Contract Crowdsourcing 2014-15: Day 5 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 a collection of immobile DH-types and also Ichiro Suzuki.

Other Players: Nori Aoki / Emilio Bonifacio / Asdrubal Cabrera / Melky Cabrera / Nelson Cruz / Michael Cuddyer / Chase Headley / Torii Hunter / Adam LaRoche / Jed Lowrie / Nick Markakis / Russell Martin / Michael Morse / Aramis Ramirez / Hanley Ramirez / Colby Rasmus / Mark Reynolds / Alex Rios / Pablo Sandoval / Chris Young (OF).

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Billy Butler (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Butler:

• Has averaged 650 PA and 1.4 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 1.3 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a -0.3 WAR in 603 PA in 2014.
• Is projected to record 1.4 WAR per 600 PA** in 2015.
• Is entering his age-29 season.
• Made $8.0M in 2014, as part of deal signed in January of 2011.

*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 Butler.

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Victor Martinez (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Martinez:

• Has averaged 655 PA and 2.7 WAR over last two seasons (missed 2012).
• Has averaged 2.4 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 4.4 WAR in 641 PA in 2014.
• Is projected to record 3.0 WAR per 600 PA** in 2015.
• Is entering his age-36 season.
• Made $12.0M in 2014, as part of deal signed in November of 2010.

*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 Martinez.

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Kendrys Morales (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Morales:

• Has averaged 527 PA and 0.5 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 0.5 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a -1.7 WAR in 401 PA in 2014.
• Is projected to record 0.8 WAR per 600 PA** in 2015.
• Is entering his age-32 season.
• Made $12.0M in 2014, as part of deal signed in June 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 Morales.

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Ichiro Suzuki (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Ichiro:

• Has averaged 534 PA and 1.3 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 1.4 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 0.4 WAR in 385 PA in 2014.
• Is projected to record 0.3 WAR per 600 PA** in 2015.
• Is entering his age-41 season.
• Made $6.5M in 2014, as part of deal signed in December of 2012.

*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 Ichiro.

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Delmon Young (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Young:

• Has averaged 408 PA and -0.3 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged -0.4 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 0.9 WAR in 255 PA in 2014.
• Is projected to record 0.0 WAR per 600 PA** in 2015.
• Is entering his age-29 season.
• Made $1.0M in 2014, as part of deal signed in January 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 Young.