2019 APBA GO Free Agent Contest
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Hello everyone,
THE 2019 FREE AGENT CONTEST IS OVER. THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED AND RANDYSTEINMAN FOR TAKING THE PRIZE!
We’re trying a new contest here at APBA GO; one we think you will all enjoy.
The 2019 Free Agent Contest will test your predictive abilities. We provide a list of the top 25 Free Agents; you tell us what teams will sign them. Every time you get a pick right, you get 100 credits for use on APBA GO. If you get the most correct picks, you could win 20,000 Credits!
How does it work?
Contest runs until February 14th, 2019.
Be sure to accurately enter your APBA GO username, or you’ll never see the points you earn! :(
Here are the rules:
- A free APBA GO account is required to participate.
- Only one submission is allowed, no edits. In the event a participant makes multiple submissions, the first submission received will be counted.
- When the contest ends, participants will receive 100 credits for a correct pick, usable in the APBA GO store.
- When the contest ends, the participant who makes the most correct picks will receive 20,000 credits, for use in the APBA GO store.
- In the event of a tie between participants for the most correct picks, their answers to the tie breaking question will be used. The participant with the duration and dollar value most closely matching the Bryce Harper contract value for 2019 will be deemed the winner.
- In the event a tie still exists after comparing the participants tie break answers, the participant who submitted their picks first will be declared the winner.
- Picks can be submitted until 11:59 pm EST on November 20th, 2018
- The winner will be announced on February 14th, 2019.
- Ongoing, but not real-time, standings will be available in this thread.
- In the event a player is signed by an MLB team during the submission period, participants who successfully matched the signed player prior to the day he was signed will receive points. All other participants would receive no points for that match.
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Standings*
Rank User Picks Correct % Correct Points 1 randysteinman 25 5 20% 500 2 ncutting 25 4 16% 400 2 Percy 25 4 16% 400 2 Festsgrber@aol.com 24 4 16% 400 2 Snackpack1109 24 4 16% 400 6 84monroe 25 3 12% 300 6 dbacknate 25 3 12% 300 6 Devtoth 25 3 12% 300 6 esheffler 25 3 12% 300 6 Griffin8906 25 3 12% 300 6 Joe D 25 3 12% 300 6 Joe13ner 25 3 12% 300 6 kweber 25 3 12% 300 6 rescue22 25 3 12% 300 6 stratonascar 25 3 12% 300 6 HOFfridge 24 3 12% 300 6 ronbrandmayr@gmail.com 24 3 12% 300 6 thirdout 24 3 12% 300 19 Alwayslast 25 2 8% 200 19 anluc7 25 2 8% 200 19 BallOne 25 2 8% 200 19 Basecloggers 25 2 8% 200 19 Gil Palladino 25 2 8% 200 19 gmichaeljo 25 2 8% 200 19 MARunyon 25 2 8% 200 19 MrMojo 25 2 8% 200 19 OlneyOgre 25 2 8% 200 19 Puckblanc 25 2 8% 200 19 wink55 25 2 8% 200 19 Buffalohead 24 2 8% 200 19 Dennis 24 2 8% 200 19 DennisOK 24 2 8% 200 19 hokielar 24 2 8% 200 19 jluckhau 24 2 8% 200 19 jwissel 24 2 8% 200 19 JE000000 23 2 8% 200 19 mlbkdog 22 2 8% 200 19 tles32 22 2 8% 200 39 bjwanlund 25 1 4% 100 39 Bytown! 25 1 4% 100 39 Dirk 25 1 4% 100 39 gsnavely 25 1 4% 100 39 Imabbaddic 25 1 4% 100 39 jlebeck66 25 1 4% 100 39 John Pottratz 25 1 4% 100 39 wdgerber 25 1 4% 100 39 Molesmgr 24 1 4% 100 39 sheldonhaun 24 1 4% 100 39 KNOXVILLE GIANTS 23 1 4% 100 50 JTMILLER 25 0 0% 0 50 Kimberly 25 0 0% 0 50 Mattingly 25 0 0% 0 50 Rice13 25 0 0% 0 50 TigerScott 25 0 0% 0 50 Tony 25 0 0% 0 50 packerfan 24 0 0% 0 50 sattebf19 24 0 0% 0 50 Reignman54 22 0 0% 0 50 RobTheAg74 11 0 0% 0 Free Agent Status*
Rank Free Agent Status Date Signed Team Years Value (USD) Avg/Year 1 Manny Machado Free N/A N/A 2 Bryce Harper Free N/A N/A 3 Patrick Corbin Signed 2018-12-04 Washington Nationals 6 $140,000,000 $23,333,333 4 Craig Kimbrel Free N/A N/A 5 Josh Donaldson Signed 2018-11-26 Atlanta Braves 1 $23,000,000 $23,000,000 6 Dallas Keuchel Free N/A N/A 7 Michael Brantley Signed 2018-12-17 Houston Astros 2 $32,000,000 $16,000,000 8 Nelson Cruz Signed 2018-12-27 Minnesota Twins 1 $14,300,000 $14,300,000 9 Charlie Morton Signed 2018-12-12 Tampa Bay Rays 2 $30,000,000 $15,000,000 10 Nathan Eovaldi Signed 2018-12-06 Boston Red Sox 4 $67,500,000 $16,875,000 11 Adam Ottavino Signed 2019-01-17 New York Yankees 3 $27,000,000 $9,000,000 12 A.J. Pollock Signed 2019-01-24 Los Angeles Dodgers 4 $55,000,000 $13,750,000 13 Wilson Ramos Signed 2018-12-17 New York Mets 2 $19,000,000 $9,500,000 14 Yasmani Grandal Signed 2019-01-09 Milwaukee Brewers 1 $18,250,000 $18,250,000 15 Andrew Miller Signed 2018-12-21 St. Louis Cardinals 2 $25,000,000 $12,500,000 16 Marwin González Free N/A N/A 17 Zach Britton Signed 2019-01-07 New York Yankees 3 $39,000,000 $13,000,000 18 D.J. Lemahieu Signed 2019-01-11 New York Yankees 2 $24,000,000 $12,000,000 19 Hyun-Jin Ryu Signed 2018-11-12 Los Angeles Dodgers 1 $17,900,000 $17,900,000 20 Jeurys Familia Signed 2018-12-12 New York Mets 3 $30,000,000 $10,000,000 21 Mike Moustakas Free N/A N/A 22 Andrew McCutchen Signed 2018-12-11 Philadelphia Phillies 3 $50,000,000 $16,666,667 23 Daniel Murphy Signed 2018-12-21 Colorado Rockies 2 $24,000,000 $12,000,000 24 J.A. Happ Signed 2018-12-12 New York Yankees 2 $34,000,000 $17,000,000 25 Jed Lowrie Signed 2019-01-10 New York Mets 2 $20,000,000 $10,000,000 AVERAGE 2.4 $36,313,158 $14,998,913 * Most definitely not real time. Last updated: 2019-01-24, 8:30 pm EST
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@apba-go-jeremy Did I miss a pick? LOL!!!
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@buffalohead Yeah :( Apparently you’re convinced Andrew McCutchen will be unemployed in 2019.
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@apba-go-jeremy Well he hasn’t been the same since he cut his hair…
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@buffalohead or got married…take your pick.
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@APBA-GO-Jeremy I know you’re busy with today’s release, so just to make sure it doesn’t slip past you, Hyun-Jin Ryu accepted his qualifying offer and will be back with the Dodgers.
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@apba-go-jeremy Fun! I took a bunch of guesses but I hope I get a few credits. :)
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For those interested, I thought I’d post the community picks based on the majority of submissions for each Free Agent.
In the chart, Tie means there was an equal number of picks for both teams.
I’ll update this chart as we go, too:
Free Agent Community Pick Tie Correct Manny Machado New York Yankees Philadelphia Philies Bryce Harper Philadelphia Philies Patrick Corbin New York Yankees NO Craig Kimbrel Boston Red Sox Josh Donaldson St. Louis Cardinals NO Dallas Keuchel Houston Astros Michael Brantley Atlanta Braves NO Nelson Cruz Houston Astros NO Charlie Morton Houston Astros NO Nathan Eovaldi Boston Red Sox YES Adam Ottavino New York Yankees YES A.J. Pollock Arizona Diamondbacks San Fransisco Giants NO Wilson Ramos Houston Astros NO Yasmani Grandal Houston Astros NO Andrew Miller Boston Red Sox NO Marwin González Houston Astros Zach Britton New York Yankees Houston Astros YES D.J. Lemahieu Colorado Rockies NO Hyun-Jin Ryu Los Angeles Dodgers YES Jeurys Familia Minesota Twins NO Mike Moustakas Milwaukie Brewers Andrew McCutchen Chicago Cubs New York Yankees NO Daniel Murphy New York Mets NO J.A. Happ New York Yankees YES Jed Lowrie Oakland Athletics NO Last Updated: 2019-01-17 8:30 pm EST
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@apba-go-jeremy Those can’t be right, Jeremy. Reds owner Bob Castellini said (and I quote) “We’re going to get the pitching.” So, basically, every one of those pitchers should be going to Cincinnati. I understand though, it’s an easy mistake to make.
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@apba-go-jeremy I can see a lot of these picks missing as a group. Maybe I will get a couple right.
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@tigerscott Following the pack does not always lead to success ;)
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Josh Donaldson - 1 Year, Atlanta Braves
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For the record (and I know it’s early), this is the first time I have ever been on top of a sports-related pool in my life… ;)
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@dbacknate At the contest’s conclusion.
