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Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 62

When it's cloudy overhead and life's got you down, who better to cheer you up than Anthony Rizzo.

Baker's not worthy! Baker's not worthy!
Baker's not worthy! Baker's not worthy!
Justin K. Aller

He didn't make the podium, but one word for Neil Ramirez' numbers this season: gaudy.

Graphs for Game 62 (courtesy of Fangraphs):

Game-62

Stats for Game 62:

Pitcher

IP

H

HR

ER

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

N Ramirez

1

0

0

0

0

1

0.54

0.029

W Wright

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0.99

0.025

P Strop

1

1

0

0

0

1

1.16

0.018

B Schlitter

0

0

0

0

1

0

0.52

-0.011

J Russell

0

0

0

0

1

0

0.32

-0.017

T Wood

6.2

9

1

3

2

2

1.27

-0.100

Total

9

10

1

3

4

4

1.14

-0.056

Batter

AB

R

H

HR

RBI

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

A Rizzo

4

3

3

1

3

0

0

1.04

0.311

L Valbuena

2

0

2

0

2

0

0

1.56

0.276

D Barney

4

0

1

0

1

0

0

0.92

0.118

J Ruggiano

2

1

1

0

0

0

0

0.96

0.066

S Castro

3

1

1

0

1

1

1

0.85

0.054

J Lake

5

2

2

0

0

0

1

0.47

0.030

N Schierholtz

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.04

-0.001

T Wood

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.75

-0.053

E Bonifacio

5

0

1

0

0

0

1

0.42

-0.057

E Whiteside

4

0

0

0

0

0

2

0.79

-0.085

M Olt

2

0

0

0

0

0

2

1.64

-0.103

Total

35

7

11

1

7

1

7

0.81

0.556

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:

THE THREE GOATS:

  • Big Goat - Mike Olt (-.103). This flameout is just painful to watch. Since May 21, he's 1-for-32 with 19 strikeouts.
  • Goat - Travis Wood (-.100). Not the most effective of outings, and the early game-tying homer to Andrew McCutchen placed him on the podium.
  • Kid - Eli Whiteside (-.085). He's appeared in four games and on the Goat list three times. You can do the math.

UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 62 (Changes in Bold):

Heroes

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Anthony Rizzo

8

4

7

39

Starlin Castro

7.5

4.5

5.5

37

Luis Valbuena

5

6

2

29

Welington Castillo

5

3

2

23

Jason Hammel

5

3

2

23

Jeff Samardzija

6

1

2

22

Nate Schierholtz

3

5

2

21

Emilio Bonifacio

1

7

1

18

Travis Wood

3

3

1

16

Mike Olt

3

2

3

16

Junior Lake

3

1

3

14

Edwin Jackson

4

0

0

12

Darwin Barney

2.5

1.5

1

11.5

Justin Ruggiano

0.5

4.5

1

11.5

Brian Schlitter

1

2.5

3

11

Ryan Kalish

3

0

1

10

Jake Arrieta

1

2

0

7

Hector Rondon

0

0

6.5

6.5

Justin Grimm

0

1

4

6

James Russell

0

1

4

6

Wesley Wright

0.5

1.5

0.5

5

Zac Rosscup

0

2

0

4

Chris Coghlan

0

2

0

4

Ryan Sweeney

0

1

2

4

John Baker

0

1

2

4

Pedro Strop

0

1

2

4

Neil Ramirez

0

0.5

2.5

3.5

Carlos Villanueva

0

1

1

3

Blake Parker

0

0

1

1

Goats

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Starlin Castro

4

3.5

11

30

Nate Schierholtz

4

7

3

29

Mike Olt

5

3

4

25

Emilio Bonifacio

1

8

4

23

Justin Grimm

6

0

1

19

Edwin Jackson

4

3

1

19

Junior Lake

3

4

2

19

Travis Wood

3

3

2

17

Welington Castillo

2

4

3

17

Anthony Rizzo

0

6

4

16

Jason Hammel

4

1

0

14

Carlos Villanueva

4

0

1

13

James Russell

2

2

3

13

Luis Valbuena

0

3.5

4.5

11.5

Jose Veras

2

1

1

9

Jeff Samardzija

2

1

1

9

Hector Rondon

2

1

1

9

John Baker

2

0

3

9

Justin Ruggiano

1

3

0

9

Ryan Kalish

1

2

2

9

Wesley Wright

2

0

2

8

Jake Arrieta

2

0

1

7

Brian Schlitter

1

2

0

7

Pedro Strop

1

1

1

6

Chris Coghlan

1

1

1

6

Eli Whiteside

1

0

2

5

Darwin Barney

0

2

1

5

Ryan Sweeney

1

0

1.5

4.5

Neil Ramirez

1

0

0

3

Blake Parker

0

0

1

1

Overall

Hero

Goat

+/-

Anthony Rizzo

39

16

23

Luis Valbuena

29

11.5

17.5

Jeff Samardzija

22

9

13

Jason Hammel

23

14

9

Starlin Castro

37

30

7

Darwin Barney

11.5

5

6.5

Welington Castillo

23

17

6

Brian Schlitter

11

7

4

Zac Rosscup

4

0

4

Justin Ruggiano

11.5

9

2.5

Ryan Kalish

10

9

1

Neil Ramirez

3.5

3

0.5

Jake Arrieta

7

7

0

Blake Parker

1

1

0

Ryan Sweeney

4

4.5

-0.5

Travis Wood

16

17

-1

Chris Coghlan

4

6

-2

Pedro Strop

4

6

-2

Hector Rondon

6.5

9

-2.5

Wesley Wright

5

8

-3

Emilio Bonifacio

18

23

-5

Junior Lake

14

19

-5

John Baker

4

9

-5

Eli Whiteside

0

5

-5

Edwin Jackson

12

19

-7

James Russell

6

13

-7

Nate Schierholtz

21

29

-8

Mike Olt

16

25

-9

Jose Veras

0

9

-9

Carlos Villanueva

3

13

-10

Justin Grimm

6

19

-13

Rizzo leapfrogs Castro for the top of the Hero list, while Olt continues his slide toward the cellar.