Daily Notes: Contract Crowdsourcing, Starters (Part 3)

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

1. Contract Crowdsourcing: Starting Pitchers (3 of 3)
2. SCOUT Leaderboard: Dominican Winter League Hitters
3. Video: Marcell Ozuna Swinging a Lot

Contract Crowdsourcing: Starting Pitchers (3 of 3)
Free agency begins this coming Saturday. 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 third 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 / Starting Pitchers (Part 1) / Starting Pitchers (Part 2).

Player Page: Brandon McCarthy

Player Page: Roy Oswalt

Player Page: Jake Peavy

Player Page: Anibal Sanchez

Player Page: Ervin Santana

Player Page: Joe Saunders

Player Page: Carlos Villanueva

SCOUT Leaderboard: Dominican Winter League Hitters
SCOUT Leaderboard: Dominican Winter League Hitters (Overall)
Below is the current SCOUT batting leaderboard for the Dominican Winter League, which started earlier in October. SCOUT+ is calculated using regressed home run, walk, and strikeout rates, where 100 is average and greater than 100 is above average. (Click here for more on SCOUT.)

Player	Team	Age	Pos	PA	xHR%	xBB%	xK%	SCOUT+
Marcell Ozuna	Marlins	21	OF	37	3.8%	8.2%	20.3%	114
Francisco Pena	Mets	22	C	23	3.0%	8.9%	16.8%	112
Jordany Valdespin	Mets	24	2B	31	2.9%	10.0%	18.4%	111
Todd Linden	Giants	32	OF	35	3.5%	9.3%	21.9%	110
Yan Gomes	Blue Jays	24	OF	41	3.1%	8.6%	19.1%	109
Hector Luna	Phillies	32	3B	35	2.9%	9.3%	18.6%	108
Felix Pie	Braves	27	OF	38	2.2%	10.7%	16.8%	108
Anderson Hernandez	Pirates	29	2B	33	2.2%	10.4%	16.8%	107
Moises Sierra	Blue Jays	23	OF	36	3.2%	8.3%	19.8%	107
Mike Olt	Rangers	23	3B	24	2.6%	10.3%	20.0%	106

SCOUT Leaderboard: Dominican Winter League Hitters (Prospect Age)
Here is the SCOUT batting leaderboard for the DWL, but only populated with players who are 24 or under — i.e. something more like “prospect” age relative to the league.

Player	Team	Age	Pos	PA	xHR%	xBB%	xK%	SCOUT+
Marcell Ozuna	Marlins	21	OF	37	3.8%	8.2%	20.3%	114
Francisco Pena	Mets	22	C	23	3.0%	8.9%	16.8%	112
Jordany Valdespin	Mets	24	2B	31	2.9%	10.0%	18.4%	111
Yan Gomes	Blue Jays	24	OF	41	3.1%	8.6%	19.1%	109
Moises Sierra	Blue Jays	23	OF	36	3.2%	8.3%	19.8%	107
Mike Olt	Rangers	23	3B	24	2.6%	10.3%	20.0%	106
Oscar Taveras	Cardinals	20	OF	35	2.9%	8.3%	18.6%	105
Nelson Perez	Cubs	24	OF	11	2.4%	10.9%	19.7%	105
Angel Villalona	Giants	21	1B	12	2.7%	9.3%	19.6%	105
Jose Ramirez	Indians	19	SS	4	2.4%	9.7%	19.3%	103

Video: Marcell Ozuna Swinging a Lot
Here’s video, courtesy of Baseball Instinct’s YouTube page, of Marlins prospect — and Dominican Winter League batting leader — Marcell Ozuna swinging a lot.