Contract Crowdsourcing 2017-18: Ballot 12 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 2017-18 free-agent market.

Below are links to ballots for five of this year’s free agents, all of them relief types.

Other Players: Yonder Alonso / Jake Arrieta / Alex Avila / Jose Bautista / Carlos Beltran / Jay Bruce / Melky Cabrera / Trevor Cahill / Welington Castillo / Lorenzo Cain / Andrew Cashner / Jhoulys Chacin / Alex Cobb / Bartolo Colon / Zack Cozart / Johnny Cueto / Yu Darvish / Lucas Duda / Jarrod Dyson / Alcides Escobar / Yunel Escobar / Doug Fister / Todd Frazier / Jaime Garcia / Carlos Gomez / Carlos Gonzalez / Miguel Gonzalez / Curtis Granderson / Jeremy Hellickson / Matt Holliday / Eric Hosmer / Chris Iannetta / Jon Jay / Howie Kendrick / Francisco Liriano / Jonathan Lucroy / Lance Lynn / J.D. Martinez / Cameron Maybin / Mitch Moreland / Logan Morrison / Mike Moustakas / Ricky Nolasco / Eduardo Nunez / Brandon Phillips / Michael Pineda / Jose Reyes / CC Sabathia / Carlos Santana / Masahiro Tanaka / Chris Tillman / Justin Upton / Jason Vargas / Neil Walker / Jayson Werth.

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Matt Albers (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Albers:

• Has averaged 50 IP and 0.1 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 0.1 WAR per 65 IP* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 0.8 WAR in 61.0 IP in 2017.
• Is projected to record 0.5 WAR per 65 IP**.
• Is entering his age-35 season.
• Made $1.2M in 2017 as part of deal signed in March.

*That is, a roughly average number of innings for a reliever.
**Prorated version of final 2017 depth-chart projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Albers.

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Steve Cishek (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Cishek:

• Has averaged 54 IP and 0.6 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 0.7 WAR per 65 IP* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 0.7 WAR in 44.2 IP in 2017.
• Is projected to record 0.7 WAR per 65 IP**.
• Is entering his age-32 season.
• Made $6.0M in 2017 as part of deal signed in December 2015.

*That is, a roughly average number of innings for a reliever.
**Prorated version of final 2017 depth-chart projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Cishek.

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Wade Davis (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Davis:

• Has averaged 56 IP and 1.5 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 1.7 WAR per 65 IP* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 1.1 WAR in 58.2 IP in 2017.
• Is projected to record 1.7 WAR per 65 IP**.
• Is entering his age-32 season.
• Made $10.0M in 2017 as part of deal signed in March 2011.

*That is, a roughly average number of innings for a reliever.
**Prorated version of final 2017 depth-chart projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Davis.

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Luke Gregerson (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Gregerson:

• Has averaged 60 IP and 0.8 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 0.9 WAR per 65 IP* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 0.0 WAR in 61.0 IP in 2017.
• Is projected to record 0.3 WAR per 65 IP**.
• Is entering his age-34 season.
• Made $6.3M in 2017 as part of deal signed in December 2014.

*That is, a roughly average number of innings for a reliever.
**Prorated version of final 2017 depth-chart projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Gregerson.

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David Hernandez (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Hernandez:

• Has averaged 53 IP and 0.4 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 0.4 WAR per 65 IP* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 1.1 WAR in 55.0 IP in 2017.
• Is projected to record 0.5 WAR per 65 IP**.
• Is entering his age-33 season.
• Made $1.5M in 2017 as part of deal signed in February.

*That is, a roughly average number of innings for a reliever.
**Prorated version of final 2017 depth-chart projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Hernandez.