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Community Projection: James McDonald

BRADENTON FL - FEBRUARY 20:  Pitcher James McDonald #53 of the Pittsburgh Pirates poses for a photo during photo day at Pirate City on February 20 2011 in Bradenton Florida.  (Photo by J. Meric/Getty Images)
BRADENTON FL - FEBRUARY 20: Pitcher James McDonald #53 of the Pittsburgh Pirates poses for a photo during photo day at Pirate City on February 20 2011 in Bradenton Florida. (Photo by J. Meric/Getty Images)
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Next up in our community projection series is James McDonald. In the comments, let me know what you think McDonald's 2011 innings pitched, strikeouts, walks and ERA will be, in that order, and I'll compile the first 20 into a projection.

The Paul Maholm projection is done. Here are the results so far.

Player Community ZiPS
Chris Snyder .232/.324/.388, 25% caught stealing .215/.324/.381
Lyle Overbay .261/.346/.432 .244/.336/.423
Neil Walker .278/.337/.444 .271/.321/.453
Ronny Cedeno .247/.295/.365, 105 starts .253/.295/.385
Pedro Alvarez .267.352/.507, 33 homers .262/.337/.479
Jose Tabata .294/.365/.428, 30 stolen bases .289/.343/.398
Andrew McCutchen .295/.372/.480, -1.7 UZR/150 .288/.365/.453
Garrett Jones .263/.338/.459 .262/.316/.444

Player Community ZiPS
Paul Maholm 171.1 IP, 94K, 54BB, 4.52 ERA 190.1 IP, 117K, 61BB, 4.40 ERA

We are nothing if not realists. That's about the most sober-looking projection by a group of fans that I've ever seen. The memory of Maholm's 5.10 ERA lingers for lots of us, I'm sure.