Contract Crowdsourcing 2017-18: Ballot 2 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 first basemen.
Other Players: Yonder Alonso / Alex Avila / Welington Castillo / Chris Iannetta / Jonathan Lucroy.
Lucas Duda (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Duda:
- Has averaged 406 PA and 1.4 WAR over last three seasons.
- Has averaged 2.1 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
- Recorded a 1.1 WAR in 491 PA in 2017.
- Is projected to record 2.1 WAR per 600 PA**.
- Is entering his age-32 season.
- Made $7.3M in 2017 after avoiding arbitration in January.
*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starter.
**Prorated version of final 2017 depth-chart projections available here.
Click here to estimate years and dollars for Duda.
Eric Hosmer (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Hosmer:
- Has averaged 668 PA and 2.5 WAR over last three seasons.
- Has averaged 2.2 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
- Recorded a 4.1 WAR in 671 PA in 2017.
- Is projected to record 2.4 WAR per 600 PA**.
- Is entering his age-28 season.
- Made $12.3M in 2017 after avoiding arbitration in January.
*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starter.
**Prorated version of final 2017 depth-chart projections available here.
Click here to estimate years and dollars for Hosmer.
Mitch Moreland (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Moreland:
- Has averaged 531 PA and 1.2 WAR over last three seasons.
- Has averaged 1.3 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
- Recorded a 0.9 WAR in 576 PA in 2017.
- Is projected to record 1.2 WAR per 600 PA**.
- Is entering his age-32 season.
- Made $5.5M in 2017 as part of deal signed in December 2016.
*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starter.
**Prorated version of final 2017 depth-chart projections available here.
Click here to estimate years and dollars for Moreland.
Logan Morrison (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Morrison:
- Has averaged 503 PA and 1.2 WAR over last three seasons.
- Has averaged 1.4 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
- Recorded a 3.3 WAR in 601 PA in 2017.
- Is projected to record 1.5 WAR per 600 PA**.
- Is entering his age-30 season.
- Made $2.5M in 2017 as part of deal signed in February.
*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starter.
**Prorated version of final 2017 depth-chart projections available here.
Click here to estimate years and dollars for Morrison.
Carlos Santana (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Santana:
- Has averaged 674 PA and 2.9 WAR over last three seasons.
- Has averaged 2.6 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
- Recorded a 3.0 WAR in 667 PA in 2017.
- Is projected to record 2.8 WAR per 600 PA**.
- Is entering his age-32 season.
- Made $12.0M in 2017 as part of deal signed in March 2012.
*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starter.
**Prorated version of final 2017 depth-chart projections available here.
Click here to estimate years and dollars for Santana.
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I think Mitch Moreland is done as a relevant player (if he ever was one really). Would definitely be interested to see if he could be a two-way player though.