It remains unknown as to whether or not he had to get Jorge Soler's consent before taking the top podium spot.
Graphs for Game 138 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 138:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
J Turner |
6.1 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
0.98 |
.262 |
N Ramirez |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.57 |
.118 |
H Rondon |
0.2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.41 |
.071 |
B Parker |
0.2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.98 |
-.063 |
Total |
8.2 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
1.09 |
.388 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
W Castillo |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0.77 |
.243 |
S Castro |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.55 |
.048 |
L Valbuena |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.79 |
.044 |
L Watkins |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.73 |
.028 |
C Coghlan |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.68 |
-.014 |
J Soler |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.69 |
-.018 |
C Valaika |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.56 |
-.025 |
J Turner |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.66 |
-.033 |
A Alcantara |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.58 |
-.061 |
J Baez |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.81 |
-.101 |
Total |
31 |
4 |
11 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
0.68 |
.112 |
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 - Jacob Turner (.262). Really nice bounceback outing after his last start in Cincinnati.
- Hero - Welington Castillo (.243). Big day at the plate with the homer and three RBI, snapping his streak of five consecutive Goat podium appearances.
- Sidekick - Neil Ramirez (.118). Pitched a very efficient eighth inning to maintain the one-run lead.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Javier Baez (-.101). Continues to scuffle in the two-spot.
- Goat - Blake Parker (-.063). Celebrated his return to the big club by giving up a homer to the first batter he faced.
- Kid - Arismendy Alcantara (-.061). Done in by the double play to end the second.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 138 (Changes in Bold, Notations Below):
x - Player not on active 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 |
10 |
9 |
72.5 |
Luis Valbuena |
13 |
10 |
7 |
66 |
Welington Castillo |
9 |
6.5 |
4.5 |
44.5 |
x-Justin Ruggiano |
6.5 |
9.5 |
3 |
41.5 |
Chris Coghlan |
7 |
8 |
3 |
40 |
Jake Arrieta |
8 |
4 |
1 |
33 |
Travis Wood |
6 |
5 |
1 |
29 |
z-Jason Hammel |
5 |
4 |
5 |
28 |
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 |
Wesley Wright |
0.5 |
4 |
3.5 |
13 |
Jorge Soler |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
3 |
6 |
12 |
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 |
6.5 |
7.5 |
Chris Valaika |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Jacob Turner |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
Javier Baez |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
x-Zac Rosscup |
0 |
2 |
0.5 |
4.5 |
Felix Doubront |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Chris Rusin |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
Logan Watkins |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Kyuji Fujikawa |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Luis Valbuena |
8 |
9.5 |
12.5 |
55.5 |
z-Nate Schierholtz |
8 |
12 |
7 |
55 |
Starlin Castro |
5 |
10.5 |
15 |
51 |
Welington Castillo |
4 |
11.5 |
9 |
44 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
12 |
3 |
1 |
43 |
Travis Wood |
10 |
5 |
2 |
42 |
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 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
2 |
7 |
5 |
25 |
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
4 |
25 |
Justin Grimm |
7 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
24.5 |
Carlos Villanueva |
6 |
1 |
4 |
24 |
z-Jason Hammel |
7 |
1 |
0 |
23 |
Hector Rondon |
6 |
2 |
1 |
23 |
z-James Russell |
3 |
3 |
5 |
20 |
John Baker |
4 |
1 |
5 |
19 |
x-Ryan Sweeney |
3 |
3 |
3.5 |
18.5 |
Pedro Strop |
3 |
4 |
1 |
18 |
Javier Baez |
3 |
2 |
3 |
16 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
4 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
Jake Arrieta |
4 |
0 |
3 |
15 |
z-Darwin Barney |
0 |
6 |
3 |
15 |
Wesley Wright |
3 |
1 |
3 |
14 |
x-Brian Schlitter |
2 |
3 |
1 |
13 |
z-Jose Veras |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
Kyle Hendricks |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
y-Ryan Kalish |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
Blake Parker |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
Neil Ramirez |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
y-Eli Whiteside |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
Chris Valaika |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Jacob Turner |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Dan Straily |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
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 |
72.5 |
51 |
21.5 |
Jake Arrieta |
33 |
15 |
18 |
x-Justin Ruggiano |
41.5 |
26 |
15.5 |
Jorge Soler |
12 |
0 |
12 |
Luis Valbuena |
66 |
55.5 |
10.5 |
Chris Coghlan |
40 |
31 |
9 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
15 |
9 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
14 |
6 |
8 |
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 |
x-Zac Rosscup |
4.5 |
0 |
4.5 |
Felix Doubront |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Jacob Turner |
5 |
3 |
2 |
z-Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
15 |
1.5 |
Neil Ramirez |
7.5 |
6 |
1.5 |
Logan Watkins |
2 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
Kyuji Fujikawa |
1.5 |
0 |
1.5 |
y-Ryan Kalish |
10 |
9 |
1 |
Chris Valaika |
6 |
5 |
1 |
x-Chris Rusin |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Matt Szczur |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Welington Castillo |
44.5 |
44 |
0.5 |
Wesley Wright |
13 |
14 |
-1 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
Pedro Strop |
16 |
18 |
-2 |
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
22 |
25 |
-3 |
x-Dan Straily |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
Blake Parker |
3 |
7 |
-4 |
John Baker |
14 |
19 |
-5 |
x-Mike Olt |
21 |
27 |
-6 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
19 |
25 |
-6 |
y-Eli Whiteside |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
Hector Rondon |
14.5 |
23 |
-8.5 |
z-Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
z-James Russell |
10 |
20 |
-10 |
Javier Baez |
5 |
16 |
-11 |
Justin Grimm |
12 |
24.5 |
-12.5 |
Travis Wood |
29 |
42 |
-13 |
Carlos Villanueva |
11 |
24 |
-13 |
x-Junior Lake |
19 |
38 |
-19 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
16 |
43 |
-27 |
z-Nate Schierholtz |
27 |
55 |
-28 |
Turner picks up his first Superhero award of the year, while Baez sinks into double-digit negatives on the plus/minus chart.