Daily Notes: Contract Crowdsourcing, Starters (Part 1)

Table of Contents
Here’s the table of contents for today’s edition of Daily Notes.

1. Contract Crowdsourcing: Starting Pitchers (1 of 3)
2. Reminder Photo: Scott Baker
3. SCOUT Leaderboard: Arizona Fall League Hitters

Contract Crowdsourcing: Starting Pitchers (1 of 3)
Free agency begins five days after the end of the World Series (which is something that happened on Sunday). 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 the first third of this free-agent class’s notable starting pitchers. (Click here for more on the contract crowdsourcing project.)

Other positions: Catchers / First Basemen / Second Basemen / Third Basemen / Shortstops / Corner Outfielders / Center Fielders / Designated Hitters / Right-Handed Relievers / Left-Handed Relievers.

Player Page: Scott Baker

Player Page: Joe Blanton

Player Page: Ryan Dempster

Player Page: Gavin Floyd

Player Page: Zack Greinke

Player Page: Jeremy Guthrie

Player Page: Dan Haren

Reminder Photo: Scott Baker
Just to remind everyone — because he pitched zero innings this year — here’s what possible free agent Scott Baker looks like:

And here’s what he looks like within the sexy boudoir of the Parade Suite at the Bonnemare Manor:

SCOUT Leaderboard: Arizona Fall League Hitters
SCOUT Leaderboard: Arizona Fall League Hitters
Below is the current SCOUT batting leaderboard for the Arizona Fall Leaague. SCOUT+ is calculated using regressed home-run, walk, and strikeout rates, where 100 is average and above 100 is above average.

Player	Team	Age	PA	xHR%	xBB%	xK%	SCOUT+
Christopher Mcguiness	Saguaros	24	57	2.5%	11.1%	18.7%	115
Adalberto Santos	Scorpions	24	42	1.9%	11.8%	17.4%	113
Kent Matthes	Rafters	25	48	2.2%	10.0%	17.2%	111
Cory Spangenberg	Javelinas	21	25	2.0%	11.7%	19.0%	110
Jonathan Schoop	Solar Sox	20	41	1.9%	12.4%	19.5%	110
Trayce Thompson	Rafters	21	38	2.2%	12.0%	21.3%	110
Joe Panik	Scorpions	21	47	1.5%	11.1%	16.0%	109
Brock Kjeldgaard	Desert Dogs	26	33	2.9%	9.8%	22.6%	109
Nick Franklin	Javelinas	21	43	2.2%	10.3%	19.2%	108
Nate Roberts	Javelinas	23	34	1.6%	11.2%	17.1%	108

SCOUT Leaderboard: Prospect-Age AFL Hitters
Here is the SCOUT batting leaderboard for the AFL, but only populated with players who are 22 or under — i.e. more distinctly of “prospect” age relative to the league.

Player	Team	Age	PA	xHR%	xBB%	xK%	SCOUT+
Cory Spangenberg	Javelinas	21	25	2.0%	11.7%	19.0%	110
Jonathan Schoop	Solar Sox	20	41	1.9%	12.4%	19.5%	110
Trayce Thompson	Rafters	21	38	2.2%	12.0%	21.3%	110
Joe Panik	Scorpions	21	47	1.5%	11.1%	16.0%	109
Nick Franklin	Javelinas	21	43	2.2%	10.3%	19.2%	108
Christian Vazquez	Saguaros	21	30	2.0%	11.4%	19.7%	108
Brian Goodwin	Rafters	21	50	2.5%	10.9%	22.3%	108
Matt Szczur	Solar Sox	22	63	1.4%	10.8%	15.8%	107
Jonathan Singleton	Solar Sox	20	69	2.4%	10.5%	21.7%	106
Ricky Oropesa	Scorpions	22	33	1.9%	12.3%	21.9%	106