Contract Crowdsourcing 2015-16: Day 5 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, including the four main center fielders and first of many corner outfielders.

Other Players: Alex Avila / Asdrubal Cabrera / Chris Davis / Ian Desmond / Stephen Drew / David Freese / Chris Iannetta / Kelly Johnson / Howie Kendrick / Justin Morneau / Daniel Murphy / Mike Napoli / Dioner Navarro / Alexei Ramirez / Jimmy Rollins / Geovany Soto / Juan Uribe / Chase Utley / Matt Wieters / Ben Zobrist.

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Dexter Fowler (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Fowler:

• Has averaged 562 PA and 2.3 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 2.4 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 3.2 WAR in 690 PA in 2015.
• Is projected to record 1.7 WAR per 600 PA**.
• Is entering his age-30 season.
• Made $9.5M in 2015, as part of deal signed in January 2015.

*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starting player.
**Prorated version of final updated 2015 Steamer projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Fowler.

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Austin Jackson (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Jackson:

• Has averaged 599 PA and 2.1 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 2.1 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 2.3 WAR in 527 PA in 2015.
• Is projected to record 0.9 WAR per 600 PA**.
• Is entering his age-29 season.
• Made $7.7M in 2015, as part of deal signed in January 2015.

*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starting player.
**Prorated version of final updated 2015 Steamer projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Jackson.

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Colby Rasmus (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Rasmus:

• Has averaged 440 PA and 2.9 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 4.0 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 2.8 WAR in 485 PA in 2015.
• Is projected to record 1.5 WAR per 600 PA**.
• Is entering his age-29 season.
• Made $8.0M in 2015, as part of deal signed in January 2015.

*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starting player.
**Prorated version of final updated 2015 Steamer projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Rasmus.

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Denard Span (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Span:

• Has averaged 535 PA and 2.9 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 3.3 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 1.4 WAR in 275 PA in 2015.
• Is projected to record 2.4 WAR per 600 PA**.
• Is entering his age-32 season.
• Made $9.0M in 2015, as part of deal signed in March 2010.

*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starting player.
**Prorated version of final updated 2015 Steamer projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Span.

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Nori Aoki (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Aoki:

• Has averaged 538 PA and 1.8 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 2.0 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 1.5 WAR in 392 PA in 2015.
• Is projected to record 1.8 WAR per 600 PA**.
• Is entering his age-34 season.
• Made $4.7M in 2015, as part of deal signed in January 2015.

*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starting player.
**Prorated version of final updated 2015 Steamer projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Aoki.