Andruw Jones continues to screw us when it comes to his 2007 season. We've already parted ways with him, but there was still some hope that a team may sign him before the arbitration deadline and we would get an additional first round pick. Well, not anymore. Andruw's 2007 was so awful that he is considered a "type B" free agent in the Elias rankings that came out today. He may still net us a compensation round pick, which is sandwiched between the first and second round. I guess that's not too bad (it's better than nothing, which is what Octavio Dotel will net us by not even ranking as a type B free agent). We likely won't get anything if Andruw's signing drags on past December 1st, and with Boras now having two "mega-clients" to shop this off-season that is very possible.

In other news:

• My take on Curt Schilling saying Atlanta was one of the "lucky" teams he would consider going to is that we don't want him or his holier than thou attitude. Can you imagine how badly he and John Smoltz would get along - talk about clash of the egos.
• On the Atlanta being an option for A-Rod thing that Eric Karabell spew across his "column" the other day - that's a bunch of ignorant bullshit. Karabell mainly writes about fantasy baseball, and this was pure fantasmical idioticness. Most chat board free agent fantasies are more well conceived than that crap.
• The Elias AL rankings for free agent compensation are here.
• For a list a free agents, I suggest using the MLBTR list here. For a more sortable list use the one at MLB4U here.
• And finally, Terence Moore at the Atlanta Urinal and Constipation suggests that the Braves should seek to trade for Ken Griffey Jr.

  Moore calls Griffey "baseball's cheapest superstar with a highly workable contract." I have come to expect such inaccuracies from the AJC and especially Moore (who I rarely comment on since the fact that he is allowed to write in any paper offends me). A quick hop over to Cot's Baseball Contracts would have shown Moore that while Griffey is "only" owed $12.5 million in 2008, he also has a $4 million buyout of his $16.5 million salary in 2009. Yes, much of his salary is deferred and the present-day value is apparently only $9 million and some change, but that that just means we'll owe him for years to come, and not just next year. And with the buyout of the big '09 salary, I can't see how he is anywhere near a bargain - especially with his injury history, which I don't really even need to get into do I?

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