Community Projection: Jason Bay

by Charlie Wilmoth on Feb 11, 2008 3:27 PM EST in News

UPDATE: The Bay projections are now closed.

Obviously, this is a tough one. A plurality of readers think that Bay will be the Pirates' most productive hitter. Of course, Bay could be the Bucs' most productive hitter this year and still be nowhere near as good as he was in '06 and '05.

Let me know what you think in the comments by guessing Bay's 2008 average, on-base percentage, and slugging.

Here are Bay's career numbers.

The Jose Bautista projections are open. Jack Wilson is closed. Here are the results.

NAME	POS.	COMMUNITY	ZiPS
Adam LaRoche	1B	.280/.351/.509	.272/.348/.492
Freddy Sanchez	2B	.313/.355/.454	.298/.340/.415
Jack Wilson	SS	.272/.324/.392	.261/.313/.361

Wow, I'm with the community here. ZiPS just hates Wilson. I know he's a middle infielder entering his 30s, and that he wasn't really better than that projection in either '05 or '06, but I can't believe that his '07 doesn't mean anything.

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.283/.369/.535

You're a Pirates fan?

by thegetupkids on Feb 11, 2008 5:23 PM EST reply actions

.270/.355/.430

by azibuck on Feb 11, 2008 5:35 PM EST reply actions

.274/.371/.525

by OmarMoreno18 on Feb 11, 2008 5:52 PM EST reply actions

Bay

.275/.355/.495

by bolton on Feb 11, 2008 6:22 PM EST reply actions

.290/.385/.500

Someone has to play better....

Has anyone looked down their list so far to see our collective team so far? Yikes.

by PureTekulve on Feb 11, 2008 6:29 PM EST reply actions

.303 /.404 /.560

by sludgeworm on Feb 11, 2008 6:45 PM EST reply actions

.260/.350/.445

by The New Guy on Feb 11, 2008 8:12 PM EST reply actions

Bay

282/362/482

by buccoben on Feb 11, 2008 8:23 PM EST reply actions

Bay

For the Pirates:
.291/.364/.552

For team he's traded to:
.247/.310/.416

by bryanzane on Feb 11, 2008 8:31 PM EST reply actions

.275/.370/.495

by chetthespian on Feb 11, 2008 8:42 PM EST reply actions

.274/.367/.484

by onewhitefoot on Feb 11, 2008 8:51 PM EST reply actions

273/380/496

by Chester J Lampwick on Feb 11, 2008 10:39 PM EST reply actions

.265/.358/.477

by Tommy on Feb 11, 2008 11:50 PM EST reply actions

.284/.368/.494

by DANNDANN on Feb 12, 2008 6:48 AM EST reply actions

.292/.377/.500

by BobD on Feb 12, 2008 11:19 AM EST reply actions

J. Bay

not good this year, I think his slump will continue....

.255/.305/.390

I hope I'm wrong on this one!

by 1eyedjack on Feb 12, 2008 12:34 PM EST reply actions

.282/.375/.495

Pittsburgh Lumber Co.

by MBandi on Feb 12, 2008 12:38 PM EST reply actions

JBay

Didn't just slip last year, which we can at least attribute to possible injury, but he slipped the year before that, too. I don't think he's as bad as he was last year, tho, so:

The bounceback, but not as far as we'd like.

270/370/470

Though if he's going to continue to watch strike 3 go by with runners on, all bets are off.

by bucdaddy on Feb 12, 2008 1:28 PM EST reply actions