Contract Crowdsourcing 2014-15: Day 11 of 10

Free agency begins five days after the end of the World Series. As in other recent offseasons, FanGraphs is once again facilitating this offseason a contract-crowdsourcing project, the idea being to harness the wisdom of the crowds to the end of better understanding the 2014-15 free-agent market.

Below are links to ballots for two players the author was an idiot for omitting.

Other Players: Nori Aoki / Brett Anderson / Chad Billingsley / Emilio Bonifacio / A.J. Burnett / Billy Butler / Asdrubal Cabrera / Melky Cabrera / Chris Capuano / Nelson Cruz / Michael Cuddyer / Stephen Drew / Gavin Floyd / Jason Hammel / Aaron Harang / Chase Headley / Torii Hunter / Josh Johnson / Hiroki Kuroda / Adam LaRoche / Jon Lester / Francisco Liriano / Jed Lowrie / Nick Markakis / Russell Martin / Victor Martinez / Justin Masterson / Brandon McCarthy / Andrew Miller / Kendrys Morales / Brandon Morrow / Michael Morse / Jake Peavy / Aramis Ramirez / Hanley Ramirez / Colby Rasmus / Mark Reynolds / Alex Rios / David Robertson / Francisco Rodriguez / Sergio Romo / Pablo Sandoval / Ervin Santana / Max Scherzer / James Shields / Ichiro Suzuki / Koji Uehara / Ryan Vogelsong / Edinson Volquez / Rickie Weeks / Chris Young (OF) / Chris Young (SP) / Delmon Young.

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Dan Haren (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Haren:

  • Has averaged 177 IP and 1.4 WAR over last three seasons.
  • Has averaged 1.6 WAR per 200 IP* over last three seasons.
  • Recorded a 1.0 WAR in 186.0 IP in 2014.
  • Is projected to record 1.2 WAR per 200 IP** in 2015.
  • Is entering his age-34 season.
  • Made $M in 2014, as part of deal signed in November of 2013.

*That is, a roughly average number of innings for a starting pitcher.
**According to prorated Steamer projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Haren.

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Rafael Soriano (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Soriano:

  • Has averaged 65 IP and 0.8 WAR over last three seasons.
  • Has averaged 0.8 WAR per 65 IP* over last three seasons.
  • Recorded a 0.7 WAR in 62.0 IP in 2014.
  • Is projected to record 0.1 WAR per 65 IP** in 2015.
  • Is entering his age-35 season.
  • Made $14.0M in 2014, as part of deal signed in January of 2013.

*That is, a roughly average number of innings for a starting pitcher.
**According to prorated Steamer projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Soriano.





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Simon
9 years ago

#BanknotesIndustries