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Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 40

Hope you didn't show up for this one late. All of the excitement was over by the third inning.

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At least they scored three runs for you today, Shark. Too bad you had the Keystone Cops playing defense behind you for the first two innings.

The graphs for Game 40 (courtesy of Fangraphs):

Game-40

And the stats for Game 40:

Pitcher

IP

H

HR

ER

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

J Grimm

1.1

0

0

0

0

3

0.72

0.075

B Schlitter

1

1

0

0

1

1

1.24

0.053

J Veras

1

1

0

0

0

2

0.76

0.036

J Russell

0.2

1

0

0

0

2

0.71

0.028

J Samardzija

5

6

0

2

3

6

0.85

-0.144

Total

9

9

0

2

4

14

0.86

0.048

Batter

AB

R

H

HR

RBI

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

S Castro

4

0

2

0

0

0

0

1.9

0.08

D Barney

3

1

1

1

2

0

1

1.07

0.08

J Lake

4

1

1

1

1

0

0

1.12

0.028

J Samardzija

2

0

1

0

0

0

0

0.61

0.014

A Rizzo

3

0

1

0

0

1

1

0.84

0.01

L Valbuena

3

0

1

0

0

0

0

1.46

0.002

M Olt

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.93

-0.024

C Coghlan

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

5.4

-0.124

N Schierholtz

4

1

1

0

0

0

1

1.75

-0.153

E Bonifacio

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.51

-0.174

W Castillo

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

2.1

-0.287

Total

33

3

8

2

3

1

3

1.53

-0.548

THE THREE HEROES:

  • Superhero / Hero tie: Starlin Castro and... Darwin Barney? Okay, who's screwing around with the teleprompter?
  • Sidekick - Justin Grimm. Benefactor of the offensive ineptitude.

THE THREE GOATS:

  • Big Goat - Welington Castillo. Brutal day at the plate, including the inning-ending double play in the third with two men on.
  • Goat - Emilio Bonifacio. You are not Anthony Rizzo. Please do not attempt to bunt for a hit.
  • Kid - Nate Schierholtz. Hey, give him credit. At least it was a liner to second this time.

UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 40 (Changes in Bold):

Heroes

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Starlin Castro

5.5

3.5

3.5

27

Anthony Rizzo

3

3

6

21

Luis Valbuena

4

3

0

18

Welington Castillo

4

1

2

16

Emilio Bonifacio

1

6

0

15

Jeff Samardzija

4

0

2

14

Jason Hammel

3

2

0

13

Nate Schierholtz

2

3

1

13

Mike Olt

2

1

3

11

Darwin Barney

2.5

1.5

0

10.5

Ryan Kalish

3

0

1

10

Brian Schlitter

1

1.5

2

8

Justin Ruggiano

0.5

2.5

1

7.5

Travis Wood

1

2

0

7

Edwin Jackson

2

0

0

6

Junior Lake

1

1

1

6

Justin Grimm

0

1

4

6

James Russell

0

1

3

5

Zac Rosscup

0

2

0

4

Ryan Sweeney

0

1

2

4

Neil Ramirez

0

0.5

2.5

3.5

Hector Rondon

0

0

3.5

3.5

Wesley Wright

0.5

0.5

0.5

3

Pedro Strop

0

1

1

3

Carlos Villanueva

0

1

0

2

Jake Arrieta

0

1

0

2

John Baker

0

0

1

1

Goats

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Nate Schierholtz

4

6

2

26

Starlin Castro

3

3

4.5

19.5

Mike Olt

4

1

2

16

Welington Castillo

2

4

2

16

Justin Grimm

5

0

0

15

Carlos Villanueva

4

0

1

13

Emilio Bonifacio

0

5

3

13

Jason Hammel

3

1

0

11

Travis Wood

2

2

1

11

Edwin Jackson

2

2

1

11

Ryan Kalish

1

2

2

9

Wesley Wright

2

0

2

8

James Russell

1

1

3

8

Anthony Rizzo

0

3

2

8

Luis Valbuena

0

2

3

7

Jose Veras

1

1

1

6

Justin Ruggiano

1

1

0

5

Darwin Barney

0

2

1

5

Junior Lake

0

2

1

5

Ryan Sweeney

1

0

1.5

4.5

Hector Rondon

1

0

1

4

Brian Schlitter

1

0

0

3

Neil Ramirez

1

0

0

3

Jake Arrieta

1

0

0

3

Jeff Samardzija

0

1

1

3

Pedro Strop

0

1

1

3

John Baker

0

0

3

3

Blake Parker

0

0

1

1

Castro creeps ahead further in the Hero division with another Superhero performance, while Castillo ties Olt for third place in the Goat division. And hopefully the weather tomorrow will be warmer. Not sure it could be much colder, to be honest. (Well, I guess it could be, but let's not think about that.)