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Community Projection: Adam LaRoche

Here's the next entry in our Community Projection series. Here's how it works. We all guess how each player will do for the upcoming season, then review our average projections at the end, with recognition for the most accurate guessers for each player.

This thread is for Adam LaRoche. In the comments, post your guesses for LaRoche's 2009 batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage, in that order. For bonus points, you can also guess the date of LaRoche's tenth homer, you think he'll hit at least ten. Here are LaRoche's career stats.

If you haven't commented before, the community projections are a great way to introduce yourself and get started, so feel free to jump in.

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Here are the results for Ryan Doumit:

NAME POS. COMMUNITY BONUS
Ryan Doumit C .289/.346/.477 115 games played

That'd be minor step backward from last year, mostly in his batting average, which makes sense. I might be a bit more pessimistic, but this isn't an unreasonable projection.

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Adam LaRoche Traded Again

Jul 2009 by Charlie - 18 comments

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It may just be my typical spring optimism but . . .

I think this is the year that LaRoche starts performing at the beginning of the year.

.283/.362/.518

10th HR – May 10 vs. NYM

by Justin84 on Jan 14, 2009 9:55 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

AdLa

.270/.340/.492

June 17th

by EndlessMike on Jan 14, 2009 9:57 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

ADD the Cockroach...

.270/.350/.500…and June 21st for his 10th HR. And as a kicker…he’ll be hitting .188 on May 1st.

by Thunder on Jan 14, 2009 11:37 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Adam

.275/.345/.475

10th homer on June 28

by bolton on Jan 14, 2009 11:43 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

.275/.345/.490

Hits his 10th homer July 13th. Hits .290/.365/.560 in the second half, like usual.

by Chad Bahamas on Jan 15, 2009 12:29 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Oh, man ...

April-June: .175/.250/.350
July-Oct: .375/.450/.550
Season: .275/.350/.450
Most consistent player in baseball hits his 10th homer on … July 10.

by bucdaddy on Jan 15, 2009 1:06 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Adam

See a trade deadline deal.

For the Pirates until then .282/.333/.484 – 10th homer on May 22.

Traded with John Grabow to the Giants for Emmanuel Burriss

by God Loves on Jan 15, 2009 7:52 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Not loving that trade.

Not a big believer in Burriss.

by Vlad on Jan 15, 2009 1:43 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

.268/.347/.456

10th homer on June 18.

by fatmink on Jan 15, 2009 9:41 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

I say

.273/.360/.515

32 HRs and 93 RBIs.

He gets big money from the KC Royals from 2010 and the Bucs use Pedro Alvarez at 1B.

by patthatt on Jan 15, 2009 10:13 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

.280/.350/.520

10th home run: june 6th.
traded to a contender: july 29th.

by johnnycuff on Jan 15, 2009 11:14 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

.275/.340/.500

I think he is what he is an average player.

First post be kind guys haha.

by Brian21 on Jan 15, 2009 11:18 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

.278/.342/.490

10th Home Run – July 6th

by JeffTheKing on Jan 15, 2009 11:22 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

289/356/522

10th Homer on July 19

by scoreboard on Jan 15, 2009 11:28 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

AdLaroche will be close to his career line in '09

275/340/500

and he will hit HR #10 on July 17, in his first AB in the first (home) game after the All-Star break (vs. SF).

by humbucker on Jan 15, 2009 11:34 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

.273/.340/.492/May 10

Bizarro Laroche year. He blows up early, we trade him for a great return, and he tanks for the team he’s traded to and ends up with the line above which his exact career line.

Numbers with the Pirates: .298/.364/.565.

by azibuck on Jan 15, 2009 11:48 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Big year, relatively speaking

.289 / .358 / .526

10 homer on May 26th

by sisyphus on Jan 15, 2009 1:10 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

.275/.345/.480

June 10 for the HR.

by Vlad on Jan 15, 2009 2:25 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

.271/338/492

July 1 for 10th homerun

by joegonzo on Jan 15, 2009 2:44 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Actually...

if what DK is saying in the PG today is true and LaRoche starts hitting from April, he will go something like 305/360/520 easy.

by joegonzo on Jan 15, 2009 3:25 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

.270/.345/.490

And traded on the deadline.

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by whygavs on Jan 15, 2009 3:31 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I really have no idea about him

not that I have any idea about any of the Pirates

.284/.348/.506

and 10th homerun on May 29th.

I made most of my life decisions at a Foghat concert... I stand by them.

by Chester J Lampwick on Jan 15, 2009 3:41 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Adam LaRoche

I’m going to be optimistic here.

.282/.353/.500

by kjcity520 on Jan 15, 2009 4:01 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

.286/.357/.533

Extremely optimistic on this one but whatever… If he puts up these numbers he’s gone at the deadline, which I think he will be.

Tenth HR on May 18 vs. the Nationals.

by scully0505 on Jan 15, 2009 6:34 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

.280/.340/.500

Tenth HR May 9th. After a great start injury spoils his season.

by RDV across the sea on Jan 16, 2009 9:13 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

.295/.360/.530

I think he might have the type of fluke 29-year-old season that Nady had in 2008. Hopefully we take advantage of it and deal him for something valuable, like we did with Nady.

10th HR on June 1st.

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by MBandi on Jan 16, 2009 11:06 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

280/345/485

10th HR on June 15th

I don’t think other teams will respect our lineup very much. Consequently, I don’t think LaRoche will get much to hit and his power will drop. However, if there ever was a time for him to break out of his early season funks then this is it. I think his early season thing is mental/psychological, and between him playing with his brother and being in a contract year, he will have as much chance to break out of it this season as he ever will. I think he’ll put up good numbers despite seeing fewer pitches to hit.

by houksyndrome on Jan 16, 2009 9:41 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Eh

280/360/525

10th homer in the 25th game of the season, whenever that is.

by UtesFan89 on Jan 17, 2009 12:13 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Something new

LaRoche, inspired by the presence of his brother, starts off well and finishes with .287/,365/,565

by meandterry on Jan 18, 2009 1:00 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

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