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NEW YORK -- The 2006-07 American League rankings, compiled by the Elias Sports Bureau, 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. David Ortiz 100.000

2. Vladimir Guerrero 95.063

3. Magglio Ordonez 94.937

4. Justin Morneau 92.222

5. Manny Ramirez 89.114

6. Paul Konerko 87.778

7. Bobby Abreu 87.468

8. Jim Thome 87.059

9. Raul Ibanez 84.557

10. Grady Sizemore 84.430

11. Travis Hafner 83.529

12. Alex Rios 82.278

13. Frank Thomas 81.176

14. Nick Markakis 80.506

15. Jermaine Dye 80.253

16. Michael Cuddyer 79.241

17. Kevin Youkilis 78.889

18. Ichiro Suzuki 78.861

19. Hideki Matsui 77.468

20. Carl Crawford 77.215

20. Torii Hunter 77.215

22. Nick Swisher 76.329

23. J.D. Drew 74.557 ^B Players=

24. Curtis Granderson 73.924

25. Gary Matthews Jr. 73.165

26. Vernon Wells 72.911

27. Garret Anderson 71.646

28. Johnny Damon 71.013

29. Juan Rivera 69.620

30. Mark Teahen 68.608

31. Jose Vidro 68.235

32. David DeJesus 68.101

33. Lyle Overbay 67.778

34. Jason Giambi 67.059

35. Gary Sheffield 65.882

36. B.J. Upton 64.810

37. Kevin Millar 64.444

38. Jose Guillen 64.051

39. Carlos Pena 63.333

40. Frank Catalanotto 63.038

40. Kenny Lofton 63.038

42. Ryan Garko 61.667

43. Reed Johnson 60.506

44. Shannon Stewart 60.253

45. Sean Casey 58.889

46. Melky Cabrera 58.354

47. Emil Brown 57.468 ^No Compensation=

48. Richie Sexson 55.556

49. Jay Payton 53.418

50. Greg Norton 52.941

50. Matt Stairs 52.941

52. Jack Cust 52.911

52. Delmon Young 52.911

54. Coco Crisp 51.646

55. Trot Nixon 50.886

56. Rocco Baldelli 49.873

57. Marlon Byrd 48.987

58. Corey Patterson 48.861

59. Travis Buck 48.734

60. Brad Wilkerson 48.354

61. Jason Michaels 47.848

61. Reggie Willits 47.848

63. Casey Kotchman 47.778

64. Marcus Thames 46.835

65. Ben Broussard 46.111

66. Jonny Gomes 45.882

67. David Dellucci 45.570

68. David Murphy 44.557

69. Timo Perez 44.177

70. Mike Sweeney 43.529

71. Dan Johnson 43.333

72. Jason Kubel 42.152

73. Jay Gibbons 41.266

74. Doug Mientkiewicz 41.111

75. Jason Tyner 40.127

76. Billy Butler 40.000

77. Reggie Sanders 40.000

78. Ryan Raburn 39.494

79. Jeff DaVanon 39.241

79. Mark Kotsay 39.241

81. Pablo Ozuna 38.987

82. Ross Gload 38.889

83. Eric Hinske 37.215

84. Tike Redman 36.835

85. Scott Podsednik 36.456

86. Joey Gathright 34.557

87. Chris Gomez 34.444

88. Chris Denorfia 33.165

89. Sammy Sosa 32.941

90. Chris Snelling 32.405

91. Bobby Kielty 31.646

92. Franklin Gutierrez 30.633

93. Robb Quinlan 28.889

94. Willie Bloomquist 26.203

95. Nelson Cruz 25.823

96. Jerry Owens 25.570

97. Darin Erstad 24.810

98. Freddie Bynum 22.785

99. Rondell White 22.353

100. Shane Costa 22.025

101. Shelley Duncan 21.176

102. Luis Terrero 20.759

103. Ryan Shealy 18.889

104. Jason Botts 18.824

105. Jerry Hairston Jr. 16.709

106. Andy Phillips 14.444

107. Nathan Haynes 14.177

108. Josh Rabe 12.911

109. Adam Jones 11.392

110. Andy Gonzalez 10.759

111. J.J. Furmaniak 10.588

112. Garrett Jones 5.882

113. Kendry Morales 5.556

114. Cameron Maybin 5.190

115. Dee Brown 2.785

116. Alejandro Machado 0.633

116. Brad Snyder 0.633

< ^Catchers= ^A Players=

1. Jorge Posada 90.756

2. Victor Martinez 88.655

3. Joe Mauer 87.395

4. Kenji Johjima 81.513

5. A.J. Pierzynski 78.151

6. Ramon Hernandez 77.731

6. Ivan Rodriguez 77.731 ^B Players=

8. Jason Varitek 71.849

9. Gregg Zaun 69.328

10. Mike Piazza 65.126

11. Mike Redmond 64.916

12. Mike Napoli 61.345

13. John Buck 56.723

14. Dioner Navarro 55.882 ^No Compensation=

15. Gerald Laird 54.202

16. Kelly Shoppach 47.689

17. Kurt Suzuki 47.479

17. Vance Wilson 47.479

19. Jamie Burke 46.218

20. Jarrod Saltalamacchia 44.958

21. Jason LaRue 43.697

21. Jose Molina 43.697

23. Doug Mirabelli 41.597

24. Josh Paul 40.756

25. Toby Hall 40.336

26. Rob Bowen 39.916

27. Paul Bako 33.613

28. Curtis Thigpen 31.303

29. Chris Heintz 29.202

30. Jeff Mathis 27.941

31. Mike Rabelo 26.891

32. J.R. House 21.218

33. Kevin Cash 7.143

34. Shawn Riggans 5.882

35. Ryan Budde 1.681

< ^Second Basemen, Third Basemen And Shortstops= ^A Players=

1. Michael Young 89.286

2. Miguel Tejada 87.500

3. Robinson Cano 85.714

4. Derek Jeter 85.119

5. Mike Lowell 84.857

6. Alex Rodriguez 84.000

7. Placido Polanco 81.746

8. Brian Roberts 80.159

9. Orlando Cabrera 79.464

10. Jhonny Peralta 77.381

11. Adrian Beltre 76.000

12. Carlos Guillen 74.405

13. Troy Glaus 74.286

14. Melvin Mora 73.714 ^B Players=

15. Casey Blake 72.571

16. Mark Ellis 72.222

17. Ian Kinsler 69.841

18. Aaron Hill 67.460

19. Yuniesky Betancourt 66.964

20. Aubrey Huff 65.143

21. Mark Grudzielanek 64.286

22. Eric Chavez 64.000

23. Juan Uribe 61.905

24. Joe Crede 61.143

25. Jose Lopez 61.111

26. Chone Figgins 58.857

27. Julio Lugo 58.333

28. Hank Blalock 58.286 ^No Compensation=

29. Brandon Inge 58.000

30. Dustin Pedroia 57.143

31. Jason Bartlett 56.845

32. Esteban German 54.762

33. Akinori Iwamura 54.286

34. Maicer Izturis 53.714

35. Brendan Harris 53.274

36. Marco Scutaro 52.976

37. Bobby Crosby 51.786

38. Howie Kendrick 51.587

39. Alex Cintron 47.321

40. Josh Barfield 46.032

41. Joaquin Arias 45.536

42. Nick Punto 43.429

43. Tommy Watkins 43.143

44. John McDonald 41.667

45. Wilson Betemit 40.571

46. Alex Cora 39.881

47. Tony Pena 38.988

48. Alex Gordon 38.857

49. Jack Hannahan 38.000

50. Asdrubal Cabrera 37.698

51. Josh Fields 33.143

52. Ramon Santiago 31.250

53. Russ Adams 26.190

54. Danny Richar 25.397

55. Dallas McPherson 24.571

56. Neifi Perez 24.206

57. Josh Wilson 23.810

58. Scott Moore 23.143

59. Donnie Murphy 22.619

59. Jason Smith 22.619

61. Travis Metcalf 22.286

61. Ramon Vazquez 22.286

63. Ray Olmedo 20.833

64. Ben Zobrist 20.238

65. Erick Aybar 18.254

66. Joel Guzman 17.429

67. Angel Sanchez 15.476

68. Brian Buscher 14.286

69. Alexi Casilla 10.714

70. Tony Giarratano 0.000

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