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One hundred BCB points go to bonscottsbigballs for his prediction of Wednesday night's Superhero. Might be time for me to replenish my BCB point stash.
For today's poll, Heroes and Goats asks: Following up on Tuesday's Jon Lester discussion, what do you think the 2015 Opening Day payroll will be?
Graphs for Game 119 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 119:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
T Wada |
6.2 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
0.71 |
.176 |
|
N Ramirez |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.12 |
.072 |
|
H Rondon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.94 |
.071 |
|
J Grimm |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.51 |
.013 |
|
Total |
9 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
0.77 |
.332 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
J Baez |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.64 |
.133 |
|
S Castro |
4 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.42 |
.083 |
|
C Coghlan |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.43 |
.069 |
|
L Valbuena |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.41 |
.019 |
|
A Rizzo |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.65 |
.015 |
|
R Sweeney |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.38 |
-.010 |
|
T Wada |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.31 |
-.015 |
|
J Lake |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.31 |
-.024 |
|
A Alcantara |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.54 |
-.040 |
|
J Baker |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.5 |
-.062 |
|
Total |
31 |
4 |
9 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
0.48 |
.168 |
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 - Tsuyoshi Wada (.176). Cruised through the first six innings before he ran out of steam, but still a solid night.
- Hero - Javier Baez (.133). Hey, if you want to make your first homer at Wrigley something to remember, might as well hit it onto Waveland.
- Sidekick - Starlin Castro (.083). Whole lotta singles goin' on.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - John Baker (-.062). He hasn't seen this podium spot in a long time. You have to go back to June 4 for his last Billy Goat.
- Goat - Arismendy Alcantara (-.040). Set Baker up for the fall with his walk in the eighth.
- Kid - Junior Lake (-.024). In summary, it was a bad night for the bottom of the order.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 119 (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 |
9 |
71 |
|
Starlin Castro |
13.5 |
7.5 |
8.5 |
64 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
12 |
8 |
5 |
57 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
5.5 |
9.5 |
3 |
38.5 |
|
Welington Castillo |
8 |
4.5 |
3.5 |
36.5 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
6 |
5 |
1 |
29 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
5 |
4 |
5 |
28 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
6 |
4 |
1 |
27 |
|
y-Nate Schierholtz |
4 |
6 |
3 |
27 |
|
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 |
|
Pedro Strop |
1 |
3 |
7 |
16 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
4 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
3 |
2 |
2 |
15 |
|
John Baker |
1 |
4 |
3 |
14 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
4 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
13.5 |
|
Hector Rondon |
0 |
1 |
9.5 |
11.5 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
0 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
|
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 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0.5 |
5.5 |
6.5 |
|
x-Zac Rosscup |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
|
Javier Baez |
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 |
|
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 |
7 |
7.5 |
9.5 |
45.5 |
|
Junior Lake |
6 |
6 |
8 |
38 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
10 |
3 |
1 |
37 |
|
Travis Wood |
9 |
4 |
2 |
37 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
2 |
9 |
7 |
31 |
|
Welington Castillo |
2 |
8.5 |
7.5 |
30.5 |
|
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 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
4 |
4 |
4 |
24 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
7 |
1 |
0 |
23 |
|
Hector Rondon |
6 |
2 |
1 |
23 |
|
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 |
|
John Baker |
3 |
1 |
4 |
15 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
0 |
6 |
3 |
15 |
|
Wesley Wright |
3 |
1 |
3 |
14 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
1 |
5 |
1 |
14 |
|
Pedro Strop |
2 |
3 |
1 |
13 |
|
x-Brian Schlitter |
2 |
3 |
1 |
13 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
3 |
0 |
3 |
12 |
|
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 |
|
Javier Baez |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
71 |
31 |
40 |
|
Starlin Castro |
64 |
48 |
16 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
27 |
12 |
15 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
38.5 |
25 |
13.5 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
57 |
45.5 |
11.5 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
13.5 |
4 |
9.5 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
15 |
9 |
|
Welington Castillo |
36.5 |
30.5 |
6 |
|
x-Brian Schlitter |
19 |
13 |
6 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
29 |
24 |
5 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
|
Ryan Sweeney |
22.5 |
17.5 |
5 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
8 |
3 |
5 |
|
x-Zac Rosscup |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
Pedro Strop |
16 |
13 |
3 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
15 |
1.5 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
15 |
14 |
1 |
|
y-Ryan Kalish |
10 |
9 |
1 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Kyuji Fujikawa |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
6.5 |
6 |
0.5 |
|
Javier Baez |
4 |
4 |
0 |
|
John Baker |
14 |
15 |
-1 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
3 |
4 |
-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 |
38 |
-19 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
15 |
37 |
-22 |
|
y-Nate Schierholtz |
27 |
55 |
-28 |
Wada picks up his second Superhero of the year, while the six, seven, and eight-hitters sweep the Goat podium in hitless fashion.