And it will keep ballots private until voting closes.

Something like “Angels wins + Ben Zobrist wRAA – Max Sherzer strikeouts”

Feel free to propose ideas for that question, too.

Remember that the tie-breaker for individual questions goes to whichever option was picked by the fewest number of people. So if we have at least a handful of questions where the likelihood of a tie is decent, it will be fun to try to predict how others will vote and if it’s worth going with the less likely option in order to also win the ties.

There was one tie in last year’s contest: there were two MVP/CY repeat winners (Pujols, Lincecum) and two first-timers (Mauer, Greinke). Since fewer people picked the first-timers, those people were credited with correct picks.

Above .500 teams in the AL West
Above .500 teams in the AL East

Wins by AL Central Champ
Wins by Third Place team in AL East

Jacoby Ellsbury’s UZR
Zero

Russell Branyan’s HR
Russell Branyan’s Days on DL

Brandon Webb’s GS
15

Mariners UZR
Rays UZR

Adrian Beltre’s HR
Curtis Granderson’s HR

Adrian Beltre’s HR
1.5 times Adrian Beltre’s UZR

Bobby Cox Ejections
Chone Figgins HR + Jack Wilson HR

Jeff Francoeur on base average plus .100
Carlos Beltran on base average.

Carlos Lee home runs plus stolen bases.
Juan Pierre home runs plus stolen bases.

Andruw Jones 2010 batting average times 100.
Andruw Jones 2010 opening day weight (pounds).

Carlos Silva runs saved [(5-RA)*IP]/9.
Peter Moylan home runs allowed.

Jonathan Broxton strikeouts.
Oliver Perez strikeouts.

Albert Pujols fWAR.
Sum of the second and third most valuable Cardinals’ fWAR.

Roy Halladay strikeout-to-walk ratio.
Derek Lowe strikeouts per 9 innings.

RIch Harden’s IP
Ben Sheet’s IP

Mike Napoli’s innings played at C
Jeff Mathis’s innings played at C

Chris Davis Ks
Mark Reynolds Ks

J.A. Happ’s FIP – J.A. Happ’s ERA
Ricky Nolasco’s ERA – Ricky Nolasco’s FIP

Cliff Lee’s homers allowed + walks allowed
Carlos Lee’s strikeouts

Steven Strasburg’s wins
Adam Dunn’s GIDPs

Franklin Gutierrez’s UZR
Adam Dunn’s UZR times negative 1

Curtis Granderson’s Contact %
Ichiro’s O-Contact %

Joe Mauer’s LD%
Michael Young’s LD%

Elvis Andrus SBs + Julio Borbon SBs
Chone Figgins SBs + Ichiro SBs

Joel Pineiro’s GB%
Derek Lowe’s GB%

Mariano Rivera saves
Alex Rodriguez HRs

Buster Posey innings at catcher
Every other Giants’ innings at catcher

Jason Heyward games played
Steven Strasburg’s IP

Neftali Feliz’s average FB velocity
Tim Wakefield’s average FB velocity + 25

Nick Johnson’s OBP
Hideki Matsui’s SLG

Total days of Milton Bradley suspensions
Number of Lou Piniella ejections

Albert Pujols SLG
Yuniesky Betancourt OPS

Colby “Colbyashi” Lewis’s ERA
Daisuke Matsuzaka’s ERA

Alfonso Soriano’s Ks – Alfonso Soriano’s walks
Marlon Byrd’s runs scored

Elvis Andrus’s wOBA
Everth Cabrera’s wOBA

Josh Hamilton home runs
Josh Johnson games started

Jose Reyes’ steals total or 3 times the absolute value of Jay Bay’s UZR

Yanks + Mets homers
Angels + Dodgers homers

Wins by Texas teams
Wins by Florida teams

SB by the Chicago Cubs
CS by the Anaheim Angels

Intentional walks to Albert Pujols
Intentional walks to the Kansas City Royals

Troy Glaus games played
Nick Johnson games played

Gold Glove Winners with a negative UZR
Combined All Stars from the Royals and Pirates

High schoolers selected with supplemental first round picks in the June draft
College players selected with supplemental first round picks in the June draft

Ian Kinsler HR + SB
Dustin Pedroia K + GIDP

Brandon Wood K + GIDP + CS
Scott Kazmir IP

Trevor Cahill K – BB
Roy Halladay IP – K

Trevor Cahill K/9
Derek Holland FIP

Nick Punto PAs
Nick Johnson PAs

Neftali Feliz + Derek Holland IP
Joba Chamberlain + Phil Hughes IP

Total Bases by A.L. leader in TB
Average by A.L. leader in avg X 1000

Vernon Wells outs made
Vernon Wells SLG

Nick Markakis outs made
Nick Markakis SLG

Nick Punto outs made
Nick Punto batting average

Justin Morneau + Joe Mauer IBB
Michael Cuddyer GIDP

League leading SH total + League leading SF total
League leading GIDP total

Denard Span CS
Denard Span triples

Zack Greinke WAR
Combined WAR of all other Royals with at least 5 starts

Jason Kendall HBP x2
Jason Kendall XBH

Nick Punto OBP
Nick Punto SLG

Nick Blackburn Ks (pitching)
Delmon Young Ks (batting)

White Sox SB – CS
Jacoby Ellsbury SB – CS

Jake Peavy Ks
John Danks Ks

I’m finding the style of questions (stats used , calculations made) just as cool as the storylines included.

Ubaldo Jimenez wins vs Giants
Tim Lincecum wins vs Rockies

Mark Reynolds strikeouts
Jorge De La Rosa strikeouts

Absolute value of Manny Ramirez’ UZR
Absolute value of Carlos Gonzalez’ UZR

Most ABs for one Met
Mets games lost to injury

Yuniesky Betancourt OBP
Yuniesky Betancourt wOBA

Mets runs scored
Mets runs allowed

Home runs hit by MLB leading team
BA of MLB trailing team * 1000

Moves Dayton Moore makes in The Contest
Moves Omar Minaya makes in The Contest

Too bad there isn’t an objective way to measure this.