Predict the FA contest

[BrewCrewFan255]

I will be willing to run this, but here are the rules

Each correct pick will be 5 points
Each correct money dollars/years will be 10 points
You can edit your bids up until FA has started.



Players

OF: Manny Rameriz
OF: Ken Griffey Jr.
1B: Mark Texiera
2B: Jeff Kent
OF: Pat Burrell
OF: Manny Rameriz
OF: Adam Dunn
SP: Ben Sheets
SP: CC Sabathia
SP: Derek Lowe
SP: Ryan Dempster
SP: A.J. Burnett
CP: Brian Fuentes
CP: Fransisco Rodriguez
RP: Jason Isrignhousen

[HoustonGM]

Is predicting the years worth 10 points itself, and then the money 10 points itself? So predicting both will be 20 points?

Anyway, I highly doubt anybody will get any of the dollar values EXACTLY right. I'd say you should do a range. Like, within $10 million of overall value, +10 points.

[kenny1234]

Anyway, I highly doubt anybody will get any of the dollar values EXACTLY right. I'd say you should do a range. Like, within $10 million of overall value, +10 points.

I agree - but it should be average dollars/year within $1million (or maybe 10%). Otherwise it is effectively impossible to get the money correct without the years.

[BrewCrewFan255]

Houston, you on AIM right now? We can figure this stuff out on AIM.

[Slingshot]

Manny Ramirez - Dodgers at 3y/75m
Sabathia - Yankees at 4y/100m

[TheNamelessPoet]

OF: Manny Rameriz 4 Years 115 million NYM
OF: Ken Griffey Jr. 1 Year 6 Million Braves
1B: Mark Texiera 6 years 160 Million not to far off
2B: Jeff Kent 0 Years 0 Million people are sick of him he retired... does that count
OF: Pat Burrell
OF: Adam Dunn 3 years 50 million Ariz
SP: Ben Sheets
SP: CC Sabathia LAD 5 years 115 million ouch
SP: Derek Lowe
SP: Ryan Dempster
SP: A.J. Burnett 3 years (2 more vested) 50 Million
CP: Brian Fuentes
CP: Fransisco Rodriguez
RP: Jason Isrignhousen

[TheNamelessPoet]

make it 10% of total contract. If I guess 10 million that gives me a range of 1 million to 20. not fair

[BrewCrewFan255]

What do you guys want the range to be? Make suggestions here.

[TheNamelessPoet]

10%

[HoustonGM]

kenny1234 is right. We should use the average annual salary, not the total value and make a "correct" answer within, say, $2 million.

[RedsoxRockies]

Players

OF: Manny Rameriz Dodgers 3yrs 80m
OF: Ken Griffey Jr. Mariners 1yr 8.5m
1B: Mark Texiera Angels 6 yrs 115m
2B: Jeff Kent Will Retire
OF: Pat Burrell Phillies 4yrs 48m
OF: Adam Dunn Braves 3yrs 35m
SP: Ben Sheets Milwaukee 4yrs 75m (Yes, I think both Sheets and Sabathia will stay because Milwaukee has only Suppan in terms of big contracts)
SP: CC Sabathia Milwaukee 4yrs 105m
SP: Derek Lowe Boston 2yrs 20m
SP: Ryan Dempster Cubs 4yrs 40.5m
SP: A.J. Burnett Yankees 3yrs 40m
CP: Brian Fuentes Mets 2yrs 19m
CP: Fransisco Rodriguez Mets 5yrs 90m
RP: Jason Isrignhousen Texas 1yr 7.5m

[HoustonGM]

Cost is per year.

Manny Ramirez - NYY - $25 mil, 4 years
Ken Griffey Jr. - SEA - $7 mil, 1 year
Mark Teixeira - LAA - $22 mil, 7 years
Jeff Kent - Retirement
Pat Burrell - NYM - $12 mil, 4 years
Adam Dunn- ARI - $14 mil, 4 years
Ben Sheets - LAD - $18 mil, 4 years
C.C. Sabathia - NYY - $25 mil, 6 years
Derek Lowe - NYM - $16 mil, 3 years
Ryan Dempster - CHC - $12 mil, 4 years
A.J. Burnett - TOR - $15 mil, 4 years
Brian Fuentes - DET - $11 mil, 4 years
Francisco Rodriguez - NYM - $15 mil, 5 years
Jason Isringhausen - TEX - $6 mil, 1 years


By the way, what about the other FA's? I know you got all the big names, but there's some other names on par with guys you did list like Kent and Isringhausen, or even better than them....Furcal comes to mind.

[OregonDuck1989]

OF: Manny Ramirez-LAD 3 years $80 million
OF: Ken Griffey Jr.-SEA 1 year $6.5 million
1B: Mark Texiera-LAA 6 years $75 million
2B: Jeff Kent-Retired!
OF: Pat Burrell-PHI 3 years $21 million
OF: Adam Dunn-ARI 4 years $35 million
SP: Ben Sheets-MIL 4 years $40 million
SP: CC Sabathia-NYY 5 years $85 million
SP: Derek Lowe-BOS 2 years $16 million
SP: Ryan Dempster-CHC 3 years $30 million
SP: A.J. Burnett-NYM 4 years $28 million
CP: Brian Fuentes-MIL 2 years $16 million
CP: Francisco Rodriguez-NYM 5 years $75 million
RP: Jason Isringhausen-TEX 2 years $11 million

[metsguy234]

This would be so much simpler if we just did teams, but eh...


OF: Manny Ramirez- NYY 4 yrs/108 mil
OF: Ken Griffey Jr.- Retires (or... if I have to guess: SEA 2 yrs/ 20 mil)
1B: Mark Teixeira- LAA 6 yrs/ 125 mil
2B: Jeff Kent- CLE 1 yr/6 mil
OF: Pat Burrell- TOR 3 yr/41 mil
OF: Adam Dunn- ARI 4 yrs/60 mil
SP: Ben Sheets- LAA 6 yrs/106 mil
SP: CC Sabathia- NYY 5 yrs/150 mil
SP: Derek Lowe- BOS 4 yrs/50 mil
SP: Ryan Dempster-STL 3 yrs/45 mil
SP: A.J. Burnett- CHW 3 yrs/55 mil
CP: Brian Fuentes-DET 2 yrs/35 mil
CP: Fransisco Rodriguez- OAK 6 yrs/95mil
RP: Jason Isringhausen- WAS 2 yrs/ 16 mil

[HoustonGM]

I don't think people have noticed how much the market has changed in recent years...

Good starting pitchers are not going to get around $7 million per year salaries.

Metsguy, you really think C.C. Sabathia is only going to get an average annual salary of $10 million or so?