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Castro's performance on Tuesday night makes him the 23rd player in all of baseball this year to post a WPA higher than .300 without an RBI to assist.
There are five poll choices tonight for Player of the Game. Voting should be a little more interesting this time.
Graphs for Game 82 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 82:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
H Rondon |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2.89 |
0.205 |
E Jackson |
6 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
1.34 |
0.199 |
P Strop |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.42 |
0.108 |
W Wright |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.34 |
0.068 |
N Ramirez |
0.1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.73 |
0.021 |
Total |
9 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
1.53 |
0.602 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
C Coghlan |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1.33 |
-0.052 |
R Sweeney |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.32 |
-0.029 |
A Rizzo |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.57 |
-0.101 |
S Castro |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.68 |
0.317 |
L Valbuena |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.75 |
-0.017 |
W Castillo |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.33 |
-0.066 |
J Lake |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2.21 |
-0.149 |
N Schierholtz |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
-0.026 |
J Ruggiano |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.87 |
-0.017 |
D Barney |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.53 |
0.039 |
Total |
31 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
1.52 |
-0.102 |
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 - Starlin Castro (.317). Even though it didn't score a run, the double in the ninth was huge in shifting the balance.
- Hero - Hector Rondon (.205). Once again had some excitement, but got the save on a bang-bang play.
- Sidekick - Edwin Jackson (.199). Apparently he was due; his last appearance on this side of the ledger was on May 28. One out of six ain't bad, is it?
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Junior Lake (-.149). He's up to six whiffs in a row.
- Goat - Anthony Rizzo (-.101). Couldn't overcome the inning-ending double play lineout in the sixth.
- Kid - Welington Castillo (-.066). 0-for-3 night with the missed opportunity to add some insurance in the ninth.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 82 (Changes in Bold):
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Starlin Castro |
12.5 |
7.5 |
6.5 |
59 |
Anthony Rizzo |
10 |
7 |
8 |
52 |
Luis Valbuena |
9 |
7 |
2 |
43 |
Jason Hammel |
5 |
3 |
4 |
25 |
Jeff Samardzija |
6 |
2 |
2 |
24 |
Nate Schierholtz |
3 |
6 |
3 |
24 |
Welington Castillo |
5 |
3 |
2 |
23 |
Travis Wood |
4 |
4 |
1 |
21 |
Jake Arrieta |
4 |
3 |
0 |
18 |
Mike Olt |
3 |
2 |
5 |
18 |
Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
7 |
1 |
18 |
Justin Ruggiano |
1.5 |
5.5 |
2 |
17.5 |
Darwin Barney |
3.5 |
2.5 |
1 |
16.5 |
Junior Lake |
3 |
2 |
3 |
16 |
Brian Schlitter |
1 |
4.5 |
4 |
16 |
Edwin Jackson |
4 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
Ryan Kalish |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
Hector Rondon |
0 |
1 |
7.5 |
9.5 |
John Baker |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
Ryan Sweeney |
0 |
3 |
3 |
9 |
James Russell |
0 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
Chris Coghlan |
1 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
Pedro Strop |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
Carlos Villanueva |
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 |
Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Nate Schierholtz |
5 |
9 |
6 |
39 |
Starlin Castro |
4 |
5.5 |
12 |
35 |
Junior Lake |
4 |
5 |
5 |
27 |
Luis Valbuena |
4 |
4.5 |
5.5 |
26.5 |
Mike Olt |
5 |
3 |
5 |
26 |
Edwin Jackson |
6 |
3 |
1 |
25 |
Anthony Rizzo |
1 |
8 |
6 |
25 |
Justin Grimm |
7 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
23.5 |
Jason Hammel |
7 |
1 |
0 |
23 |
Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
8 |
4 |
23 |
Welington Castillo |
2 |
5.5 |
4.5 |
21.5 |
Travis Wood |
4 |
3 |
2 |
20 |
Jeff Samardzija |
4 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
Justin Ruggiano |
1 |
5 |
2 |
15 |
Ryan Sweeney |
2 |
3 |
1.5 |
13.5 |
Carlos Villanueva |
4 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
James Russell |
2 |
2 |
3 |
13 |
Hector Rondon |
3 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
John Baker |
2 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
Chris Coghlan |
2 |
1 |
3 |
11 |
Darwin Barney |
0 |
5 |
1 |
11 |
Brian Schlitter |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
Wesley Wright |
2 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
Jose Veras |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
Ryan Kalish |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
Jake Arrieta |
2 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
Pedro Strop |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
Eli Whiteside |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
Neil Ramirez |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
Anthony Rizzo |
52 |
25 |
27 |
Starlin Castro |
59 |
35 |
24 |
Luis Valbuena |
43 |
26.5 |
16.5 |
Jake Arrieta |
18 |
8 |
10 |
Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
15 |
9 |
Brian Schlitter |
16 |
10 |
6 |
Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
11 |
5.5 |
Zac Rosscup |
4 |
0 |
4 |
Dallas Beeler |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Justin Ruggiano |
17.5 |
15 |
2.5 |
Jason Hammel |
25 |
23 |
2 |
Welington Castillo |
23 |
21.5 |
1.5 |
Neil Ramirez |
4.5 |
3 |
1.5 |
Travis Wood |
21 |
20 |
1 |
Ryan Kalish |
10 |
9 |
1 |
Pedro Strop |
6 |
6 |
0 |
Blake Parker |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Hector Rondon |
9.5 |
12 |
-2.5 |
John Baker |
9 |
12 |
-3 |
Chris Coghlan |
7 |
11 |
-4 |
Ryan Sweeney |
9 |
13.5 |
-4.5 |
Emilio Bonifacio |
18 |
23 |
-5 |
James Russell |
8 |
13 |
-5 |
Wesley Wright |
5 |
10 |
-5 |
Eli Whiteside |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
Carlos Villanueva |
6 |
13 |
-7 |
Mike Olt |
18 |
26 |
-8 |
Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
Junior Lake |
16 |
27 |
-11 |
Edwin Jackson |
13 |
25 |
-12 |
Nate Schierholtz |
24 |
39 |
-15 |
Justin Grimm |
6 |
23.5 |
-17.5 |
Castro leads the heroes Tuesday night with clutch table-setting, while Lake checks to make sure he isn't using Mike Olt's bat.
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