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While Jake Arrieta's outing today won't get him on the Hero podium, it was still worthy of honorable mention, allowing only four hits and three runs over 7⅔ innings.
Graphs for Game 92 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 92:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
N Ramirez |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4.11 |
0.104 |
J Arrieta |
7.2 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
1.5 |
0.032 |
H Rondon |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3.52 |
-0.208 |
Total |
9 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
8 |
1.82 |
-0.072 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
J Ruggiano |
5 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1.7 |
0.398 |
C Coghlan |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1.66 |
0.298 |
W Castillo |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.3 |
0.074 |
A Rizzo |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.77 |
0.070 |
L Valbuena |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2.92 |
0.063 |
M Olt |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.54 |
-0.009 |
S Castro |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.14 |
-0.010 |
A Alcantara |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.64 |
-0.034 |
R Sweeney |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.76 |
-0.043 |
J Arrieta |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1.83 |
-0.092 |
J Lake |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.2 |
-0.144 |
Total |
30 |
5 |
7 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
9 |
1.51 |
0.572 |
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 - Justin Ruggiano (.398). Win the game, get the dog pile treatment, take the top Hero spot.
- Hero - Chris Coghlan (.298). Had it not been for Ruggs' heroics, Coghlan would have been one step higher.
- Sidekick - Neil Ramirez (.104). Only faced one batter, and made it count in a major way.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Hector Rondon (-.208). Nothing cheap about the hits off of him today.
- Goat - Junior Lake (-.144). Scuffling is an understatement; he's now 1-for-28 in his last 10 games.
- Kid - Jake Arrieta, the hitter (-.092). The two bunts were good, but the bases-loaded whiff did him in.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 92 (Changes in Bold, Notations Below):
x - Player not on 25-man roster.
y - Player not on 40-man roster.
z - Player no longer with Cubs.
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Starlin Castro |
12.5 |
7.5 |
6.5 |
59 |
Anthony Rizzo |
12 |
7 |
8 |
58 |
Luis Valbuena |
9 |
8 |
3 |
46 |
Justin Ruggiano |
5.5 |
5.5 |
2 |
29.5 |
Welington Castillo |
6 |
4 |
3 |
29 |
z-Jason Hammel |
5 |
4 |
5 |
28 |
Nate Schierholtz |
3 |
6 |
3 |
24 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
6 |
2 |
2 |
24 |
Mike Olt |
3 |
3 |
6 |
21 |
Travis Wood |
4 |
4 |
1 |
21 |
Jake Arrieta |
5 |
3 |
0 |
21 |
x-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
7 |
1 |
18 |
Junior Lake |
3 |
3 |
3 |
18 |
Brian Schlitter |
1 |
4.5 |
5 |
17 |
Darwin Barney |
3.5 |
2.5 |
1 |
16.5 |
Chris Coghlan |
2 |
5 |
0 |
16 |
Edwin Jackson |
4 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
John Baker |
1 |
3 |
3 |
12 |
x-Ryan Kalish |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
Ryan Sweeney |
0 |
3 |
3.5 |
9.5 |
Hector Rondon |
0 |
1 |
7.5 |
9.5 |
James Russell |
0 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
Wesley Wright |
0.5 |
1.5 |
2 |
6.5 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
Pedro Strop |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
Carlos Villanueva |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0.5 |
4.5 |
5.5 |
Zac Rosscup |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Tsuyoshi Wada |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
x-Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Nate Schierholtz |
5 |
10 |
7 |
42 |
Starlin Castro |
4 |
6.5 |
12 |
37 |
Luis Valbuena |
4 |
6.5 |
7.5 |
32.5 |
Junior Lake |
4 |
6 |
5 |
29 |
Edwin Jackson |
7 |
3 |
1 |
28 |
Anthony Rizzo |
2 |
8 |
6 |
28 |
Travis Wood |
6 |
3 |
2 |
26 |
Mike Olt |
5 |
3 |
5 |
26 |
Justin Grimm |
7 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
23.5 |
z-Jason Hammel |
7 |
1 |
0 |
23 |
x-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
8 |
4 |
23 |
Welington Castillo |
2 |
5.5 |
5.5 |
22.5 |
Hector Rondon |
5 |
1 |
1 |
18 |
Justin Ruggiano |
2 |
5 |
2 |
18 |
Carlos Villanueva |
5 |
0 |
2 |
17 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
4 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
Darwin Barney |
0 |
6 |
3 |
15 |
James Russell |
2 |
2 |
4 |
14 |
Ryan Sweeney |
2 |
3 |
1.5 |
13.5 |
Chris Coghlan |
2 |
2 |
3 |
13 |
John Baker |
2 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
Pedro Strop |
2 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
Brian Schlitter |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
Wesley Wright |
2 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
z-Jose Veras |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
Jake Arrieta |
2 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
x-Ryan Kalish |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
y-Eli Whiteside |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Neil Ramirez |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Chris Rusin |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
x-Kyle Hendricks |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
x-Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
Anthony Rizzo |
58 |
28 |
30 |
Starlin Castro |
59 |
37 |
22 |
Luis Valbuena |
46 |
32.5 |
13.5 |
Jake Arrieta |
21 |
9 |
12 |
Justin Ruggiano |
29.5 |
18 |
11.5 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
15 |
9 |
Brian Schlitter |
17 |
10 |
7 |
Welington Castillo |
29 |
22.5 |
6.5 |
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
Zac Rosscup |
4 |
0 |
4 |
Chris Coghlan |
16 |
13 |
3 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Neil Ramirez |
5.5 |
3 |
2.5 |
x-Tsuyoshi Wada |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
15 |
1.5 |
x-Ryan Kalish |
10 |
9 |
1 |
x-Blake Parker |
2 |
1 |
1 |
John Baker |
12 |
12 |
0 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
x-Kyle Hendricks |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
x-Chris Rusin |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
Wesley Wright |
6.5 |
10 |
-3.5 |
Ryan Sweeney |
9.5 |
13.5 |
-4 |
Travis Wood |
21 |
26 |
-5 |
Mike Olt |
21 |
26 |
-5 |
x-Emilio Bonifacio |
18 |
23 |
-5 |
Pedro Strop |
6 |
11 |
-5 |
James Russell |
8 |
14 |
-6 |
y-Eli Whiteside |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
Hector Rondon |
9.5 |
18 |
-8.5 |
z-Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
Junior Lake |
18 |
29 |
-11 |
Carlos Villanueva |
6 |
17 |
-11 |
Edwin Jackson |
13 |
28 |
-15 |
Justin Grimm |
6 |
23.5 |
-17.5 |
Nate Schierholtz |
24 |
42 |
-18 |
Ruggiano picks up his fifth Superhero in his last six podium appearances, while Rondon picks up his fourth Billy Goat in his last six.