Contract Crowdsourcing 2021-22: Ballot 3 of 11

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October 27, 2021

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 10 of this year’s free agents — in this case, a group made up primarily of infielders, many of whom have positional flexibility, including on the outfield grass.





 

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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sadtrombonemember
2 years ago

I think Kris Bryant is going to surprise. There are a number of teams that will be looking for third basemen (especially the Mets, but also the Mariners, Brewers, Phillies, and the Blue Jays and Dodgers if their big FAs leave). He won’t require a QO which will especially matter for the Mets (who would give up the #14 pick if they sign a player with a QO). I think a lot of these teams will probably settle for someone more like Escobar but the dropoff there is still fairly meaningful.

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mattzach27member
2 years ago
Reply to  sadtrombone

Yeah, that KB projection feels awfully light

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