March Draft Price Guide

March, 2000 Supplemental Draft Price Guide

scheduled for March 4, 2000

compiled and priced by Ron Cox

Hi, gang. I've managed to complete a second draft of the entire price guide for the March draft. So check it over when you get the chance. I will likely post this list in the next newsletter, just to give GMs a head start on the numbers. If we've missed someone or decide to alter the price on someone, we can still do that prior to the draft.

Note that there is a good reason to list only true MLB rookies in the rookie list and official minor leaguers in the minor league list, because of how each group affects team salaries. That is, SJL teams can draft all minor leaguers without affecting their team salary, even if the minor leaguers played briefly in the majors last year. But all players who qualified for rookie status last year will cost some amount of money. Thus the importance of the distinction, and why we have a slightly longer minor league listing than in the past.

Also I've taken the time to alphabetize the free veteran players list. After looking everything over, I must say we've done a good job enabling GMs to fill their roster needs for scoresheet, especially with the inclusion of the freebie players. No team need be deficient in starters or backups.

Free Agents

Ricky Guitierrez, ss, $16    $2,212,500

Jose Hernandez, ss  $37      $2,400,000

Orel Hershiser, rhp  $19     $2,500,000

Jack Howell, 3b, $1            $550,000

Brian Hunter, 1b  $22          $375,000

Grahame Lloyd, lhp, $23      $1,025,000

Kirt Manwaring, c  $13         $700,000

Mickey Morandini, 2b  $29    $2,000,000

Otis Nixon, of  $8           $1,500,000

Kevin Ritz, rhp  $8          $3,000,000

Terry Schumpert, 2b  $15       $220,000

Rudy Seanez, rhp  $26          $775,000

Steve Trachsel, rhp $38      $5,250,000

Rookies

Henry Blanco, c  $12           $215,000

Glen Barker, cf $13            $200,000

Nelson Cruz, rhp, $11          $210,000

Tom Davey, rhp  $15            $200,000

Sean DePaula, rhp $14          $200,000

Einar Diaz, c  $15             $209,000

Octavio Dotel, rhp  $24        $200,000

Erik Hiljus, rhp $14           $200,000

Masao Kida, rhp $13          $1,600,000

David Lee, rhp  $14            $200,000

Mike Lowell, 3b, $22           $201,000

Vladimir Nunez, rhp, $19       $202,000

Onan Masaoka, lhp  $16         $200,000

Kevin Millar, 1b-3b, $16       $200,000

Peter Munro, rhp $12           $200,000

Willis Otanez, 3b/1b $13       $200,000

Jeremy Powell, rhp $19         $201,000

Roberto Ramirez, lhp  $10      $206,000

Dave Roberts, of  $8           $200,000

Randall Simon, 1b  $16         $202,500

Daryle Ward, 1b, $25           $200,000

Enrique Wilson, 3b  $20        $214,000

Minor Leaguers

Armando Almanza, lhp $14

Hector Almonte, rhp $12

Victor Alvarez, lhp $11

Tony Armas, rhp, $17

John Bale, lhp $13

Blake Barthol, c $12

Peter Bergeron, lf, $22

Casey Blake, 3b $13

Dave Borkowski, rhp, $14

Milton Bradley, cf, $29

Russell Branyan, 3b $21

Jaime Brown, rhp $8

Nate Bump, rhp, $11

Javier Cardona, c, $16

Jose Cabrera, rhp $15

Dave Cortes, rhp  $10

Trace Coquillette, inf. $11

Jacob Cruz, of $11

Tomas de la Rosa, ss $13

Mark DeRosa, ss  $13

Matt DeWitt, rhp  $11

Scott Downs, lhp  $12

Derrin Ebert, rhp  $13

Adam Everett, ss  $12

Robert Fick, 1b, $11

Joe Fontenot, rhp $12

Amaury Garcia, 2b, $14

Gary Glover, rhp  $8

Jason Grilli, rhp, $12

Adonis Harrison, 2b $10

Carlos Hernandez, 2b $10

Eric Ireland, rhp $12

Russ Johnson, ss/2b  $14

Robin Jennings, of $12

Mike Judd, rhp  $10

Gary Knotts, rhp $7

Jeff Kubenka, rhp $11

Ted Lilly, rhp, $17

Cole Liniak, 3b $18

Paul LoDuca, c  $12

Willie Martinez, rhp $12

Tony McKnight, rhp, $13

Melvin Mora, ut  $11

Tony Mota, of  $19

Jose Nieves, ss  $15

Phil Norton, lhp $12

Elvis Pena, 2b  $12

Angel Pena,c  $20

Brad Penny, rhp, $23

Adam Pettyjohn, lhp, $11

Alex Ramirez, of  $16

Scott Randall, rhp  $10

David Riske, rhp  $8

Jeriome Robertson, lhp $10

Pedro Santana, 2b $12

Victor Santos, rhp, $13

Brian Schneider, c, $12

Fernando Seguignol, 1b-of, $12

Juan Sosa, ss  $12

Justin Speier, rhp $10

Sean Spencer, lhp, $8

Scott Strickland, rhp, $15

Michael Tejera, lhp, $14

Andy Thompson, of, $14

Jorge Toca, 1b  $11

T.J. Tucker, rhp, $13

Jason Tyner, cf  $10

Mike Vavrek, rhp  $11

Ramon Vazquez, ss $11

Chris Wakeland, of $11

Jeff Yoder, rhp  $11

Jordan Zimmerman, lhp, $7

Free Veterans

Carlos Baerga, inf., Cle.      $500,000

Brian Barber, rp, Cle.         $210,000

Tim Bogar, ss, Hou.            $700,000

Ricky Bones, sp, Fl            $800,000

Brant Brown, of, Fl            $290,000

Greg Colbrunn, 1b, AZ          $900,000

Craig Counsell, 2b, LA         $245,000

Mike DeJean, rp, Col.          $300,000

Jerry DiPoto, rp., Col.      $2,250,000

Dave Eiland, sp, TB            $280,000

Mark Gardner, sp, SF         $2,000,000

Chris Haney, sp, Cle           $550,000

Greg Hansell, rp, Pit          $230,000

Lenny Harris, inf., AZ       $1,125,000

Shigetoshi Hasegawa, sp, Ana.  $900,000

Thomas Howard, of, StL         $325,000

Mark Langston, sp, Cle         $350,000

Esteban Loaiza, sp, Tex      $1,475,000

Pat Mahomes, rp, NYM           $310,000

Dave Martinez, of, TB        $2,000,000

Mike Matheny, c, StL.          $600,000

Rafael Medina, rp, Fl          $200,000

Jose Mesa, rp, Sea.          $2,850,000 

Trever Miller, rp, Hou         $247,500

Brian Moehler, sp, Det.        $466,666

Mike Morgan, sp, Tex.          $900,000

James Mouton, of, Mon.         $250,000

Mike Myers, rp, Mil.           $800,000

Dan Naulty, rp, LA             $300,000

Hideo Nomo, sp, Mil.           $250,000

Mike Oquist, sp, Oak.          $450,000

Lance Painter, rp, Tor.        $800,000

Craig Paquette, inf., StL.     $300,000

Dan Plesac, rp, AZ           $1,500,000  

Luis Polonia, of, Det.         $300,000

Jim Poole, rp, Det.            $200,000

Pat Rapp, sp, Bos.           $1,650,000

Jeff Reboulet, inf., KC        $525,000

Kevin Sefcik, of, Phi.         $425,000

Dan Serafini, rp, Chi.         $205,000

Luis Sojo, inf., NYY           $800,000

Tim Spehr, c, KC               $330,000

Dennis Springer, sp, Fl        $275,000

Russ Springer, rp, Atl.        $950,000

Garrett Stephenson, sp, StL    $215,000

Allen Watson, rp, NYY          $200,000 

David Weathers, rp, Mil.       $405,000

Walt Weiss, ss, Atl.         $3,000,000

Bob Wells, sp, Min.            $350,000

Marc Wilkens, rp, Pit.         $660,000

The formulas used were as follows:

Free Agent Hitters: (80 x OPS) - (age reduction) - (career k/bb ratio x 2) = dollar figure x (plate appearances/400 for players with fewer than 400 PA) x OPS = final dollar rating.

Free Agent Pitchers: 100 - [(10 x ERA) + (100 x Opp. Bat. Avg.)] t [(k/bb ratio x 5) + (.05 x IP)] = dollar figure x (.01 x IP for pitchers with fewer than 100 innings) x [(h + bb per 9 innings - 9 x 2)] = final dollar figure.

Rookie Hitters: (OPS x 40) - (k/bb ratio) + (15 if A prospect) = dollar figure x (plate appearances/400 if fewer than 400 PA) x OPS.

Rookie Pitchers: 100 - [(12 x ERA) + (120 x Opp. Bat. Avg.)] + [(k/bb ratio x 3) + (.05 x IP)] = dollar figure x (.01 x IP for pitchers with fewer than 100 innings) - (h = bb per 9 innings -9) = final dollar rating.

Note that in the case of A prospects, I also considered minor league performance where appropriate. [Ron's 1999 note]

Minor League Prospects: These players were priced according to the standards of earlier drafts, using the standards developed in Bill James's Player Ratings books of 1993-1995. As the constitution explains, only those prospects rated as B- or better who played above A ball get prices. In the absence of the STATS Minor League Scouting Notebook we used previous draft standards to gauge which players to price. Other minor-league prospects are either free (if they had no more than 30 AB or 15 IP above A ball) or $5 (if they played in AA or AAA but not in the majors).[RS]