Contract Crowdsourcing 2014-15: Day 10 of 10
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 2014-15 free-agent market.
Below are links to ballots for the a collection of five relief pitchers.
Other Players: Nori Aoki / Brett Anderson / Chad Billingsley / Emilio Bonifacio / A.J. Burnett / Billy Butler / Asdrubal Cabrera / Melky Cabrera / Nelson Cruz / Michael Cuddyer / Gavin Floyd / Jason Hammel / Aaron Harang / Chase Headley / Torii Hunter / Hiroki Kuroda / Adam LaRoche / Jon Lester / Francisco Liriano / Jed Lowrie / Nick Markakis / Russell Martin / Victor Martinez / Justin Masterson / Brandon McCarthy / Kendrys Morales / Brandon Morrow / Michael Morse / Jake Peavy / Aramis Ramirez / Hanley Ramirez / Colby Rasmus / Mark Reynolds / Alex Rios / Pablo Sandoval / Ervin Santana / Max Scherzer / James Shields / Ichiro Suzuki / Ryan Vogelsong / Edinson Volquez / Chris Young (OF) / Chris Young (SP) / Delmon Young.
Andrew Miller (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Miller:
- Has averaged 44 IP and 1.1 WAR over last three seasons.
- Has averaged 1.7 WAR per 65 IP* over last three seasons.
- Recorded a 2.3 WAR in 62.1 IP in 2014.
- Is projected to record 1.2 WAR per 65 IP** in 2015.
- Is entering his age-30 season.
- Made $1.9M in 2014, as part of deal signed in February of 2014.
*That is, a roughly average number of innings for a starting pitcher.
**According to prorated Steamer projections available here.
Click here to estimate years and dollars for Miller.
David Robertson (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Robertson:
- Has averaged 63 IP and 1.7 WAR over last three seasons.
- Has averaged 1.7 WAR per 65 IP* over last three seasons.
- Recorded a 1.7 WAR in 64.1 IP in 2014.
- Is projected to record 1.0 WAR per 65 IP** in 2015.
- Is entering his age-30 season.
- Made $5.2M in 2014, as part of deal signed in January of 2014.
*That is, a roughly average number of innings for a starting pitcher.
**According to prorated Steamer projections available here.
Click here to estimate years and dollars for Robertson.
Francisco Rodriguez (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Rodriguez:
- Has averaged 62 IP and 0.0 WAR over last three seasons.
- Has averaged 0.0 WAR per 65 IP* over last three seasons.
- Recorded a -0.6 WAR in 68.0 IP in 2014.
- Is projected to record 0.4 WAR per 65 IP** in 2015.
- Is entering his age-33 season.
- Made $3.3M in 2014, as part of deal signed in February of 2014.
*That is, a roughly average number of innings for a starting pitcher.
**According to prorated Steamer projections available here.
Click here to estimate years and dollars for Rodriguez.
Sergio Romo (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Romo:
- Has averaged 58 IP and 0.6 WAR over last three seasons.
- Has averaged 0.7 WAR per 65 IP* over last three seasons.
- Recorded a -0.3 WAR in 58.0 IP in 2014.
- Is projected to record 0.3 WAR per 65 IP** in 2015.
- Is entering his age-32 season.
- Made $5.5M in 2014, as part of deal signed in February of 2013.
*That is, a roughly average number of innings for a starting pitcher.
**According to prorated Steamer projections available here.
Click here to estimate years and dollars for Romo.
Koji Uehara (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Uehara:
- Has averaged 58 IP and 1.8 WAR over last three seasons.
- Has averaged 2.1 WAR per 65 IP* over last three seasons.
- Recorded a 1.4 WAR in 64.1 IP in 2014.
- Is projected to record 1.2 WAR per 65 IP** in 2015.
- Is entering his age-40 season.
- Made $4.3M in 2014, as part of deal signed in December of 2012.
*That is, a roughly average number of innings for a starting pitcher.
**According to prorated Steamer projections available here.
Click here to estimate years and dollars for Uehara.
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Why wasn’t the QO question posed for DRob? I have him accepting QO and thus had to respond 1/15M.
Others:
Miller 4/32M
FRod 1/6M
Romo 3/18M
Uehara 1/8M
I agree it should have been a question. I honestly don’t think he’d accept. I think he’d still get 4/40 even with compensation attached. A little more maybe if it isn’t.