We already have a contest trying to determine who will sign with the Cubs. I thought this one would be similarly interesting. It'll also be very simple.
I'm going to ask everyone to guess the total dollar amount (including posting fees, if applicable) that each of the Top 5 free agents receive. We'll play golf style, where the winner is the person who has the lowest difference for the free agents combined. The years DO NOT MATTER. The 5 free agents are
1. Robinson Cano
2. Jacoby Ellsbury
3. Masahiro Tanaka
4. Shin-Soo Choo
5. Brian McCann
Tiebreaker: Dioner Navarro
Entries will be accepted as a comment on this site and they are due by midnight on Wednesday, November 27th. If any of these players sign before then, I'll just omit them for the purposes of this contest.
What will you win? Well, I have this lovely Darwin Barney bobblehead! I will ship it to anywhere in the continental united states to our lucky winner. Warning: it looks nothing like Darwin Barney.
Just so we know what an entry looks like, I'll present mine:
1. Robinson Cano: $234 MM
2. Jacoby Ellsbury: $140 MM
3. Masahiro Tanaka: $151 MM
4. Shin-Soo Choo: $108 MM
5. Brian McCann: $80 MM
Tiebreaker: Dioner Navarro: $6 MM
Comments
Cano: 175
Ellsbury: 120
Tanaka: 90
Choo: 95
McCann: 75
Navarro: 5
BerseliusQuote Reply
Cano: $225MM
Ellsbury: $126MM
Tanaka: $110MM
Choo: $80MM
McCann: $95MM
Navarro: $1. Not Million, just $1. This game is like price is right, correct?
EdwinQuote Reply
Um…November 20th being two days ago, I think I’m ineligible 🙁
But…
Cano: $210MM
Ellsbury: $135MM
Tanaka: post + contract = $135MM
Choo: $105MM
McCann: $90MM
Navarro: $7MM
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Cano: $230MM
Ellsbury: $120MM
Tanaka: $80MM
Choo:$85MM
McCann: $80MM
Navarro: $5MM
dmick89Quote Reply
Rice Cube wrote:
Time Lords only.
MylesQuote Reply
@ Myles:
Are Story Lords allowed?
EdwinQuote Reply
@ Myles:
Allons-y!
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Cano: $205M
Ells-barry: $130M
Tanaka (post+contract): $130M
Choo: $125M
McCann: $90M
Navarro: $3M
I just keep getting surprised by how much the expensive players keep getting and how little the cheap players keep getting, so.
fang2415Quote Reply
1. Robinson Cano: $221 MM
2. Jacoby Ellsbury: $145 MM
3. Masahiro Tanaka: $85 MM
4. Shin-Soo Choo: $96 MM
5. Brian McCann: $69 MM
Tiebreaker: Dioner Navarro: $7 MM
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
1. Robinson Cano: $255 MM
2. Jacoby Ellsbury: $155 MM
3. Masahiro Tanaka: $135 MM
4. Shin-Soo Choo: $105 MM
5. Brian McCann: $70 MM
Tiebreaker: Dioner Navarro: $4.5 MM
srbutch5Quote Reply
1. Robinson Cano: $300 MM
2. Jacoby Ellsbury: $200 MM
3. Masahiro Tanaka: $100M MM
4. Shin-Soo Choo: $50 MM
5. Brian McCann: $1 MM
Tiebreaker: Dioner Navarro: $6 MM
exhoosier10Quote Reply
Racist
Suburban kidQuote Reply
1. Robinson Cano- $185
2. Jacoby Ellsbury- $110
3. Masahiro Tanaka- $120
4. Shin-Soo Choo- $90
5. Brian McCann- $60
Tiebreaker: Dioner Navarro $10
GWQuote Reply
1. Robinson Cano- $245
2. Jacoby Ellsbury- $140
3. Masahiro Tanaka- $135
4. Shin-Soo Choo- $115
5. Brian McCann- $80
Tiebreaker: Dioner Navarro $8
TommyQuote Reply
1. Cano – $218 MM
2. Ellsbury – $115 MM
3. Tanaka – $ 115 MM
4. Choo – $98 MM
5. McCann – $75 MM
Tiebreaker – Navarro – $7.5 MM
AkabariQuote Reply
I overbid on McCann, unless you count the $100MM total if his option is picked up.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I’m assuming it’s only guaranteed years. McCann is guaranteed 85 million and that’s it, but I’m not sure what Myles is thinking.
dmick89Quote Reply
It’s only guaranteed years. McCann would have been 85 MM, but he signed too early and is now ineligible.
MylesQuote Reply
1. Robinson Cano 191.3MM
2. Jacoby Ellsbury 138.5MM
3. Masahiro Tanaka 122.5MM
4. Shin-Soo Choo 97.6MM
Tiebreaker: Dioner Navarro 8.25MM
SVBQuote Reply
1. Robinson Cano 222 MM
2. Jacoby Ellsbury 135 MM
3. Masahiro Tanaka 115 MM
4. Shin-Soo Choo 99 MM
Tiebreaker: Dioner Navarro 6.5 MM
WaLiQuote Reply
Current Leaders:
1. srbutch5 (2 MM)
2. EnricoPalazzo (8 MM)
3. Tommy (13 MM (wins tiebreaker with Myles))
MylesQuote Reply