scheduled for March 15, 2003
compiled and priced by Ron Cox
This is the current version of the March price guide, revised based on the 2003 John Sickels' Prospect Book. The AA and AAA players rated C or unrated by Sickels have been dropped from the list, as they revert to being $5 players. The players not originally on the list who have been rated C+ or higher by Sickels have been added to the list, and priced accordingly.
Starting with 2004, the entire rating system will be based exclusively on the annual Ron Shandler Baseball Forecaster, using Shandler's R$ as our starting point for rookies and free agents, with the following modifications: for players with R$ of 30+, we will multiply the R$ by 2.5; for players with R$ of 20-29, we will multiply the R$ by 2.0. +5 may be added for players listed as in their "peak season," or -5 for players listed as "in decline." +3 for players whose position is SS, CF or C.
For minor leaguer hitters, we'll use the Shandler stat "BPV" divided by 3; for minor league pitchers, BPV divided by 5. +5 may be added for player young for their league; +3 for players at premium positions (ss, cf, c); and -5 for players old for their league or considered marginal prospects.
Minor Leaguers: Kurt Ainsworth, rhp, SF $17 Tony Alvarez, of, PIT $14 Jason Anderson, rhp, NYY, $6 Garrett Atkins, 3b, COL $12 Jayson Bay, of, SD, $10 Jay Belflower, rhp, AZ $11 Matt Belisle, rhp, ATL $12 Boof Bonser, rhp, SF $14 Chris Bootcheck, rhp , ANA $10 Danny Borrell, lhp, NYY $7 Tagg Bozied, 1b, SD, $6 Brian Bruney, rhp, AZ $7 Taylor Buchholz, rhp, PHI $8 Francisco Campos, rhp, MIL $6 David Cash, rhp, SF, $6 Steve Coyler, lhp, LA $6 Joey Dawley, rhp, ATL $6 Julio DePaula, rhp, NYY $8 Greg Dobbs, 3b, SEA, $9 John Ennis, rhp, ATL $6 Rich Fischer, rhp, ANA $9 Jesse Foppert, rhp, SF $21 Alfredo Gonzalez, rhp, LA $6 Mike Gonzalez, rhp, PIT, $6 Mike Gosling, lhp, AZ $11 Josh Hancock, rhp, PHI $10 Corey Hart, 3b, MIL $8 Ben Hendrickson, rhp, MIL $11 Koyie Hill, c, LA $13 Trey Hodges, rhp, ATL $11 Ben Howard, rhp, SD $9 Travis Hughes, rhp, TEX $6 Bobby Jenks, rhp, ANA $9 Jason Jones, 1b, TEX, $6 Eric Junge, rhp, PHI $7 Ben Kozlowski, lhp, TEX $9 Adam LaRoche, 1b, ATL $6 Todd Linden, of, SF $11 Charlie Manning, rhp, NYY, $6 Andy Phillips, 2b, NYY, $7 Rene Reyes, of, COL $8 Duaner Sanchez, rhp, PIT, $6 Freddy Sanchez, ss, BOS $10 Rafael Soriano, rhp, SEA $16 Aaron Taylor, rhp, SEA $9 Chad Tracy, 3b, AZ $19 Jose Valverde, rhp, AZ $8 Derrick Van Dusen, lhp, TEX $6 Oscar Villarreal, rhp, AZ $11 Brandon Webb, rhp, AZ $8 Jerome Williams, rhp, SF $22 C.J. Wilson, lhp, TEX $7 Jason Young, rhp, COL $12 Rookies: Juan Alvarez, lhp, TEX $8 Mike Bascik, lhp, NYM, $6 Mickey Callaway, rhp, ANA $14 Jaime Cerda, lhp, NYM $9 Aaron Cook, rhp, COL $8 Clay Condrey, rhp, SD $6 Brendan Donnelly, rhp, ANA $18 Jason Duocher, rhp, MIL $11 Felix Escalona, 2b, TB $5 Josh Fogg, rhp. PIT $7 Brian Fuentes, lhp, COL $7 Travis Harper, rhp, TB $13 Kazuhisa Ishii, lhp, LA $22 Ryan Jensen, rhp, SF $14 Satoru Komiyama, rhp, NYM $6 Mike Koplove, rhp, AZ $16 John Lackey, rhp, ANA $25 Jose Molina, c, ANA $8 Oliver Perez, lhp, SD $10 Scot Shields, rhp, ANA $14 Carlos Silva, rhp, PHI $8 Jorge Sosa, rhp, TB $5 Yorvit Torrealba, c, SF $11 Brandon Villafuerte, rhp, SD $14 Free Agents Terry Adams, rhp $11 Sandy Alomar Jr., c $11 Brian Anderson, lhp $14 Shane Andrews, 1b $8 Willie Banks, rhp $8 David Bell,3b $20 Mike Benjamin, 3b $5 Brian Boehringer, rhp $11 Darren Bragg, of $6 Norm Charlton, lhp $2 Dennis Cook, lhp $7 Ron Coomer, 3b $5 Deivi Cruz, ss $16 Omar Daal, lhp $23 Jeff C. D'Amico, rhp $7 Mike Fetters, rhp $5 Steve Finley, of $35 John Flaherty, c $9 Julio Franco, 1b $9 Doug Glanville, of $17 Tom Goodwin, of $8 Marquis Grissom, of $15 Chris Hammond, lhp $14 Pete Harnisch, rhp $2 Bill Hasselman, c $8 Rick Helling, rhp $24 Rickey Henderson, of $5 Jose Hernandez, ss $21 Todd Hollandsworth, of $18 Darren Holmes, rhp $11 Tyler Houston, 3b $8 Tom Lampkin, c $5 Ray Lankford, of $5 Albie Lopez, rhp $7 Kent Mercker, lhp $5 Jamie Moyer, lhp $29 Bill Mueller, 3b $18 Alex Ochoa, of $18 Jose Offerman, 1b $8 John Olerud, 1b $35 Jesse Orosco, lhp $5 Keith Osik, c $5 Orlando Palmeiro, of $9 Robert Person, rhp $11 Todd Pratt, c $9 Paul Quantrill, rhp $15 Mike Remlinger, lhp $17 Rey Sanchez, 2b, ss $9 Rudy Seanez, rhp $5 B.J. Surhoff, of $17 Steve Trachsel, rhp $23 Mike Timlin, rhp $16 John Vander Wal, of $6 Chris Widger, c $9 Dan Wilson, c $11 SJL $0 Players (real-life salaries included) Pitchers Mike Magnante, lhp 1,200,000 Ricky Bottalico, rhp 1,500,000 Mike James, rhp 500,000 Bobby J. Jones, rhp 4,000,000 Makato Suzuki, rhp 200,000 Tim Crabtree, rhp 200,000 Sean Lowe, rhp 950,000 Darren Oliver, lhp 7,000,000 Alan Benes, rhp 200,000 John Frascatore, rhp 200,000 Mike Morgan, rhp 750,000 Pat Rapp, rhp 200,000 John Wasdin, rhp 200,000 Jose Silva, rhp 200,000 Manny Aybar, rhp 200,000 Catchers Eddie Taubensee 1,800,000 Alberto Castillo 650,000 Tom Prince 200,000 Pat Borders 200,000 Infielders Luis Alicea 800,000 Jeff Reboulet 200,000 Jay Bell 8,000,000 Dean Palmer 8,000,000 JT Snow 5.900,000 Alex Arias 200,000 Frank Thomas 9,927,000 Homer Bush 200,000 Outfielders Ruben Sierra 1,900,000 Derek Bell 200,000 D.T. Cromer 200,000 Wil Cordero 4,166,667 Ernie Young 200,000 F.P. Santangelo 200,000 Ruben Rivera 200,000Yahoo! GeoCities