FACTS/FLUKES: McDonald, Casilla, Heisey, Miley, Cozart

McDonald finding his groove ... Big things were seen in James McDonald's (RHP, PIT) future when he was a prospect in the Dodgers' farm system. But it is only now, at age 27 and in his third year with the Pirates, that he's finally delivering on the expectations with a 2.19 ERA and 0.95 WHIP through his first 14 starts.

Period     IP    ERA   xERA   S%   Ctl   Dom   Cmd   G/L/F     hr/9   hr/f   DOM/DIS
======    ===   ====   ====   ==   ===   ===   ===  ========   ====   ====   =======
2009*      93   3.78   4.02   75   4.7   8.7   1.9   -----      0.8     8%    ----
2010       72   4.02   4.40   71   3.6   8.5   2.3  30/23/46    0.5     4%   42%/17%
2011      171   4.21   4.33   76   4.0   7.4   1.9  39/19/42    1.4    12%  ...

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