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NEW YORK -- The 2006-07 National 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:

First Basemen and Outfielders

A Players
1. Matt Holliday 97.079

2. Albert Pujols 96.667

3. Carlos Lee 90.337

4. Ryan Howard 88.667

5. Brad Hawpe 87.191

6. Carlos Beltran 85.393

7. Lance Berkman 84.000

8. Alfonso Soriano 83.371

9. Todd Helton 83.333

10. Mark Teixeira 82.000

11. Moises Alou 80.899

12. Aaron Rowand 80.449

13. Jason Bay 78.090

14. Adam Dunn 77.303

15. Pat Burrell 76.404

15. Josh Willingham 76.404

17. Barry Bonds 75.955

18. Brian Giles 73.258

19. Milton Bradley 72.809

19. Ken Griffey Jr. 72.809

21. Austin Kearns 72.135

22. Prince Fielder 72.000

23. Adrian Gonzalez 71.333

23. Derrek Lee 71.333

B Players
25. Eric Byrnes 70.562

26. Jeff Francoeur 69.888

27. Andre Ethier 69.438

28. Luis Gonzalez 69.213

29. Mike Cameron 66.742

29. Andruw Jones 66.742

31. Shawn Green 66.517

32. Jacque Jones 65.843

33. Corey Hart 65.618

34. Luke Scott 64.831

35. Matt Diaz 64.270

35. Chris Duncan 64.270

35. Xavier Nady 64.270

38. Randy Winn 64.157

39. Jeremy Hermida 63.371

40. Bill Hall 62.921

41. Matt Murton 62.809

42. Nomar Garciaparra 62.667

43. Juan Encarnacion 62.247

44. Carlos Delgado 60.667

45. Hunter Pence 60.449

46. Adam LaRoche 60.000

47. Shane Victorino 59.551

48. Nick Johnson 59.333

No Compensation
49. Geoff Jenkins 58.652

50. Ryan Church 58.202

51. Jayson Werth 57.753

52. Conor Jackson 57.333

53. Juan Pierre 56.180

54. Scott Hatteberg 55.667

55. Dmitri Young 55.333

56. Josh Hamilton 54.831

57. Marlon Anderson 54.607

58. Dave Roberts 53.933

59. Jim Edmonds 53.483

59. Ryan Spilborghs 53.483

59. Willy Taveras 53.483

62. Matt Kemp 52.809

63. Cliff Floyd 51.685

64. Wily Pena Mo 51.348

65. Cody Ross 51.236

66. James Loney 51.000

67. Mike Jacobs 50.000

68. Endy Chavez 49.438

69. Alex Escobar 48.764

70. Rich Aurilia 48.667

71. Mike Lamb 48.000

72. Craig Monroe 47.978

73. Norris Hopper 45.843

74. Rob Mackowiak 45.393

75. Kevin Mench 44.270

76. Daryle Ward 43.333

77. Ryan Freel 43.146

78. So Taguchi 42.697

79. Gabe Gross 41.461

80. Joe Dillon 40.337

81. Preston Wilson 39.775

82. Nate McLouth 37.528

83. Rick Ankiel 37.303

84. Chris Young 36.854

85. Shea Hillenbrand 36.000

85. Josh Phelps 36.000

87. Jeff Salazar 35.056

88. Ryan Ludwick 34.607

89. Wes Helms 34.333

90. Alfredo Amezaga 33.596

91. Jeff Conine 32.333

92. Russell Branyan 31.236

93. Cory Sullivan 30.337

94. Carlos Quentin 29.663

95. Ryan Klesko 28.000

96. Rajai Davis 27.416

97. Lastings Milledge 27.303

98. Chris Duffy 26.742

99. Daniel Ortmeier 25.506

100. Willie Harris 24.831

101. Jason Repko 24.719

102. Nook Logan 24.270

103. Angel Pagan 24.045

104. Jeff Baker 23.820

104. Scott Hairston 23.820

106. Michael Bourn 20.674

107. Tony Clark 20.000

108. Olmedo Saenz 19.000

109. Todd Linden 18.202

110. Mark Sweeney 18.000

111. Terrmel Sledge 15.730

112. Orlando Palmeiro 12.697

113. Scott Thorman 11.667

114. Carlos Gomez 8.315

115. Robert Fick 8.000

116. Felix Pie 7.079

117. Sean Barker 6.966

117. Jason Ellison 6.966

119. Justin Upton 5.506

120. Jason Wood 5.333

121. Alejandro De Aza 4.831

Catchers

A Players
1. Russell Martin 86.100

2. Brian McCann 82.625

3. Bengie Molina 77.413

4. Ronny Paulino 76.641

5. Josh Bard 75.869

6. Johnny Estrada 73.745

7. Chris Snyder 73.359

8. Michael Barrett 72.973

9. Paul Lo Duca 70.463

10. Jason Kendall 68.919

11. Brian Schneider 67.568

12. Yadier Molina 62.934

13. Miguel Olivo 62.548

14. Yorvit Torrealba 62.162

15. Carlos Ruiz 59.073

No Compensation
16. Brad Ausmus 56.950

17. Chris Coste 56.757

18. David Ross 55.405

19. Damian Miller 54.440

20. Ramon Castro 52.510

21. Ryan Doumit 49.614

22. Rod Barajas 49.421

23. Matt Treanor 48.649

24. Javier Valentin 46.911

25. Henry Blanco 45.560

26. Chris Iannetta 45.367

27. Mike Lieberthal 43.243

28. Mike Matheny 29.344

29. Eric Munson 29.151

30. Gary Bennett 28.764

31. Miguel Montero 26.641

32. Guillermo Rodriguez 25.290

33. Jesus Flores 23.745

34. Corky Miller 21.236

35. Edwin Bellorin 15.251

36. Carlos Maldonado 12.548

37. Mike DiFelice 9.266

38. Hector Gimenez 1.544

Second Basemen, Third Basemen And Shortstops

A Players
1. Chase Utley 90.476

2. Jimmy Rollins 86.264

3. Chipper Jones 85.714

4. Garrett Atkins 84.571

4. Miguel Cabrera 84.571

4. Aramis Ramirez 84.571

7. David Wright 84.000

8. Orlando Hudson 80.357

9. Edgar Renteria 79.670

10. Hanley Ramirez 79.121

10. Jose Reyes 79.121

12. Jeff Kent 78.571

13. Freddy Sanchez 77.381

14. Brandon Phillips 75.794

15. Dan Uggla 75.198

16. Ryan Zimmerman 72.571

17. Mark DeRosa 72.222

17. Tadahito Iguchi 72.222

B Players
19. Rafael Furcal 70.879

20. Scott Rolen 70.857

21. Luis Castillo 69.246

22. Omar Vizquel 68.681

23. Ronnie Belliard 67.460

24. Troy Tulowitzki 67.033

25. Mark Loretta 66.468

26. Khalil Greene 64.835

27. Ray Durham 64.286

28. Jack Wilson 61.813

29. Pedro Feliz 61.714

30. J.J. Hardy 61.538

31. David Eckstein 60.440

32. Edwin Encarnacion 58.286

33. Kelly Johnson 56.349

34. Jeff Keppinger 56.044

35. Tony Graffanino 55.952

35. Rickie Weeks 55.952

No Compensation
37. Kaz Matsui 55.556

38. Ty Wigginton 55.429

39. Craig Biggio 54.762

40. Jamey Carroll 53.175

41. Morgan Ensberg 53.143

42. Marcus Giles 52.579

43. Alex Gonzalez 51.648

44. Jose Valentin 51.587

45. Adam Everett 51.099

46. Felipe Lopez 50.824

47. Ryan Braun 49.714

47. Chad Tracy 49.714

49. Jose Bautista 46.286

50. Yunel Escobar 45.879

51. Ryan Theriot 45.604

52. Jeff Cirillo 44.000

53. Stephen Drew 43.956

54. Craig Counsell 43.407

55. Adam Kennedy 42.857

56. Corey Koskie 42.286

57. Damion Easley 41.270

58. Cristian Guzman 40.659

59. Aaron Miles 39.087

60. Scott Spiezio 38.857

61. Craig Stansberry 38.492

62. Geoff Blum 38.294

63. Mark Reynolds 37.714

64. Aaron Boone 37.143

65. Chris Burke 36.310

66. Augie Ojeda 34.921

67. Ruben Gotay 34.325

68. Jose Castillo 32.540

69. Jorge Cantu 31.746

70. Kevin Kouzmanoff 31.429

71. Willy Aybar 30.857

72. Abraham Nunez 29.714

73. Brendan Ryan 29.396

74. Mike Fontenot 29.167

75. Greg Dobbs 28.000

76. Kevin Frandsen 26.984

76. Ramon Martinez 26.984

78. Cesar Izturis 26.374

79. Clint Barmes 25.824

80. Eric Bruntlett 23.077

80. Juan Castro 23.077

82. Pete Orr 19.841

83. Tony Batista 19.429

84. D'Angelo Jimenez 19.246

85. Chris Woodward 16.865

86. Oscar Robles 15.476

87. Ian Stewart 14.857

88. Pedro Lopez 12.912

89. Matt Kata 4.571

90. Jerry Gil 0.824

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