Contract Crowdsourcing 2015-16: Day 9 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, the first collection of starting pitchers.

Other Players: Nori Aoki / Alex Avila / Marlon Byrd / Asdrubal Cabrera / Yoenis Cespedes / 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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Brett Anderson (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Anderson:

• Has averaged 89 IP and 1.0 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 2.2 WAR per 200 IP* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 1.7 WAR in 180.1 IP in 2015.
• Is projected to record 2.8 WAR per 200 IP**.
• Is entering his age-28 season.
• Made $5.4M in 2015, as part of deal signed in December 2014.

*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 Anderson.

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Mark Buehrle (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Buehrle:

• Has averaged 201 IP and 2.5 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 2.5 WAR per 200 IP* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 2.1 WAR in 198.2 IP in 2015.
• Is projected to record 1.6 WAR per 200 IP**.
• Is entering his age-37 season.
• Made $19.0M in 2015, as part of deal signed in December 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 Buehrle.

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Wei-Yin Chen (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Chen:

• Has averaged 171 IP and 2.4 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 2.8 WAR per 200 IP* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 2.8 WAR in 191.1 IP in 2015.
• Is projected to record 2.7 WAR per 200 IP**.
• Is entering his age-30 season.
• Made $4.8M in 2015, as part of deal signed in January 2012.

*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 Chen.

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Bartolo Colon (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Colon:

• Has averaged 195 IP and 3.1 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 3.1 WAR per 200 IP* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 2.6 WAR in 194.2 IP in 2015.
• Is projected to record 0.6 WAR per 200 IP**.
• Is entering his age-43 season.
• Made $11.0M in 2015, as part of deal signed in January 2014.

*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 Colon.

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Johnny Cueto (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Cueto:

• Has averaged 172 IP and 3.2 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 3.7 WAR per 200 IP* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 4.1 WAR in 212.0 IP in 2015.
• Is projected to record 2.8 WAR per 200 IP**.
• Is entering his age-30 season.
• Made $10.0M in 2015, as part of deal signed in January 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 Cueto.