Fun Fact: Jorge Soler is the first Cub player to wear number 68, per Baseball Reference.
Graphs for Game 132 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 132:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
J Grimm |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.12 |
.006 |
K Fujikawa |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.16 |
.005 |
Z Rosscup |
0.1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.33 |
-.064 |
C Villanueva |
2.1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0.39 |
-.098 |
J Turner |
3.2 |
7 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1.26 |
-.334 |
Total |
8 |
12 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
8 |
0.79 |
-.485 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
J Soler |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1.57 |
.165 |
S Castro |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.93 |
.095 |
C Coghlan |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.96 |
.066 |
L Valbuena |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1.56 |
.062 |
L Watkins |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.42 |
.021 |
A Alcantara |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.07 |
.002 |
J Turner |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.59 |
-.016 |
C Villanueva |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.14 |
-.016 |
M Szczur |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.93 |
-.044 |
C Valaika |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.09 |
-.055 |
J Baez |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1.45 |
-.058 |
W Castillo |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.89 |
-.235 |
Total |
34 |
5 |
11 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
13 |
1.28 |
-.015 |
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 - Jorge Soler (.165). The homer in his first at-bat was obviously huge. But the single in the eighth was what got him the top spot on the night.
- Hero - Starlin Castro (.095). The butterfly effect of his 400-foot single in the eighth can be debated for hours, I'm sure. And no, I can't dock him a spot for not running until it was too late.
- Sidekick - Chris Coghlan (.066). Nice 2-for-4 night. Unofficial bonus points for the walk to set up the matchup of Aroldis Chapman vs. Javier Baez.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Jacob Turner (-.334). The circus act by the infield in the fourth inning did him no favors, but he was in trouble most of the night even without their help.
- Goat - Welington Castillo (-.235). Killed by the double play in the eighth. Whether or not the alternate reality of Castro scoring on Soler's single would have made a difference for his podium position... the world will never know.
- Kid - Carlos Villanueva (-.098). Couldn't put out the fire in the fourth without more damage being done.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 132 (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 |
Starlin Castro |
14.5 |
9.5 |
8.5 |
71 |
Luis Valbuena |
12 |
10 |
6 |
62 |
Welington Castillo |
9 |
5.5 |
4.5 |
42.5 |
x-Justin Ruggiano |
6.5 |
9.5 |
3 |
41.5 |
Jake Arrieta |
8 |
4 |
1 |
33 |
Chris Coghlan |
7 |
5 |
2 |
33 |
z-Jason Hammel |
5 |
4 |
5 |
28 |
Travis Wood |
6 |
4 |
1 |
27 |
z-Nate Schierholtz |
4 |
6 |
3 |
27 |
x-Ryan Sweeney |
2 |
6 |
6.5 |
24.5 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
6 |
2 |
2 |
24 |
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
1 |
22 |
x-Mike Olt |
3 |
3 |
6 |
21 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
3 |
4 |
2 |
19 |
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 |
Hector Rondon |
0 |
1 |
12.5 |
14.5 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
4 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
John Baker |
1 |
4 |
3 |
14 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
3 |
6 |
12 |
Wesley Wright |
0.5 |
3.5 |
3 |
11.5 |
Carlos Villanueva |
0 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
y-Ryan Kalish |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
z-James Russell |
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 |
Jorge Soler |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Chris Rusin |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
x-Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
Jacob Turner |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Kyuji Fujikawa |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Logan Watkins |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
z-Nate Schierholtz |
8 |
12 |
7 |
55 |
Luis Valbuena |
8 |
8.5 |
11.5 |
52.5 |
Starlin Castro |
5 |
10.5 |
14 |
50 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
12 |
3 |
1 |
43 |
Travis Wood |
10 |
5 |
2 |
42 |
Welington Castillo |
3 |
10.5 |
9 |
39 |
x-Junior Lake |
6 |
6 |
8 |
38 |
Anthony Rizzo |
2 |
11 |
8 |
36 |
Chris Coghlan |
5 |
5 |
6 |
31 |
x-Mike Olt |
5 |
3 |
6 |
27 |
x-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 |
4 |
21 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
2 |
6 |
3 |
21 |
z-James Russell |
3 |
3 |
5 |
20 |
x-Ryan Sweeney |
3 |
3 |
3.5 |
18.5 |
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 |
Javier Baez |
2 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
z-Jose Veras |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
Kyle Hendricks |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
y-Ryan Kalish |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
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 |
Jacob Turner |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
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 |
Logan Watkins |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
Anthony Rizzo |
77 |
36 |
41 |
Starlin Castro |
71 |
50 |
21 |
Jake Arrieta |
33 |
12 |
21 |
x-Justin Ruggiano |
41.5 |
26 |
15.5 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
14 |
3 |
11 |
Luis Valbuena |
62 |
52.5 |
9.5 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
15 |
9 |
Kyle Hendricks |
15.5 |
9 |
6.5 |
x-Ryan Sweeney |
24.5 |
18.5 |
6 |
x-Brian Schlitter |
19 |
13 |
6 |
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
Chris Valaika |
6 |
2 |
4 |
Zac Rosscup |
4 |
0 |
4 |
Welington Castillo |
42.5 |
39 |
3.5 |
Jorge Soler |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Chris Coghlan |
33 |
31 |
2 |
z-Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
15 |
1.5 |
y-Ryan Kalish |
10 |
9 |
1 |
x-Chris Rusin |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Matt Szczur |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Kyuji Fujikawa |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Neil Ramirez |
6.5 |
6 |
0.5 |
Logan Watkins |
1 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Pedro Strop |
16 |
16 |
0 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
Jacob Turner |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
19 |
21 |
-2 |
John Baker |
14 |
16 |
-2 |
x-Blake Parker |
3 |
5 |
-2 |
Wesley Wright |
11.5 |
14 |
-2.5 |
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
22 |
25 |
-3 |
x-Dan Straily |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
x-Mike Olt |
21 |
27 |
-6 |
y-Eli Whiteside |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
Javier Baez |
5 |
12 |
-7 |
Hector Rondon |
14.5 |
23 |
-8.5 |
z-Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
Carlos Villanueva |
11 |
21 |
-10 |
z-James Russell |
10 |
20 |
-10 |
Justin Grimm |
12 |
24.5 |
-12.5 |
Travis Wood |
27 |
42 |
-15 |
x-Junior Lake |
19 |
38 |
-19 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
16 |
43 |
-27 |
z-Nate Schierholtz |
27 |
55 |
-28 |
Soler makes his Heroes and Goats debut in style, while Turner sputters his way to the top of the Goat podium.