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The silver lining: It allows for a quicker start to writing game recaps. So there's that.
Graphs for Game 63 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 63:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
C Villanueva |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0.39 |
0.037 |
|
J Grimm |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.13 |
0.009 |
|
J Hammel |
5 |
11 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
1.07 |
-0.305 |
|
Total |
8 |
11 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
10 |
0.82 |
-0.259 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
L Valbuena |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.32 |
0.104 |
|
J Baker |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1.26 |
0.094 |
|
J Ruggiano |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.79 |
0.089 |
|
A Rizzo |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1.31 |
-0.003 |
|
M Olt |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.43 |
-0.010 |
|
E Bonifacio |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.77 |
-0.018 |
|
J Hammel |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.9 |
-0.046 |
|
D Barney |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.22 |
-0.072 |
|
C Coghlan |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.97 |
-0.118 |
|
N Schierholtz |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2.32 |
-0.121 |
|
S Castro |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.51 |
-0.139 |
|
Total |
33 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
1.26 |
-0.241 |
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 - Luis Valbuena (.104). Third time among the Heroes in the last four games. He might be on a roll.
- Hero - John Baker (.094). The early single to score Valbuena carried a lot of weight. The three subsequent whiffs weren't all that useful, though.
- Sidekick - Justin Ruggiano (.089). Similar to Valbuena, three times on base makes the podium. He should probably send a fruit basket to Pedro Alvarez for the Matt Garza-like throw on the routine grounder.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Jason Hammel (-.305). Could have been -- and probably should have been -- a lot worse.
- Goat - Starlin Castro (-.139). You have to expect the WPA gods to notice you if you don't advance any runners in four chances.
- Kid - Nate Schierholtz (-.121). Speaking of runners left on base... The only thing that saved him was the walk in the second.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 63 (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 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
32 |
|
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 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
0.5 |
4.5 |
2 |
12.5 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Darwin Barney |
2.5 |
1.5 |
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 |
|
John Baker |
0 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
4.5 |
11 |
32 |
|
Nate Schierholtz |
4 |
7 |
4 |
30 |
|
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 |
|
Jason Hammel |
5 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
|
Travis Wood |
3 |
3 |
2 |
17 |
|
Welington Castillo |
2 |
4 |
3 |
17 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
0 |
6 |
4 |
16 |
|
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 |
32 |
11.5 |
20.5 |
|
Jeff Samardzija |
22 |
9 |
13 |
|
Darwin Barney |
11.5 |
5 |
6.5 |
|
Jason Hammel |
23 |
17 |
6 |
|
Welington Castillo |
23 |
17 |
6 |
|
Starlin Castro |
37 |
32 |
5 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
11 |
7 |
4 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
12.5 |
9 |
3.5 |
|
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 |
|
John Baker |
6 |
9 |
-3 |
|
Wesley Wright |
5 |
8 |
-3 |
|
Emilio Bonifacio |
18 |
23 |
-5 |
|
Junior Lake |
14 |
19 |
-5 |
|
Eli Whiteside |
0 |
5 |
-5 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
12 |
19 |
-7 |
|
James Russell |
6 |
13 |
-7 |
|
Nate Schierholtz |
21 |
30 |
-9 |
|
Mike Olt |
16 |
25 |
-9 |
|
Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
3 |
13 |
-10 |
|
Justin Grimm |
6 |
19 |
-13 |
Valbuena continues his climb toward the top of the plus/minus chart, while Castro maintains his position on the top of the Goat leaderboard.