To all of my Heroes and Goats readers out there: There will not be a piece for Game 102 (Saturday's 6-3 loss), but a shout-out goes out to Nate Schierholtz whose pinch-hit homer on Saturday to tie that game gave him his first Superhero award since June 3 against the Mets.
Graphs for Game 103 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 103:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
K Hendricks |
6.1 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0.86 |
.185 |
W Wright |
0.2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.75 |
.055 |
P Strop |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.9 |
.049 |
H Rondon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.48 |
.036 |
Total |
9 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0.94 |
.326 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
R Sweeney |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1.82 |
.009 |
C Coghlan |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.58 |
.006 |
A Rizzo |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.15 |
.000 |
L Valbuena |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.64 |
-.037 |
A Alcantara |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.2 |
-.046 |
N Schierholtz |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3.68 |
-.093 |
W Castillo |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2.23 |
-.103 |
K Hendricks |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2.14 |
-.113 |
E Bonifacio |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.65 |
-.170 |
S Castro |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.11 |
-.280 |
Total |
31 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
1.76 |
-.826 |
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 - Kyle Hendricks (.185). Another great outing for the rookie; unfortunately the offense just couldn't provide any support...
- Hero - Wesley Wright (.055). And because of that lack of offense...
- Sidekick - Pedro Strop (.049). The pitching swept the board. Hector Rondon was fourth, by the way.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Starlin Castro (-.280). One of the two 0-for-4 performances of the day, and the double play in the sixth sank him.
- Goat - Emilio Bonifacio (-.170). The other 0-for-4 performance of the day.
- Kid - Kyle Hendricks, the hitter (-.113). The WPA gods are fickle, and they really don't like strikeouts with runners on to end the inning.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 103 (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 |
Anthony Rizzo |
14 |
9 |
8 |
68 |
Starlin Castro |
13.5 |
7.5 |
6.5 |
62 |
Luis Valbuena |
11 |
8 |
4 |
53 |
Justin Ruggiano |
5.5 |
7.5 |
3 |
34.5 |
Welington Castillo |
7 |
4 |
3 |
32 |
z-Jason Hammel |
5 |
4 |
5 |
28 |
Nate Schierholtz |
4 |
6 |
3 |
27 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
6 |
2 |
2 |
24 |
Jake Arrieta |
5 |
3 |
1 |
22 |
Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
1 |
22 |
Travis Wood |
4 |
4 |
1 |
21 |
x-Mike Olt |
3 |
3 |
6 |
21 |
Chris Coghlan |
3 |
5 |
1 |
20 |
Junior Lake |
3 |
3 |
4 |
19 |
Brian Schlitter |
1 |
4.5 |
6 |
18 |
y-Darwin Barney |
3.5 |
2.5 |
1 |
16.5 |
John Baker |
1 |
4 |
3 |
14 |
Edwin Jackson |
4 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
Ryan Sweeney |
0 |
4 |
4.5 |
12.5 |
Hector Rondon |
0 |
1 |
8.5 |
10.5 |
x-Ryan Kalish |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
Wesley Wright |
0.5 |
2.5 |
2 |
8.5 |
Carlos Villanueva |
0 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
James Russell |
0 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
Pedro Strop |
0 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
x-Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0.5 |
5.5 |
6.5 |
Kyle Hendricks |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
x-Zac Rosscup |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Starlin Castro |
5 |
8.5 |
14 |
46 |
Nate Schierholtz |
5 |
11 |
7 |
44 |
Luis Valbuena |
5 |
7.5 |
7.5 |
37.5 |
Travis Wood |
9 |
3 |
2 |
35 |
Edwin Jackson |
9 |
3 |
1 |
34 |
Junior Lake |
5 |
6 |
5 |
32 |
Anthony Rizzo |
2 |
9 |
6 |
30 |
x-Mike Olt |
5 |
3 |
6 |
27 |
Welington Castillo |
2 |
7.5 |
5.5 |
26.5 |
Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
4 |
25 |
Justin Grimm |
7 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
24.5 |
z-Jason Hammel |
7 |
1 |
0 |
23 |
Carlos Villanueva |
5 |
1 |
3 |
20 |
Hector Rondon |
5 |
1 |
1 |
18 |
James Russell |
3 |
2 |
5 |
18 |
Justin Ruggiano |
2 |
5 |
2 |
18 |
Ryan Sweeney |
3 |
3 |
1.5 |
16.5 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
4 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
y-Darwin Barney |
0 |
6 |
3 |
15 |
Chris Coghlan |
2 |
2 |
4 |
14 |
Brian Schlitter |
2 |
3 |
1 |
13 |
John Baker |
2 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
Pedro Strop |
2 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
Wesley Wright |
2 |
1 |
3 |
11 |
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 |
x-Neil Ramirez |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Kyle Hendricks |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
x-Chris Rusin |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
Anthony Rizzo |
68 |
30 |
38 |
Justin Ruggiano |
34.5 |
18 |
16.5 |
Starlin Castro |
62 |
46 |
16 |
Luis Valbuena |
53 |
37.5 |
15.5 |
Jake Arrieta |
22 |
9 |
13 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
15 |
9 |
Chris Coghlan |
20 |
14 |
6 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
9 |
3 |
6 |
Welington Castillo |
32 |
26.5 |
5.5 |
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
Brian Schlitter |
18 |
13 |
5 |
x-Zac Rosscup |
4 |
0 |
4 |
x-Neil Ramirez |
6.5 |
3 |
3.5 |
Kyle Hendricks |
6 |
3 |
3 |
John Baker |
14 |
12 |
2 |
y-Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
15 |
1.5 |
x-Ryan Kalish |
10 |
9 |
1 |
Blake Parker |
2 |
1 |
1 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
x-Chris Rusin |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
Wesley Wright |
8.5 |
11 |
-2.5 |
Emilio Bonifacio |
22 |
25 |
-3 |
Ryan Sweeney |
12.5 |
16.5 |
-4 |
Pedro Strop |
7 |
11 |
-4 |
x-Mike Olt |
21 |
27 |
-6 |
y-Eli Whiteside |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
Hector Rondon |
10.5 |
18 |
-7.5 |
z-Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
James Russell |
8 |
18 |
-10 |
Carlos Villanueva |
8 |
20 |
-12 |
Junior Lake |
19 |
32 |
-13 |
Travis Wood |
21 |
35 |
-14 |
Nate Schierholtz |
27 |
44 |
-17 |
Justin Grimm |
6 |
24.5 |
-18.5 |
Edwin Jackson |
13 |
34 |
-21 |
Hendricks pulls the Daily Double, and Castro falls out of second place on the plus/minus chart as his tough July continues.