Note for Tuesday's Suspended Game: Fangraphs doesn't have updated charts or WPA scores for the completion of the suspended game on Tuesday, so the final tallies for the Tuesday game are taken from Baseball Reference and are as follows:
THE THREE HEROES, GAME 125:
- Superhero - Tsuyoshi Wada (.255). No change in podium placement from when the game was suspended.
- Hero - Anthony Rizzo (.175). Also no change.
- Sidekick - Hector Rondon (.153). Made the podium once again thanks to the one-run save.
THE THREE GOATS, GAME 125:
- Billy Goat - Chris Coghlan (-.079). No change.
- Goat - Welington Castillo (-.047). Took the place of Starlin Castro.
- Kid - Luis Valbuena (-.040). No change.
And now, back to real time baseball action:
Graphs for Game 127 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 127:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
W Wright |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.36 |
.027 |
B Parker |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.33 |
.016 |
J Grimm |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1.21 |
-.091 |
T Wood |
6 |
8 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
1.22 |
-.167 |
Total |
9 |
12 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
9 |
1.06 |
-.215 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
J Ruggiano |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1.39 |
.160 |
M Szczur |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.21 |
.082 |
W Castillo |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1.15 |
.033 |
A Rizzo |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.27 |
.022 |
L Valbuena |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.17 |
-.012 |
R Sweeney |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.12 |
-.028 |
L Watkins |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.15 |
-.028 |
J Baker |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.47 |
-.041 |
T Wood |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.83 |
-.041 |
C Coghlan |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2.13 |
-.069 |
C Valaika |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.16 |
-.094 |
A Alcantara |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.56 |
-.097 |
J Baez |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1.6 |
-.172 |
Total |
36 |
3 |
9 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
15 |
1.34 |
-.285 |
Writer's Note: The daily selections of the three Heroes and three Goats are based solely on the top three and bottom three WPA scores for the game. The selections are not based on my subjective opinion.
THE THREE HEROES:
- Superhero - Justin Ruggiano (.160). Nice 2-for-3 day including the homer to give the Cubs the lead in the first.
- Hero - Matt Szczur (.082). Put the Cubs in a good position to score with his single in the seventh, but unfortunately nothing came of it.
- Sidekick - Welington Castillo (.033). The back-to-back homer with Ruggiano was really good. The whiffs with runners on in the third and sixth, however...
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Javier Baez (-.172). I know he likes to set records, but this isn't one he wants: he's the first player in the last 100 years to record three Golden Sombreros in his first 17 games.
- Goat - Travis Wood (-.167). Well, at least it wasn't one big inning this time.
- Kid - Arismendy Alcantara (-.097). Had two chances late with runners on but couldn't come through.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 127 (Changes in Bold, Notations Below):
x - Player not on 25-man roster.
y - Player not on 40-man roster.
z - Player no longer with Cubs.
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Anthony Rizzo |
15 |
11 |
10 |
77 |
x-Starlin Castro |
14.5 |
8.5 |
8.5 |
69 |
Luis Valbuena |
12 |
9 |
6 |
60 |
Welington Castillo |
9 |
5.5 |
4.5 |
42.5 |
Justin Ruggiano |
6.5 |
9.5 |
3 |
41.5 |
Jake Arrieta |
7 |
4 |
1 |
30 |
Chris Coghlan |
6 |
5 |
1 |
29 |
z-Jason Hammel |
5 |
4 |
5 |
28 |
z-Nate Schierholtz |
4 |
6 |
3 |
27 |
Ryan Sweeney |
2 |
6 |
6.5 |
24.5 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
6 |
2 |
2 |
24 |
Travis Wood |
5 |
4 |
1 |
24 |
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
1 |
22 |
x-Mike Olt |
3 |
3 |
6 |
21 |
x-Junior Lake |
3 |
3 |
4 |
19 |
x-Brian Schlitter |
1 |
4.5 |
7 |
19 |
z-Darwin Barney |
3.5 |
2.5 |
1 |
16.5 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
4 |
1 |
2 |
16 |
Pedro Strop |
1 |
3 |
7 |
16 |
Kyle Hendricks |
4 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
15.5 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
3 |
2 |
2 |
15 |
John Baker |
1 |
4 |
3 |
14 |
Hector Rondon |
0 |
1 |
11.5 |
13.5 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
3 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
Carlos Villanueva |
0 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
Wesley Wright |
0.5 |
3.5 |
2 |
10.5 |
y-Ryan Kalish |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
z-James Russell |
0 |
2 |
6 |
10 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
2 |
6 |
10 |
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0.5 |
5.5 |
6.5 |
Chris Valaika |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Javier Baez |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
Zac Rosscup |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Chris Rusin |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
Jacob Turner |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Kyuji Fujikawa |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
z-Nate Schierholtz |
8 |
12 |
7 |
55 |
x-Starlin Castro |
5 |
10.5 |
14 |
50 |
Luis Valbuena |
7 |
7.5 |
11.5 |
47.5 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
12 |
3 |
1 |
43 |
Travis Wood |
10 |
5 |
2 |
42 |
x-Junior Lake |
6 |
6 |
8 |
38 |
Welington Castillo |
3 |
9.5 |
7.5 |
35.5 |
Anthony Rizzo |
2 |
10 |
8 |
34 |
Chris Coghlan |
5 |
5 |
5 |
30 |
x-Mike Olt |
5 |
3 |
6 |
27 |
Justin Ruggiano |
2 |
7 |
6 |
26 |
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
4 |
25 |
Justin Grimm |
7 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
24.5 |
z-Jason Hammel |
7 |
1 |
0 |
23 |
Hector Rondon |
6 |
2 |
1 |
23 |
Carlos Villanueva |
5 |
1 |
3 |
20 |
z-James Russell |
3 |
3 |
5 |
20 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
1 |
6 |
3 |
18 |
Ryan Sweeney |
3 |
3 |
2.5 |
17.5 |
Pedro Strop |
3 |
3 |
1 |
16 |
John Baker |
3 |
1 |
5 |
16 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
4 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
z-Darwin Barney |
0 |
6 |
3 |
15 |
Wesley Wright |
3 |
1 |
3 |
14 |
x-Brian Schlitter |
2 |
3 |
1 |
13 |
Jake Arrieta |
3 |
0 |
3 |
12 |
z-Jose Veras |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
y-Ryan Kalish |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
Javier Baez |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
Neil Ramirez |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
y-Eli Whiteside |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
x-Blake Parker |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Kyle Hendricks |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Dan Straily |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Chris Valaika |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
x-Chris Rusin |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
Anthony Rizzo |
77 |
34 |
43 |
x-Starlin Castro |
69 |
50 |
19 |
Jake Arrieta |
30 |
12 |
18 |
Justin Ruggiano |
41.5 |
26 |
15.5 |
Luis Valbuena |
60 |
47.5 |
12.5 |
Kyle Hendricks |
15.5 |
4 |
11.5 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
15 |
9 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
11 |
3 |
8 |
Welington Castillo |
42.5 |
35.5 |
7 |
Ryan Sweeney |
24.5 |
17.5 |
7 |
x-Brian Schlitter |
19 |
13 |
6 |
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
Chris Valaika |
6 |
2 |
4 |
Zac Rosscup |
4 |
0 |
4 |
Jacob Turner |
2 |
0 |
2 |
z-Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
15 |
1.5 |
y-Ryan Kalish |
10 |
9 |
1 |
x-Chris Rusin |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Kyuji Fujikawa |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Neil Ramirez |
6.5 |
6 |
0.5 |
Pedro Strop |
16 |
16 |
0 |
Matt Szczur |
2 |
2 |
0 |
Chris Coghlan |
29 |
30 |
-1 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
John Baker |
14 |
16 |
-2 |
Javier Baez |
5 |
7 |
-2 |
x-Blake Parker |
3 |
5 |
-2 |
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
22 |
25 |
-3 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
15 |
18 |
-3 |
x-Dan Straily |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
Wesley Wright |
10.5 |
14 |
-3.5 |
x-Mike Olt |
21 |
27 |
-6 |
y-Eli Whiteside |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
Carlos Villanueva |
11 |
20 |
-9 |
z-Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
Hector Rondon |
13.5 |
23 |
-9.5 |
z-James Russell |
10 |
20 |
-10 |
Justin Grimm |
10 |
24.5 |
-14.5 |
Travis Wood |
24 |
42 |
-18 |
x-Junior Lake |
19 |
38 |
-19 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
16 |
43 |
-27 |
z-Nate Schierholtz |
27 |
55 |
-28 |
Szczur gets his first view from the Hero podium, while Baez takes a Goat position in a bit of dramatic fashion.