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What ever happened to the days when school started the day after Labor Day? This year it starts on Monday here. For that matter, where exactly did May, June, and July go? Time gets easier and easier to lose track of, it seems.
A quick recap of the Friday and Saturday games:
Game 114 (Friday - Rays 4, Cubs 3, 10 innings):
Superhero - Ryan Sweeney (.283). Only had one hit, but when it ties the game in the bottom of the ninth, it's a pretty big deal.
Billy Goat - Hector Rondon (-.306). Kinda goes without saying.
Game 115 (Saturday - Rays 4, Cubs 0):
Superhero - Chris Rusin (.018). Need a nutshell summary of Saturday's game? This Superhero award should do the trick. Even better, he was off to Iowa right after it.
Billy Goat - Edwin Jackson (-.134). He's had much worse Billy Goat performances, so I guess that's a silver lining.
And now, back to the normal recap for Sunday:
Graphs for Game 116 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 116:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
T Wood |
6 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
1.15 |
.191 |
|
J Grimm |
1.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
.151 |
|
H Rondon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.78 |
.134 |
|
P Strop |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2.76 |
.134 |
|
C Villanueva |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.78 |
.134 |
|
W Wright |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.36 |
.134 |
|
N Ramirez |
0.2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2.01 |
-.193 |
|
Total |
12 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
8 |
1.57 |
.684 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
R Sweeney |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2.95 |
.146 |
|
C Coghlan |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2.27 |
.063 |
|
J Baez |
6 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2.33 |
.061 |
|
T Wood |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.98 |
.013 |
|
A Rizzo |
6 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1.78 |
.010 |
|
W Castillo |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.28 |
.002 |
|
S Castro |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.18 |
-.018 |
|
L Valbuena |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.01 |
-.025 |
|
J Lake |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.33 |
-.043 |
|
J Baker |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2.26 |
-.062 |
|
C Valaika |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.65 |
-.064 |
|
J Ruggiano |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.22 |
-.087 |
|
A Alcantara |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.45 |
-.180 |
|
Total |
46 |
3 |
13 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
17 |
1.81 |
-.184 |
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 - Travis Wood (.191). Starting to show signs of life. But how long will it last?
- Hero - Justin Grimm (.151). Beat out a gaggle of relievers by virtue of recording four outs instead of three.
- Sidekick - Ryan Sweeney (.146). Another podium appearance courtesy of another wild pitch. The WPA gods are smiling down on him right now.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Neil Ramirez (-.193). Might have avoided the top spot had he been given the chance to put out the fire he started in the seventh.
- Goat - Arismendy Alcantara (-.180). 0-for-5 days are never good, and leadoff strikeouts late in tie games are even worse.
- Kid - Justin Ruggiano (-.087). Garden variety 0-for-3 outing.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 116 (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 |
10 |
8 |
70 |
|
Starlin Castro |
13.5 |
7.5 |
7.5 |
63 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
12 |
8 |
5 |
57 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
5.5 |
9.5 |
3 |
38.5 |
|
Welington Castillo |
8 |
4.5 |
3.5 |
36.5 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
5 |
4 |
5 |
28 |
|
y-Nate Schierholtz |
4 |
6 |
3 |
27 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
5 |
5 |
1 |
26 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
6 |
3 |
1 |
25 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
6 |
2 |
2 |
24 |
|
Travis Wood |
5 |
4 |
1 |
24 |
|
Ryan Sweeney |
2 |
5 |
6.5 |
22.5 |
|
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
1 |
22 |
|
x-Mike Olt |
3 |
3 |
6 |
21 |
|
Junior Lake |
3 |
3 |
4 |
19 |
|
x-Brian Schlitter |
1 |
4.5 |
7 |
19 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
3.5 |
2.5 |
1 |
16.5 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
4 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
3 |
2 |
2 |
15 |
|
John Baker |
1 |
4 |
3 |
14 |
|
Pedro Strop |
1 |
2 |
6 |
13 |
|
Hector Rondon |
0 |
1 |
9.5 |
11.5 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
0 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
3 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
10.5 |
|
Wesley Wright |
0.5 |
3.5 |
2 |
10.5 |
|
y-Ryan Kalish |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
|
z-James Russell |
0 |
2 |
6 |
10 |
|
Justin Grimm |
0 |
2 |
5 |
9 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0.5 |
5.5 |
6.5 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
x-Zac Rosscup |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
x-Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
Javier Baez |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Kyuji Fujikawa |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
y-Nate Schierholtz |
8 |
12 |
7 |
55 |
|
Starlin Castro |
5 |
9.5 |
14 |
48 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
6 |
7.5 |
9.5 |
42.5 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
10 |
3 |
1 |
37 |
|
Travis Wood |
9 |
4 |
2 |
37 |
|
Junior Lake |
6 |
6 |
7 |
37 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
2 |
9 |
6 |
30 |
|
Welington Castillo |
2 |
7.5 |
7.5 |
28.5 |
|
x-Mike Olt |
5 |
3 |
6 |
27 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
2 |
7 |
5 |
25 |
|
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
4 |
25 |
|
Justin Grimm |
7 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
24.5 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
7 |
1 |
0 |
23 |
|
Hector Rondon |
6 |
2 |
1 |
23 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
3 |
4 |
4 |
21 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
5 |
1 |
3 |
20 |
|
z-James Russell |
3 |
3 |
5 |
20 |
|
Ryan Sweeney |
3 |
3 |
2.5 |
17.5 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
4 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
0 |
6 |
3 |
15 |
|
Wesley Wright |
3 |
1 |
3 |
14 |
|
Pedro Strop |
2 |
3 |
1 |
13 |
|
x-Brian Schlitter |
2 |
3 |
1 |
13 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
3 |
0 |
3 |
12 |
|
John Baker |
2 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
1 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
|
z-Jose Veras |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
|
y-Ryan Kalish |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
y-Eli Whiteside |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
x-Blake Parker |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Javier Baez |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
70 |
30 |
40 |
|
Starlin Castro |
63 |
48 |
15 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
57 |
42.5 |
14.5 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
38.5 |
25 |
13.5 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
25 |
12 |
13 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
15 |
9 |
|
Welington Castillo |
36.5 |
28.5 |
8 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
10.5 |
4 |
6.5 |
|
x-Brian Schlitter |
19 |
13 |
6 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
26 |
21 |
5 |
|
Ryan Sweeney |
22.5 |
17.5 |
5 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
15 |
10 |
5 |
|
x-Zac Rosscup |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
John Baker |
14 |
12 |
2 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
5 |
3 |
2 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
15 |
1.5 |
|
y-Ryan Kalish |
10 |
9 |
1 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Kyuji Fujikawa |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
6.5 |
6 |
0.5 |
|
Pedro Strop |
13 |
13 |
0 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
|
Javier Baez |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
|
x-Blake Parker |
3 |
5 |
-2 |
|
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
22 |
25 |
-3 |
|
Wesley Wright |
10.5 |
14 |
-3.5 |
|
x-Mike Olt |
21 |
27 |
-6 |
|
y-Eli Whiteside |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
11 |
20 |
-9 |
|
z-Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
|
z-James Russell |
10 |
20 |
-10 |
|
Hector Rondon |
11.5 |
23 |
-11.5 |
|
Travis Wood |
24 |
37 |
-13 |
|
Justin Grimm |
9 |
24.5 |
-15.5 |
|
Junior Lake |
19 |
37 |
-18 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
15 |
37 |
-22 |
|
y-Nate Schierholtz |
27 |
55 |
-28 |
Wood picks up his first Superhero award since June 15, while Ramirez jams himself into his second Billy Goat of the season.