Daily Notes: Contract Crowdsourcing, Third Basemen
Table of Contents
Here’s the table of contents for today’s edition of Daily Notes.
1. Contract Crowdsourcing: Third Basemen
2. Erotic Image: Likely Free Agent Kevin Youkilis
3. Today’s Playoff Games
Contract Crowdsourcing: Third 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 third basemen. (Click here for more on the contract crowdsourcing project.)
Other positions: Catcher / First Basemen / Second Basemen.
Player Page: Eric Chavez
Player Page: Placido Polanco
Player Page: Kevin Youkilis
Erotic Image: Likely Free Agent Kevin Youkilis
Here’s an arousing image of likely free agent Kevin Youkilis:

Today’s Playoff Games
ALCS, Game 4 (3-0 DET) | New York AL at Detroit | 16:00 ET on TBS
NYA: CC Sabathia (200.0 IP, 77 xFIP-, 4.8 WAR)
DET: Max Scherzer (187.2 IP, 78 xFIP-, 4.6 WAR)
NLCS, Game 4 (2-1 STL) | San Francisco at St. Louis | 20:00 ET on FOX
SF: Tim Lincecum (186.0 IP, 98 xFIP-, 1.5 WAR)
STL: Adam Wainwright (198.2 IP, 83 xFIP-, 4.4 WAR)
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How about crowd sourcing on Yankee pariah Alex Rodriguez:
Will he be traded?
To whom?
How much of the $114M remaining on the five years of his contract will they eat?
If I were the GM of an aging team but deep-pocketed team with a predilection for offseason splashes, on the verge of a cliff (or possibly over it), and in need of 3B help, I’d certainly entertain it…
So, to answer your question:
Yes.
Phillies.
50 MM