A question- is a guy's performance relative to the league calculated for purposes of what class of FA they are just based on the last season before FA, or an average of the life of their previous contract, or what?
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My guess is that it's based purely on his performance the previous season, but my only bases for that is my assumption that MLB will calculate that sort of stuff in an exteremly arbitrary way.
ETA: I also assume that it's based purely on stats like BA, RBI, R, and FLD% rather than ones that give a more accurate picture of a player's performance.
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its based on the previous two seasons. the analysis is performed by elias sports. i havent found a complete list of stats used but i have heard homers, rbi, avg, plate appearances for position players and innings, era, saves, k for pitchers.
j_d_mcnugent wrote:its based on the previous two seasons. the analysis is performed by elias sports. i havent found a complete list of stats used but i have heard homers, rbi, avg, plate appearances for position players and innings, era, saves, k for pitchers.
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by BritSox » Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:26 am 
