Thought I'd post a diary of this since a lot of the information seems to be scattered. This is a further analysis of what I posted earlier. I'm basically using comparisons of what free agents were considered in earlier rankings.

There are some funky ratings that I'm not sure if they're a fluke or not, which might make these comparisons completely wrong, though. So this is just a guesstimate.

ERA and BA are estimates

Type A
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-Lee - was type A last year at 82.4 and his 2006 was comparable to his 2004

Likely Type A
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-Barajas - 32 HRs, 101 RBIs, .255 BA, 820 PA
Ausmus in 04-05 - 8 HRs, 78 RBIs, .253 BA, 890 PA = 69.498 (Type A)
Barajas in 03-04 - 18 HRs, 86 RBIs, .235 BA, 628 PA = 60.504 (Type A)

-Matthews - 36 HRs, 134 RBIs, .280 BA, 1216 PA
Lew Ford in 04-05 - 22 HRs, 125 RBIs, .280 BA, 1248 PA = 69.296 (Type A)
Kotsay in 03-04 - 22 HRs, 101 RBIs, .290 BA, 1214 PA = 67.250 (Type A)

Borderline Type B/Type A (Likely Type B)
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-Padilla - 347 IP, 4.60 ERA, 259 Ks
Lidle in 04-05 - 396 IP, 4.70 ERA, 247 Ks = 66.846 (Type A)
Maroth in 04-05 - 426 IP, 4.50 ERA, 223 Ks = 67.778 (Type A)
Pineiro in 03-04 - 352.3 IP, 4.20 ERA, 262 Ks = 72.024 (Type A)
Lackey in 03-04 - 402.3 IP, 4.65 ERA, 295 Ks = 64.484 (Type B)
Rodrigo Lopez in 03-04 - 317.7 IP, 4.70 ERA, 224 Ks = 62.599 (Type B)

Likely non-compensation FA
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-DeRosa - 21 HRs, 94 RBIs, .280 BA, 738 PA
Figgins in 03-04 - 5 HRs, 87 RBIs, .296 BA, 908 PA = 50.250 (Type C)
Crisp in 03-04 - 18 HRs, 98 RBIs, .280 BA, 985 PA = 49.250 (Type C)
Dye in 03-04 - 27 HRs, 100 RBIs, .230 BA, 843 PA = 45.750 (Type C)

-Alfonseca - 43.3 IP, 5.30 ERA, 0 SVs, 21 Ks
Mecir in 03-04 - 84.7 IP, 4.50 ERA, 3 Svs, 74 Ks = 49.238 (Type C)

-Wells - 226.3 IP, 5.20 ERA, 152 Ks
-Eaton - 193.7 IP, 4.60 ERA, 143 Ks
-Wasdin - 105.7 IP, 4.50 ERA, 60 Ks
Ramon Ortiz in 03-04 - 308 IP, 4.90 ERA, 176 Ks = 50.694 (Type C)
Arroyo in 03-04 - 196 IP, 3.90 ERA, 156 Ks = 47.321 (Type C)

-Hairston - 4 HRs, 40 RBIs, .240 BA, 622 PA
-E Young - 5 HRs, 27 RBIs, .240 BA, 322 PA
Ellis in 03-04 - 9 HRs, 52 RBIs, .248 BA, 622 PA = 53.695 (Type C)

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