Free agency begins five days after the end of the World Series. As in other recent offseasons, FanGraphs is once again facilitating this offseason a contract-crowdsourcing project, the idea being to harness the wisdom of the crowds to the end of better understanding the giant and large 2015-16 free-agent market.

Below are links to ballots for five of this year’s free agents, all of them (once again) corner outfielders.

Other Players: Nori Aoki / Alex Avila / Marlon Byrd / Asdrubal Cabrera / Yoenis Cespedes / Chris Davis / Rajai Davis / Alejandro De Aza / Ian Desmond / Stephen Drew / Dexter Fowler / David Freese / Alex Gordon / Chris Iannetta / Austin Jackson / Kelly Johnson / Howie Kendrick / Justin Morneau / Daniel Murphy / Mike Napoli / Dioner Navarro / Alexei Ramirez / Colby Rasmus / Jimmy Rollins / Geovany Soto / Denard Span / Juan Uribe / Chase Utley / Matt Wieters / Ben Zobrist.

Jason Heyward (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Heyward:

• Has averaged 566 PA and 4.9 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 5.2 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 6.0 WAR in 610 PA in 2015.
• Is projected to record 4.3 WAR per 600 PA**.
• Is entering his age-26 season.
• Made $8.3M in 2015, as part of deal signed in February 2014.

*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starting player.
**Prorated version of final updated 2015 Steamer projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Heyward.

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Free agency begins five days after the end of the World Series. As in other recent offseasons, FanGraphs is once again facilitating this offseason a contract-crowdsourcing project, the idea being to harness the wisdom of the crowds to the end of better understanding the giant and large 2015-16 free-agent market.

Below are links to ballots for five of this year’s free agents, all of them corner outfielders.

Other Players: Nori Aoki / Alex Avila / Asdrubal Cabrera / Chris Davis / Ian Desmond / Stephen Drew / Dexter Fowler / David Freese / Chris Iannetta / Austin Jackson / Kelly Johnson / Howie Kendrick / Justin Morneau / Daniel Murphy / Mike Napoli / Dioner Navarro / Alexei Ramirez / Colby Rasmus / Jimmy Rollins / Geovany Soto / Denard Span / Juan Uribe / Chase Utley / Matt Wieters / Ben Zobrist.

Marlon Byrd (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Byrd:

• Has averaged 587 PA and 2.4 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 2.5 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 1.0 WAR in 544 PA in 2015.
• Is projected to record 0.4 WAR per 600 PA**.
• Is entering his age-28 age-38 season.
• Made $8.0M in 2015, as part of deal signed in November 2013.

*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starting player.
**Prorated version of final updated 2015 Steamer projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Byrd.

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Free agency begins five days after the end of the World Series. As in other recent offseasons, FanGraphs is once again facilitating this offseason a contract-crowdsourcing project, the idea being to harness the wisdom of the crowds to the end of better understanding the giant and large 2015-16 free-agent market.

Below are links to ballots for five of this year’s free agents, including the four main center fielders and first of many corner outfielders.

Other Players: Alex Avila / Asdrubal Cabrera / Chris Davis / Ian Desmond / Stephen Drew / David Freese / Chris Iannetta / Kelly Johnson / Howie Kendrick / Justin Morneau / Daniel Murphy / Mike Napoli / Dioner Navarro / Alexei Ramirez / Jimmy Rollins / Geovany Soto / Juan Uribe / Chase Utley / Matt Wieters / Ben Zobrist.

Dexter Fowler (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Fowler:

• Has averaged 562 PA and 2.3 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 2.4 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 3.2 WAR in 690 PA in 2015.
• Is projected to record 1.7 WAR per 600 PA**.
• Is entering his age-30 season.
• Made $9.5M in 2015, as part of deal signed in January 2015.

*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starting player.
**Prorated version of final updated 2015 Steamer projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Fowler.

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Free agency begins five days after the end of the World Series. As in other recent offseasons, FanGraphs is once again facilitating this offseason a contract-crowdsourcing project, the idea being to harness the wisdom of the crowds to the end of better understanding the giant and large 2015-16 free-agent market.

Below are links to ballots for five of this year’s free agents, including former shortstop Juan Uribe and four current shortstops.

Other Players: Alex Avila / Chris Davis / Stephen Drew / David Freese / Chris Iannetta / Kelly Johnson / Howie Kendrick / Justin Morneau / Daniel Murphy / Mike Napoli / Dioner Navarro / Geovany Soto / Chase Utley / Matt Wieters / Ben Zobrist.

Juan Uribe (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Uribe:

• Has averaged 409 PA and 3.5 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 5.1 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 1.9 WAR in 397 PA in 2015.
• Is projected to record 2.2 WAR per 600 PA**.
• Is entering his age-37 season.
• Made $6.5M in 2015, as part of deal signed in December 2013.

*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starting player.
**Prorated version of final updated 2015 Steamer projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Uribe.

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Free agency begins five days after the end of the World Series. As in other recent offseasons, FanGraphs is once again facilitating this offseason a contract-crowdsourcing project, the idea being to harness the wisdom of the crowds to the end of better understanding the giant and large 2015-16 free-agent market.

Below are links to ballots for five of this year’s free agents, including four notable second basemen and then David Freese.

Other Players: Alex Avila / Chris Davis / Stephen Drew / Chris Iannetta / Kelly Johnson / Justin Morneau / Mike Napoli / Dioner Navarro / Geovany Soto / Matt Wieters.

Howie Kendrick (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Kendrick:

• Has averaged 561 PA and 3.1 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 3.4 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 2.1 WAR in 495 PA in 2015.
• Is projected to record 2.3 WAR per 600 PA**.
• Is entering his age-32 season.
• Made $9.5M in 2015, as part of deal signed in January 2012.

*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starting player.
**Prorated version of final updated 2015 Steamer projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Kendrick.

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Free agency begins five days after the end of the World Series. As in other recent offseasons, FanGraphs is once again facilitating this offseason a contract-crowdsourcing project, the idea being to harness the wisdom of the crowds to the end of better understanding the giant and large 2015-16 free-agent market.

Below are links to ballots for five of this year’s free agents, including all the notable first basemen and some less impressive — but not entirely irrelevant — second basemen, too.

Other Players: Alex Avila / Chris Iannetta / Dioner Navarro / Geovany Soto / Matt Wieters.

Chris Davis (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Davis:

• Has averaged 623 PA and 4.5 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 4.3 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 5.6 WAR in 670 PA in 2015.
• Is projected to record 2.6 WAR per 600 PA**.
• Is entering his age-30 season.
• Made $12.0M in 2015, as part of deal signed in January 2015.

*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starting player.
**Prorated version of final updated 2015 Steamer projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Davis.

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Free agency begins five days after the end of the World Series. As in other recent offseasons, FanGraphs is once again facilitating this offseason a contract-crowdsourcing project, the idea being to harness the wisdom of the crowds to the end of better understanding the giant and large 2015-16 free-agent market.

Below are links to ballots for five of this year’s free agents, all of them catchers.

Alex Avila (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Avila:

• Has averaged 352 PA and 1.0 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 1.3 WAR per 450 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 0.3 WAR in 219 PA in 2015.
• Is projected to record 2.3 WAR per 450 PA**.
• Is entering his age-29 season.
• Made $5.4M in 2015, as part of deal signed in January of 2014.

*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starting catcher.
**Prorated version of final updated 2015 Steamer projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Avila.

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