Brad Penny
Denny Reyes
Arthur Rhodes
Ivan Rodriguez
Rudy Seanez
Brian Shouse
John Smoltz
Frank Thomas
Salomon Torres
Juan Uribe
David Weathers
Randy Wolf
Gregg Zaun.


* = rumored or possible NYM interest

[Guest Edgy DC]

When Sports Illustrated signed Jon Heyman in 2006, do you think Newsday demanded any compensation.

I'm guessing no.

[seawolf17]

Heyman was a Type D(umbass) free agent, though, so Newsday had no recourse.

[smg58]

I'm happy to see that Ollie is Type A. We figure to break even with first round picks.

Speaking of which, Juan Cruz pitched 51 innings last year. He'd be the kind of reliever the Mets should avoid anyway, but he's absolutely not worth a first round pick.

Not sure what to do about Ayala. Compensation would be nice, but I'm not sure I'd want him taking arbitration to stay here. We'd probably have to pay $2M, which I don't think he's worth.

[Gwreck]

smg58 wrote: Speaking of which, Juan Cruz pitched 51 innings last year. He'd be the kind of reliever the Mets should avoid anyway, but he's absolutely not worth a first round pick.

Keep in mind that the compensation rules only apply if the club the player was with offers them arbitration. Ex. we're obviously not offering Moises Alou arbitration, so even if he signs somewhere else, we're not getting a compensation pick.

[smg58]

That's true, but I was (perhaps mistakenly) assuming the D-Backs would offer. Cruz made only a little more than Ayala ($1.9M), and while he pitched 20 less innings, he did have much better numbers otherwise.

[Valadius]

Someone explain why Doug Brocail is worth Type A compensation.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, that's up to the Astros.

[seawolf17]

Valadius wrote: Someone explain why Doug Brocail is worth Type A compensation.

Even at 41, Brocail was one of the best middle relievers in the NL last year. I'd take him ahead of anyone in the Mets' bullpen except for Joe Smith.

[DocTee]

Jeremy Affeldt is intriguing. Kind of live arm that Omar is allegedly hot for.

[smg58]

I like Affeldt too. Lefty workhorses aren't common, plus his HR total would likely go down if he came here.

[Frayed Knot]

Valadius wrote: Someone explain why Doug Brocail is worth Type A compensation.

The rankings are based on old-school style stats accumulated over the last two seasons.
So Brocail, despite being about to turn 42, has rung up decent enough WHiPs, ERAs, W-L records and so on in each of the last two years to put him into the top 20% as compared to other relievers.

[Valadius]

Ah. I didn't know they were based on the previous two seasons - I'd thought it was based on the prior season.