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 2017-18 free-agent market.

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

Other Players: Yonder Alonso / Alex Avila / Welington Castillo / Zack Cozart / Lucas Duda / Alcides Escobar / Yunel Escobar / Todd Frazier / Eric Hosmer / Chris Iannetta / Howie Kendrick / Jonathan Lucroy / Mitch Moreland / Logan Morrison / Mike Moustakas / Eduardo Nunez / Brandon Phillips / Jose Reyes / Carlos Santana / Neil Walker.

Lorenzo Cain (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Cain:

• Has averaged 561 PA and 4.4 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 4.7 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 4.1 WAR in 645 PA in 2017.
• Is projected to record 3.6 WAR per 600 PA**.
• Is entering his age-32 season.
• Made $11.0M in 2017 as part of extension signed in January 2016.

*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starter.
**Prorated version of final 2017 depth-chart projections available here.

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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 2017-18 free-agent market.

Below are links to ballots for five of this year’s free agents, including a shortstop and some not-shortstops.

Other Players: Yonder Alonso / Alex Avila / Welington Castillo / Zack Cozart / Lucas Duda / Eric Hosmer / Chris Iannetta / Howie Kendrick / Jonathan Lucroy / Mitch Moreland / Logan Morrison / Eduardo Nunez / Brandon Phillips / Carlos Santana / Neil Walker.

Alcides Escobar (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding A. Escobar:

• Has averaged 658 PA and 0.8 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 0.8 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 0.5 WAR in 629 PA in 2017.
• Is projected to record 0.5 WAR per 600 PA**.
• Is entering his age-31 season.
• Made $6.5M in 2017 as part of deal signed in March 2012.

*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starter.
**Prorated version of final 2017 depth-chart projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for A. Escobar.

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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 2017-18 free-agent market.

Below are links to ballots for five of this year’s free agents, including a number of infield types.

Other Players: Yonder Alonso / Alex Avila / Welington Castillo / Lucas Duda / Eric Hosmer / Chris Iannetta / Jonathan Lucroy / Mitch Moreland / Logan Morrison / Carlos Santana.

Howie Kendrick (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Kendrick:

• Has averaged 457 PA and 1.5 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 2.0 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 1.6 WAR in 334 PA in 2017.
• Is projected to record 1.5 WAR per 600 PA**.
• Is entering his age-34 season.
• Made $10.0M in 2017 as part of deal signed in February 2016.

*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starter.
**Prorated version of final 2017 depth-chart 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 2017-18 free-agent market.

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

Other Players: Yonder Alonso / Alex Avila / Welington Castillo / Chris Iannetta / Jonathan Lucroy.

Lucas Duda (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Duda:

• Has averaged 406 PA and 1.4 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 2.1 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 1.1 WAR in 491 PA in 2017.
• Is projected to record 2.1 WAR per 600 PA**.
• Is entering his age-32 season.
• Made $7.3M in 2017 after avoiding arbitration in January.

*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starter.
**Prorated version of final 2017 depth-chart projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Duda.

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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 2017-18 free-agent market.

Below are links to ballots for five of this year’s free agents, including four catchers and also Yonder Alonso.

Alex Avila (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Avila:

• Has averaged 268 PA and 1.3 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 2.2 WAR per 450 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 2.5 WAR in 376 PA in 2017.
• Is projected to record 1.7 WAR per 450 PA**.
• Is entering his age-31 season.
• Made $2.0M in 2017, as part of deal signed in December 2016.

*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starting catcher.
**Prorated version of final 2017 depth-chart projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Avila.

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