Contract Crowdsourcing 2015-16: Day 10 of 15

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 giant and large 2015-16 free-agent market.

Below are links to ballots for five of this year’s free agents, representing the second collection of starting pitchers.

Other Players: Brett Anderson / Nori Aoki / Alex Avila / Mark Buehrle / Marlon Byrd / Asdrubal Cabrera / Yoenis Cespedes / Wei-Yin Chen / Bartolo Colon / Johnny Cueto / Chris Davis / Rajai Davis / Alejandro De Aza / Ian Desmond / Stephen Drew / Dexter Fowler / David Freese / Alex Gordon / Jason Heyward / Torii Hunter / Chris Iannetta / Austin Jackson / John Jaso / Kelly Johnson / Matt Joyce / Howie Kendrick / Justin Morneau / Daniel Murphy / David Murphy / Mike Napoli / Dioner Navarro / Gerardo Parra / Steve Pearce / Alexei Ramirez / Colby Rasmus / Alex Rios / Jimmy Rollins / Geovany Soto / Denard Span / Justin Upton / Juan Uribe / Chase Utley / Will Venable / Shane Victorino / Matt Wieters / Chris Young the Outfielder / Ben Zobrist.

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R.A. Dickey (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Dickey:

• Has averaged 218 IP and 1.8 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 1.7 WAR per 200 IP* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 2.1 WAR in 214.1 IP in 2015.
• Is projected to record 1.3 WAR per 200 IP**.
• Is entering his age-41 season.
• Made $12.0M in 2015, as part of deal signed in December 2010.

*That is, a roughly average number of innings for a starting pitcher.
**Prorated version of 2016 Steamer projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Dickey.

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Marco Estrada (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Estrada:

• Has averaged 153 IP and 1.2 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 1.5 WAR per 200 IP* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 1.8 WAR in 181.0 IP in 2015.
• Is projected to record 1.0 WAR per 200 IP**.
• Is entering his age-32 season.
• Made $3.9M in 2015, as part of deal signed in January 2015.

*That is, a roughly average number of innings for a starting pitcher.
**Prorated version of 2016 Steamer projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Estrada.

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Doug Fister (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Fister:

• Has averaged 158 IP and 1.9 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 2.4 WAR per 200 IP* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 0.2 WAR in 103.0 IP in 2015.
• Is projected to record 0.9 WAR per 200 IP**.
• Is entering his age-32 season.
• Made $11.4M in 2015, as part of deal signed in January 2015.

*That is, a roughly average number of innings for a starting pitcher.
**Prorated version of 2016 Steamer projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Fister.

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Yovani Gallardo (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Gallardo:

• Has averaged 185 IP and 2.2 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 2.4 WAR per 200 IP* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 2.5 WAR in 184.1 IP in 2015.
• Is projected to record 1.6 WAR per 200 IP**.
• Is entering his age-30 season.
• Made $13.0M in 2015, as part of deal signed in April 2010.

*That is, a roughly average number of innings for a starting pitcher.
**Prorated version of 2016 Steamer projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Gallardo.

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Jaime Garcia (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Garcia:

• Has averaged 76 IP and 1.3 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 3.3 WAR per 200 IP* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 2.8 WAR in 129.2 IP in 2015.
• Is projected to record 3.5 WAR per 200 IP**.
• Is entering his age-29 season.
• Made $9.3M in 2015, as part of deal signed in July 2011.

*That is, a roughly average number of innings for a starting pitcher.
**Prorated version of 2016 Steamer projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Garcia.