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Because some nights your starter will throw his best start in two years and bail you out. Not a solid plan, but it worked nonetheless.
Graphs for Game 65 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 65:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
J Arrieta |
7 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
0.98 |
0.431 |
|
N Ramirez |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3.22 |
0.089 |
|
P Strop |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.32 |
0.087 |
|
Total |
9 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
11 |
1.6 |
0.606 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
S Castro |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1.12 |
0.134 |
|
A Rizzo |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0.77 |
0.062 |
|
C Coghlan |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.57 |
0.001 |
|
M Olt |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.48 |
-0.012 |
|
J Baker |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.47 |
-0.036 |
|
D Barney |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.47 |
-0.036 |
|
J Arrieta |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.74 |
-0.037 |
|
N Schierholtz |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.67 |
-0.051 |
|
R Sweeney |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.7 |
-0.052 |
|
L Valbuena |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.77 |
-0.080 |
|
Total |
29 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
0.7 |
-0.106 |
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 - Jake Arrieta (.431). By game score standards, his best start since May 2, 2012.
- Hero - Starlin Castro (.134). The king of the offense on a night where there was little offense to be found.
- Sidekick - Neil Ramirez (.089). Definitely gave everyone a few heart palpitations with that save, but still got the job done.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Luis Valbuena (-.080). Eventually everyone becomes the Billy Goat once. Tonight was finally Valbuena's night for it.
- Goat - Ryan Sweeney (-.052). Apparently he has some ring rust he needs to knock off from the DL stint.
- Kid - Nate Schierholtz (-.051). Somebody really needs to tell him that he's not that fast. Basically made the podium for getting thrown out at second trying to stretch a single in the fourth.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 65 (Changes in Bold):
|
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
8 |
4 |
7 |
39 |
|
Starlin Castro |
7.5 |
5.5 |
5.5 |
39 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
6 |
7 |
2 |
34 |
|
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 |
|
Darwin Barney |
3.5 |
1.5 |
1 |
14.5 |
|
Junior Lake |
3 |
1 |
3 |
14 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
0.5 |
4.5 |
2 |
12.5 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
1 |
2.5 |
4 |
12 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
|
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 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0.5 |
3.5 |
4.5 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
|
Ryan Sweeney |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
Pedro Strop |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
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 |
5 |
31 |
|
Mike Olt |
5 |
3 |
4 |
25 |
|
Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
8 |
4 |
23 |
|
Junior Lake |
3 |
5 |
2 |
21 |
|
Justin Grimm |
6 |
0 |
1 |
19 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
4 |
3 |
1 |
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 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
1 |
3.5 |
4.5 |
14.5 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
4 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
|
James Russell |
2 |
2 |
3 |
13 |
|
Jeff Samardzija |
3 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
|
Jose Veras |
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 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
|
Ryan Sweeney |
1 |
1 |
1.5 |
6.5 |
|
Pedro Strop |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
Eli Whiteside |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
|
Darwin Barney |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
39 |
16 |
23 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
34 |
14.5 |
19.5 |
|
Jeff Samardzija |
22 |
12 |
10 |
|
Darwin Barney |
14.5 |
5 |
9.5 |
|
Starlin Castro |
39 |
32 |
7 |
|
Jason Hammel |
23 |
17 |
6 |
|
Welington Castillo |
23 |
17 |
6 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
12 |
7 |
5 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
12.5 |
9 |
3.5 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
10 |
7 |
3 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
4.5 |
3 |
1.5 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
10 |
9 |
1 |
|
Blake Parker |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Travis Wood |
16 |
17 |
-1 |
|
Pedro Strop |
4 |
6 |
-2 |
|
Hector Rondon |
6.5 |
9 |
-2.5 |
|
Ryan Sweeney |
4 |
6.5 |
-2.5 |
|
John Baker |
6 |
9 |
-3 |
|
Wesley Wright |
5 |
8 |
-3 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
4 |
7 |
-3 |
|
Emilio Bonifacio |
18 |
23 |
-5 |
|
Eli Whiteside |
0 |
5 |
-5 |
|
Junior Lake |
14 |
21 |
-7 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
12 |
19 |
-7 |
|
James Russell |
6 |
13 |
-7 |
|
Mike Olt |
16 |
25 |
-9 |
|
Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
|
Nate Schierholtz |
21 |
31 |
-10 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
3 |
13 |
-10 |
|
Justin Grimm |
6 |
19 |
-13 |
Castro ties Rizzo at the top of the Hero board, while Valbuena finally picks up his first Billy Goat of the year.