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Free Agent Prediction Contest Winners Notified

By Tim Dierkes | April 1, 2024 at 9:26am CDT

In early November, we ran our annual free agent prediction contest here at MLBTR.  We had 6,135 entrants, which I believe is an all-time record.

The contest concluded last week on Opening Day, with the unsigned Mike Clevinger and Brandon Belt excluded from the results.  Tasked with predicting the destinations of our other 48 top free agents, one contestant managed to guess 13 players correctly for a .271 batting average.  Congratulations to Jeff Freedman, who correctly predicted where Shohei Ohtani, Cody Bellinger, Blake Snell, Aaron Nola, Matt Chapman, Sonny Gray, Teoscar Hernandez, Lucas Giolito, J.D. Martinez, Jack Flaherty, Reynaldo Lopez, Jason Heyward, and Tim Anderson would sign.  Jeff wins $500 for his prognostication abilities.

No one else exceeded 11 correct guesses, which was good for a .229 average.  As for the MLBTR staff race, Leo Morgenstern and Nick Deeds beat the rest of us with an excellent nine correct.  You can check out the leaderboard here.

The first, second, and third place finishers won cash prizes, and the entire top 15 snagged a free one-year subscription to Trade Rumors Front Office.  All winners have been notified, so if you’re in the top 15 on the leaderboard be sure to check the email you used to sign up for the contest.  Thanks for playing and we look forward to doing it again next winter!

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38 Comments

  1. User 2161944466

    1 year ago

    Congrats Jeff Freedman. Drinks on you

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    • Chuck from Uniontown

      1 year ago

      Thank you!

      4
      Reply
      • rememberthecoop

        1 year ago

        Congrats. Well done.

        Reply
    • nukeg

      1 year ago

      Jeff Freedman > Scott Boras

      15
      Reply
  2. wvredsfan

    1 year ago

    I’m not gonna hold my breath, chances are a few people beat my predictions…

    2
    Reply
    • wvredsfan

      1 year ago

      5 correct… 1,436th place!
      thanks for having the contest

      5
      Reply
  3. vikingbluejay67

    1 year ago

    Only had 6 correct. Guess I’ll keep my day job.

    3
    Reply
    • RunDMC

      1 year ago

      3….smh. It would have been easier just picking guys going back to their original teams.

      Wish Bauer was on there….would have gotten that one right, lol!

      1
      Reply
      • ham77

        1 year ago

        Welcome to the 3 correct club! I’m right there with you

        2
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    • gbs42

      1 year ago

      viking, I tied you (and many others). This went about as well as my NCAA tourney entries.

      2
      Reply
    • positively_broad_st

      1 year ago

      I got 6 as well. Only 3 of the 7 staff writers of MLBTR got more than 5 correct (the highest was 9), so maybe there’s a chance for both of us to get hired on. Head honcho Tim Dierkes got 8 correct and many of his guesses look like mine. A lot of the predictions get undermined by trades or by teams like the Red Sox and Cubs tapping out early (or completely) on off-season spending. The hot stove was largely lukewarm for 2023/2024…

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      • stymeedone

        1 year ago

        Not knowing which teams are willing to spend, and which aren’t, is vital to the contest. That you weren’t correct, doesn’t mean the team undermined the contest. Boston hasn’t been a big spender for some time. Chi Cubs are cautious, always have been.

        Reply
        • positively_broad_st

          1 year ago

          Relax, dude. You’re taking that too literal. It’s not that serious…

          Reply
  4. Chicken In Philly?

    1 year ago

    Thanks for hosting this!

    12
    Reply
  5. ray1

    1 year ago

    Congratulations!

    4
    Reply
  6. Eatdust666

    1 year ago

    GG

    1
    Reply
  7. briar-patch thatcher

    1 year ago

    One of the best things MLBTR does. Godspeed, all.

    2
    Reply
  8. Fraham_

    1 year ago

    Rigged

    3
    Reply
    • rondon

      1 year ago

      Sore. Loser.

      1
      Reply
    • RunDMC

      1 year ago

      I blame Raffensperger!

      1
      Reply
    • stymeedone

      1 year ago

      Storm the offices!

      1
      Reply
  9. TheMichigan

    1 year ago

    Congrats Jeff! And to all that entered thanks! It’s fun to do this each year!

    4
    Reply
  10. User 3014224641

    1 year ago

    Steve Adams’s batting average is still higher than Myles Straw’s.

    9
    Reply
  11. positively_broad_st

    1 year ago

    I liked to see each player’s most voted on team that they were predicted to be signed by…

    3
    Reply
  12. nukeg

    1 year ago

    After the batting practice we saw in Baltimore, I can’t believe the Angels don’t have room for a Mike Clevinger flyer.

    3
    Reply
  13. Champs64

    1 year ago

    Nice job Jeff! With the winnings you are now a pro.

    Reply
  14. Gwynning

    1 year ago

    #5576!!! WHAT DO I WIN?

    2
    Reply
  15. jorge78

    1 year ago

    I was wondering if this contest would ever end LOL…..

    Reply
  16. JSC Cubbs

    1 year ago

    I was able to predict that Manfred would defy logic and shorten the pitch clock. My prize is more hurt pitchers, and an angry players union.

    1
    Reply
  17. JoeBrady

    1 year ago

    I think I got 4 in the first week, took month off, got two more in about one day, and then nothing.

    Reply
  18. Fraham_

    1 year ago

    Top 110 this year and top 15 two years ago I’ll take it

    Reply
  19. pedro rojo

    1 year ago

    congrats everyone

    1
    Reply
  20. pedro rojo

    1 year ago

    everyone that didn’t have ohtani to dodgers gets band from mlb

    Reply
    • Dock_Elvis

      1 year ago

      I’ll take KISS, Pedro.

      Reply
  21. stymeedone

    1 year ago

    And that band will play “Centerfield” and “Talkin’ Baseball”.

    Reply
  22. 5TUNT1N

    1 year ago

    Congratulations to the winners!

    Reply
  23. Niekro floater

    1 year ago

    I had Poteet to yankees

    Reply
  24. bigalcathey

    1 year ago

    I got 6 correct! I’ll take it

    Reply

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