Contract Crowdsourcing 2021-22: Ballot 2 of 11

Free agency begins five days after the end of the World Series. As in other recent seasons, FanGraphs is once again facilitating a contract crowdsourcing project, with the idea being to harness the wisdom of the crowd to better understand and project the 2021-22 free-agent market.

In recent years, we’ve added a few features to the ballots based on reader feedback. You now have the option to indicate that a player will only receive a minor-league contract, or won’t receive one at all. Numbers are prorated to full season where noted. The projected WAR figures are from the first cut of the 2022 Steamer600 projections.

Below are ballots for six of this year’s free agents — in this case, a mix of first basemen and designated hitters.





Meg is the managing editor of FanGraphs and the co-host of Effectively Wild. Prior to joining FanGraphs, her work appeared at Baseball Prospectus, Lookout Landing, and Just A Bit Outside. You can follow her on twitter @megrowler.

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Mentholmember
2 years ago

What’s up with STEAMER projecting 70 PAs for Belt?!

sjwalsh
2 years ago
Reply to  Menthol

I’m once again pretty disappointed with steamer’s projections for the Giants hitters. There are like 8 prospects projected for higher wRC+ than any Giant, including Belt.

Although, I felt the same way before 2020 and 2021 only for them to be beaten by practically every hitter.