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The silver lining to Thursday's loss: Two new faces made their first appearance on the Hero podium. Probably because they weren't part of the group that was striking out 16 times.
Graphs for Game 120 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 120:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
J Turner |
2.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.13 |
.023 |
|
C Villanueva |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.04 |
.003 |
|
K Fujikawa |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0.16 |
-.026 |
|
E Jackson |
4.2 |
7 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
0.56 |
-.267 |
|
Total |
9 |
9 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
7 |
0.39 |
-.267 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
C Valaika |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.76 |
.051 |
|
A Rizzo |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.3 |
.011 |
|
W Castillo |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.44 |
-.001 |
|
J Turner |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.37 |
-.011 |
|
J Ruggiano |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.22 |
-.015 |
|
E Jackson |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.62 |
-.015 |
|
S Castro |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.45 |
-.038 |
|
A Alcantara |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.4 |
-.040 |
|
J Baez |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0.5 |
-.051 |
|
L Valbuena |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.55 |
-.057 |
|
C Coghlan |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.64 |
-.067 |
|
Total |
33 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
16 |
0.45 |
-.233 |
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 - Chris Valaika (.051). It took him 10 games, but he finally found the podium room. I think the other Cubs were keeping it hidden from him.
- Hero - Jacob Turner (.023). Nice way to make your Cub debut, Jacob!
- Sidekick - Anthony Rizzo (.011). He was the last Cub in the starting lineup to strike out, finally succumbing in the eighth.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Edwin Jackson (-.267). That's number 11, folks. Eleven! That's three more than Nate Schierholtz!
- Goat - Chris Coghlan (-.067). The clincher was the forceout in the seventh with Valaika on first.
- Kid - Luis Valbuena (-.057). On days when no one's hitting, it normally comes down to who made the first out of the inning the most, and Valbuena did that three times.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 120 (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 |
10 |
72 |
|
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 |
|
Chris Valaika |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
x-Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
Jacob Turner |
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 |
7 |
7.5 |
10.5 |
46.5 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
11 |
3 |
1 |
40 |
|
Junior Lake |
6 |
6 |
8 |
38 |
|
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 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
4 |
5 |
4 |
26 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
72 |
31 |
41 |
|
Starlin Castro |
64 |
48 |
16 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
27 |
12 |
15 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
38.5 |
25 |
13.5 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
57 |
46.5 |
10.5 |
|
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 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
|
Ryan Sweeney |
22.5 |
17.5 |
5 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
8 |
3 |
5 |
|
x-Zac Rosscup |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
29 |
26 |
3 |
|
Pedro Strop |
16 |
13 |
3 |
|
Chris Valaika |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
Jacob Turner |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
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 |
40 |
-25 |
|
y-Nate Schierholtz |
27 |
55 |
-28 |
Turner and Valaika make their podium debuts, while Jackson... yeah.