Daily Notes: Contract Crowdsourcing, First Basemen
Table of Contents
Here’s the table of contents for today’s edition of Daily Notes.
1. Contract Crowdsourcing: First Basemen
2. Photo: Carlos Lee Looking Handsome
3. Today’s One Playoff Game
Contract Crowdsourcing: First Basemen
Free agency begins five days after the end of the World Series. FanGraphs is asking readers to estimate the years and average annual dollar values likely to be received by certain notable free agents. We continue today with first basemen. (Click here for more on the contract crowdsourcing project.)
Other positions: Catcher.
Player Page: Lance Berkman
Player Page: Casey Kotchman
Player Page: Adam LaRoche
Player Page: Carlos Lee
Player Page: Carlos Pena
Photo: Carlos Lee Looking Handsome
Here’s a photo of free agent Carlos Lee looking handsome (click to make more handsome):
Today’s One Playoff Game
ALCS, Game 3 (2-0 DET) | New York AL at Detroit | 20:00 ET on TBS
NYA: Phil Hughes (191.1 IP, 105 xFIP-, 1.9 WAR)
DET: Justin Verlander (238.1 IP, 80 xFIP-, 6.8 WAR)
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I think there should be an option for 0 years, be it retirement or no one signing them.
My thought too
Although, when tallying results you’d probably have to exclude those results because they will distort the outcome that presupposes the player is desired by at least one club.
Or a minor league deal.