Contract Crowdsourcing 2014-15: Day 10 of 10 (Bonus Round)
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 four players omitted from the previous ten days’ worth of these posts.
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 / Andrew Miller / Kendrys Morales / Brandon Morrow / Michael Morse / Jake Peavy / Aramis Ramirez / Hanley Ramirez / Colby Rasmus / Mark Reynolds / Alex Rios / David Robertson / Francisco Rodriguez / Sergio Romo / Pablo Sandoval / Ervin Santana / Max Scherzer / James Shields / Ichiro Suzuki / Koji Uehara / Ryan Vogelsong / Edinson Volquez / Chris Young (OF) / Chris Young (SP) / Delmon Young.
Chris Capuano (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Capuano:
- Has averaged 133 IP and 1.4 WAR over last three seasons.
- Has averaged 2.1 WAR per 200 IP* over last three seasons.
- Recorded a 1.0 WAR in 97.1 IP in 2014.
- Is projected to record 1.3 WAR per 200 IP** in 2015.
- Is entering his age-36 season.
- Made $2.3M 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 Capuano.
Stephen Drew (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Drew:
- Has averaged 376 PA and 0.7 WAR over last three seasons.
- Has averaged 1.1 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
- Recorded a -1.1 WAR in 300 PA in 2014.
- Is projected to record 1.4 WAR per 600 PA** in 2015.
- Is entering his age-32 season.
- Made $14.1M in 2014, as part of deal signed in May of 2014.
*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starting player.
**According to prorated Steamer projections available here.
Click here to estimate years and dollars for Drew.
Josh Johnson (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Johnson:
- Has averaged 136 IP and 2.1 WAR over last three seasons (2012 and -13).
- Has averaged 2.0 WAR per 200 IP* over last three seasons.
- Recorded a 0.0 WAR in 0.0 IP in 2014.
- Is projected to record 2.0 WAR per 200 IP** in 2015.
- Is entering his age-31 season.
- Made $8.0M in 2014, as part of deal signed in November 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 Johnson.
Rickie Weeks (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Weeks:
- Has averaged 454 PA and 0.6 WAR over last three seasons.
- Has averaged 0.7 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
- Recorded a 1.2 WAR in 286 PA in 2014.
- Is projected to record 0.9 WAR per 600 PA** in 2015.
- Is entering his age-32 season.
- Made $11.0M in 2014, as part of deal signed in February of 2011.
*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starting player.
**According to prorated Steamer projections available here.
Carson Cistulli has published a book of aphorisms called Spirited Ejaculations of a New Enthusiast.
I really have no idea what Drew is going to get. I put him down for two years $14 million, but I could see him getting a much larger or a much smaller contract. I think pretty much anything wouldn’t surprise me.
1/4M$ plus incentives on PA or GP