Contract Crowdsourcing 2011-12: Second Base

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October 17, 2011

We continue our contract crowdsourcing today with second basemen. Matt Klaassen provided a summary this afternoon of the “top-end” second-base free agents available this offseason.

Like last time, I’ve added some alternate questions for a few of the players below — inviting speculation, for example, on Jamey Carroll‘s WAR in 2012, or the degree to which the Alex Anthopoulos Effect™ might affect one’s perception of Kelly Johnson’s value.

While we’ll reserve all contract information until the end of the present series (to avoid bias), I can confirm that 95.7% of all respondents believe that Derrek Lee will be described as a “veteran presence,” like, a hundred times this offseason.

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davie
14 years ago

dude all of these guys will sign for less than 2.7 mil a year. thats what they are worth//

someone could overpay

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SC2GG
14 years ago
Reply to  davie

advanced metrics say otherwise, dude

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wat
14 years ago
Reply to  SC2GG

Oh sh-

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Tyranitar
14 years ago

What is league minimum? Also is there an option for minor league deal?

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wat
14 years ago

What’s the Alex Anthopoulos Effect™? Making 5.6 war catchers look like they are worth .5 war relievers?

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B N
14 years ago
Reply to  wat

Haha. Indeed. It’s almost like there’s some sort of crazy karma for dumping the Vernon Wells contract, where he’s obligated to make bad deals himself to atone. Either that, or all of these trades are part of some giant conspiracy to make sure the Angels don’t win anything this decade.

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Franklin Stubbs
14 years ago

Tell me again, why do I care about any of these guys? They’re all scrubs. Waste of effin time.

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adohaj
14 years ago
Reply to  Franklin Stubbs

Two of them have women’s names and one is a Jr. I think that is reason enough

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SiddFinch
14 years ago
Reply to  adohaj

Well played.

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Nik
14 years ago
Reply to  Franklin Stubbs

Don’t click on the damn story then. The 2B FA preview clearly outlined who these guys were, why would you be surprised?

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Blast Femmy
14 years ago

“Estimate the years and dollars that Hudson will get as a free agent this winter.”

Hudson?

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