Daily Notes: Contract Crowdsourcing, First Basemen

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October 16, 2012

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

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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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ShaneMember since 2016
13 years ago

I think there should be an option for 0 years, be it retirement or no one signing them.

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LTG
13 years ago
Reply to  Shane

My thought too

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LTG
13 years ago
Reply to  Shane

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.

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BX
13 years ago
Reply to  Shane

Or a minor league deal.

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chiefglockandhummer
13 years ago

“outfielder”

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Zach
13 years ago

Where is the “Lance Berkman will retire?” option

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JayT
13 years ago

I feel like there should have been an option to say you think the Nationals will pick up LaRoche’s $10 million option. As it is, I just said he would sign for one year, $10 million.

Also, how come no James Loney? I feel like his free agency is more interesting than someone like Carlos Lee who probably isn’t going to get a contract.

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Bruce
13 years ago
Reply to  JayT

But it is a mutual option which LaRoche will refuse so he will get multi-year over $10 per

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JayT
13 years ago
Reply to  Bruce

Oh, really? B-R has it as a team option. Well that throws off my predictions.

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C BeisbolMember since 2026
13 years ago

Berkman: Retired
Kotchman: 1/1 or a minor league deal
LaRoche: 3/13
Lee and Pena: 1/3

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Jason B
13 years ago
Reply to  C Beisbol

13 per, or in total?

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Cmon man
13 years ago
Reply to  C Beisbol

Haha you think laroche will sign for 4.33M a year? You are retard?

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Spitball McPhee
13 years ago

Oldies

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Jason B
13 years ago

“Aggressively heterosexual.” Ha.

(I think it was Louis CK who noted that heterosexual men seem to be the only subcategory of any species who cares a whit about what others perceive their sexual orientation to be.)

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chuckb
13 years ago

Handsome? It’s hard to believe with him standing there also holding a sign that says “outfielder.”

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