The Rockies hope to work out a deal to re-sign right-handed reliever Rafael Betancourt. If they don’t, however, they could receive two draft choices as compensation.

The Rockies have an option on Betancourt’s $5.4 million option for 2010 but would like to work out a two-year deal to replace the option.

Betancourt is among the Type A free agents in the annual Elias Ratings that were announced Monday. Left-handed pitcher Joe Beimel, right-handed pitcher Jason Marquis and catcher Yorvit Torrealba are Type B free agents, which could provide the Rockies one draft choice of compensation.

If a free agent either signs prior to the Dec. 7 deadline for offering arbitration or if the player’s former team offers arbitration, a team that signs of a Type A free agent loses its first-round draft choice if the signing team had one of the 15 best records in baseball last year or a second-round draft choice if the team had one of the 15 worst records in baseball last year. The team that loses the player also receives a bonus pick between the first and second round.

A team losing a Type B free agent receives a bonus pick between the first and second round.

The Elias Rankings for this winter’s potential free agents:

List of 2009 Potential Free Agents
Elias Rankings
RANKING PLAYER POSITION TEAM
B Anderson, Garret OF AT
A Gonzalez, Mike RP AT
Hudson, Tim SP AT
B LaRoche, Adam 1B AT
Norton, Greg 1B/OF AT
A Soriano, Rafael RP AT
B Davis, Doug SP AZ
Schoeneweis, Scott D. RP AZ
Tracy, Chad 1B AZ
Baez, Danys RP BA
Hendrickson, Mark SP/RP BA
Moeller, Chad E. C BA
B Mora, Melvin 3B BA
Baldelli, Rocco OF BO
A Bay, Jay OF BO
Byrd, Paul SP BO
Gonzalez, Alex SS BO
A Martinez, Victor C BO
B Varitek, Jason A. C BO
A Wagner, Billy RP BO
B Wakefield, Tim SP BO
Woodward, Chris 3B BO
Fox, Chad D. RP CC
A Grabow, John RP CC
A Gregg, Kevin RP CC
B Harden, Rich SP CC
Johnson, Reed OF CC
B Hernandez, Ramon J. C CI
Wells, Kip SP CI
Carroll, Jamey 2B/3B/0F CL
Ohka, Tomokazu SP/RP CL
B Beimel, Joe RP CO
A Betancourt, Rafael RP CO
Contreras, Jose SP CO
Embree, Alan RP CO
Fogg, Josh SP/RP CO
Giambi, Jason 1B CO
Herges, Matt RP CO
B Marquis, Jason SP CO
Rincon, Juan RP CO
B Torrealba, Yorvit C CO
Castro, Ramon Abraham C CWS
A Dotel, Octavio E. RP CWS
A Dye, Jermaine OF CWS
Podsednik, Scott OF CWS
Everett, Adam SS DE
Huff, Aubrey 1B/3B DE
B Lyon, Brandon RP DE
A Polanco, Placido 2B DE
B Rodney, Fernando RP DE
Washburn, Jarrod SP DE
B Calero, Kiko RP FL
Donnelly, Brendan RP FL
Gload, Ross 1B/OF FL
B Johnson, Nick 1B FL
Boone, Aaron J. 1B/3B HO
B Brocail, Doug RP HO
Erstad, Darin 1B/OF HO
Hampton, Mike SP HO
A Hawkins, LaTroy RP HO
Michaels, Jason OF HO
A Tejada, Miguel O. SS HO
A Valverde, Jose RP HO
Chen, Bruce SP/RP KC
Crisp, Coco OF KC
B Olivo, Miguel C KC
Wright, Jamey RP KC
Escobar, Kelvim J. SP LAA
A Figgins, Chone 3B LAA
B Guerrero, Vladimir OF/DH LAA
A Lackey, John SP LAA
A Oliver, Darren RP LAA
Quinlan, Robb 1B/3B/OF LAA
Ausmus, Brad C LAD
B Belliard, Ron 2B LAD
Castro, Juan G. 2B/SS LAD
B Garland, Jon SP LAD
A Hudson, Orlando 2B LAD
Loretta, Mark D. 1B/2B/3B LAD
Mientkiewicz, Doug A. 1B LAD
Milton, Eric R. SP LAD
B Mota, Guillermo RP LAD
B Ohman, Will RP LAD
B Padilla, Vicente SP LAD
A Ramirez, Manny OF LAD
Schmidt, Jason SP LAD
Thome, Jim DH/1B LAD
Weaver, Jeff C. SP LAD
A Wolf, Randy SP LAD
B Cameron, Michael OF MI
Catalanotto, Frank OF MI
Counsell, Craig J. 2B/3B/SS MI
B Kendall, Jason C MI
B Looper, Braden L. RP MI
B Lopez, Felipe 2B/3B/SS/OF MI
Patterson, Corey OF MI
Vargas, Claudio SP/RP MI
B Weathers, Dave RP MI
A Cabrera, Orlando L. SS MN
Crede, Joe 3B MN
Mahay, Ron RP MN
B Pavano, Carl SP MN
Redmond, Mike P. C MN
Cora, Alex 2B/SS NYM
B Delgado, Carlos 1B NYM
Dessens, Elmer RP NYM
Martinez, Ramon E. 2B/SS NYM
Putz, J.J. RP NYM
Schneider, Brian C NYM
Sheffield, Gary OF NYM
B Tatis, Fernando 1B/3B/OF NYM
A Damon, Johnny OF NYY
Hairston Jr, Jerry 2B/3B/SS/OF NYY
Hinske, Eric 1B/OF NYY
Matsui, Hideki OF NYY
Molina, Jose C NYY
B Nady, Xavier OF NYY
B Pettitte, Andy SP NYY
Crosby, Bobby SS OA
B Duchscherer, Justin SP OA
Garciaparra, Nomar 1B OA
Kennedy, Adam 2B OA
Tomko, Brett D. SP OA
Bako, Paul C PH
Cairo, Miguel J. IF PH
B Eyre, Scott RP PH
Feliz, Pedro 3B PH
A Lee, Cliff SP PH
Martinez, Pedro SP PH
Myers, Brett SP PH
B Park, Chan Ho SP PH
Stairs, Matt OF PH
Blanco, Henry C SD
B Giles, Brian S. OF SD
Batista, Miguel SP/RP SE
B Bedard, Erik SP SE
B Beltre, Adrian 3B SE
Branyan, Russ 1B SE
Chavez, Endy OF SE
Griffey Jr, Ken DH/OF SE
Sweeney, Mike 1B/DH SE
Wilson, Jack SS SE
Aurilia, Rich 1B/3B SF
B Howry, Bob RP SF
B Johnson, Randy SP SF
A Molina, Bengie C SF
Penny, Brad SP SF
Uribe, Juan 2B/3B/SS SF
B Winn, Randy OF SF
Ankiel, Rick OF SL
B De Rosa, Mark 3B SL
B Glaus, Troy 3B SL
Greene, Khalil SS/3B SL
A Holliday, Matt OF SL
LaRue, Jason C SL
B Pineiro, Joel SP SL
Smoltz, John SP SL
Wellemeyer, Todd SP SL
Bradford, Chad RP TB
B Crawford, Carl OF TB
Isringhausen, Jason RP TB
Percival, Troy RP TB
B Shouse, Brian RP TB
B Springer, Russ RP TB
B Zaun, Gregg C TB
Benoit, Joaquin RP TE
Blalock, Hank 3B TE
B Byrd, Marlon OF TE
Guardado, Eddie A. RP TE
Jones, Andruw OF TE
B Rodriguez, Ivan T. C TE
Vizquel, Omar SS TE
B Barajas, Rod C TO
McDonald, John 3B/SS TO
Millar, Kevin OF TO
A Scutaro, Marco 2B/SS TO
Bard, Josh C WA
Hernandez, Livan SP WA
Kearns, Austin OF WA
Villone, Ron RP WA
Young, Dmitri 1B WA