Contract Crowdsourcing 2024-25: Ballot 4 of 10
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 2024-25 free agent market.
In recent years, we’ve added a few features to these 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. If there is a player option, team option, or opt out in a player’s contract, you’ll be able to indicate whether you think he will remain with his current team or become a free agent. Numbers are prorated to full season where noted. The projected WAR figures are from the first cut of the 2025 Steamer600 projections.
Below are ballots for 10 of this year’s free agents — in this case, a group of relievers.
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Robertson and Yates present the Rangers with a pickle. Best 1-2 punch the bullpen has ever seen in Texas. They’d likely both take the offer for another year, but should Chris Young pull the trigger instead of shopping for a bat or more SP?
I read (on MLBTR?) that they’re aiming to get under the cap for 2025, so these are type of casualties I could see happening.
They’re not getting a QO if that’s what you mean.
I think it was meant of if they would get a contract offer not a QO
Stunning discovery of the day: David Robertson is 18th in career WAR as a reliever. 3rd for active pitchers behind Chapman and Kenley.
Wow! Among active relievers, he’s also:
3rd in bWAR with 21.7 (behind Kimbrel’s 22.3 and Jansen’s 21.9)2nd in R-JAWS with 20.0 (behind Jansen’s 22.8)2nd in regular JAWS with 19.2 (behind Kimbrel’s 20.8).
A quietly very impressive career!