I just checked out some of the reader comments from the Inbox, which was posted on Wednesday, and BOS13759 wrote that he noticed on the Hot Stove ticker than Mike Sweeney is a Type B free agent.

So I pulled out the official list of free agents produced by the Major League Players Association (via the Elias Sports  Bureau) and Sweeney is not a Type A or Type B free agent.

Only Adrian Beltre and Erik Bedard are ranked, and both are Type B free agents.

— Jim Street