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And from the Silver Lining department: 14 strikeouts is less than 16. Progress!
Graphs for Game 121 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 121:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
J Grimm |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.99 |
.041 |
|
W Wright |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0.9 |
.033 |
|
P Strop |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0.41 |
.023 |
|
T Wood |
5.1 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
-.216 |
|
Total |
8 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
7 |
0.9 |
-.119 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
S Castro |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1.23 |
.076 |
|
W Castillo |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.16 |
.072 |
|
T Wood |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.64 |
.036 |
|
J Baez |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.11 |
.028 |
|
A Rizzo |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1.25 |
-.025 |
|
J Ruggiano |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.19 |
-.028 |
|
L Valbuena |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.26 |
-.030 |
|
C Coghlan |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.17 |
-.065 |
|
R Sweeney |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.53 |
-.101 |
|
A Alcantara |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.61 |
-.164 |
|
C Valaika |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1.62 |
-.179 |
|
Total |
29 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
14 |
1.29 |
-.381 |
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 (.076). His first appearance at the top of the Hero podium since July 24.
- Hero - Welington Castillo (.072). The first-base hat trick: single, walk, and beanball to the back.
- Sidekick - Justin Grimm (.041). Throw three pitches; get the peculiar 9-3-2 double play at first; take the final podium spot.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Travis Wood (-.216). Too. Many. Walks.
- Goat - Chris Valaika (-.179). "And to your right, we have the Goat podium. If you'll just stand here, please..."
- Kid - Arismendy Alcantara (-.164). The struggles continue; he's now 5-for-36 since being moved to the sixth spot in the order on August 6.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 121 (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 |
14.5 |
7.5 |
8.5 |
67 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
12 |
8 |
5 |
57 |
|
Welington Castillo |
8 |
5.5 |
3.5 |
38.5 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
5.5 |
9.5 |
3 |
38.5 |
|
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 |
6 |
10 |
|
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 |
|
Travis Wood |
10 |
4 |
2 |
40 |
|
Junior Lake |
6 |
6 |
8 |
38 |
|
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 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
1 |
5 |
2 |
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 |
|
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 |
|
Chris Valaika |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
72 |
31 |
41 |
|
Starlin Castro |
67 |
48 |
19 |
|
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 |
38.5 |
30.5 |
8 |
|
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 |
|
Jacob Turner |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
15 |
1.5 |
|
y-Ryan Kalish |
10 |
9 |
1 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Chris Valaika |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Kyuji Fujikawa |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
6.5 |
6 |
0.5 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
15 |
15 |
0 |
|
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 |
|
Justin Grimm |
10 |
24.5 |
-14.5 |
|
Travis Wood |
24 |
40 |
-16 |
|
Junior Lake |
19 |
38 |
-19 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
15 |
40 |
-25 |
|
y-Nate Schierholtz |
27 |
55 |
-28 |
Wood joins Edwin Jackson in the double-digit Billy Goat club, and Castro pulls in front of Anthony Rizzo for the most Superhero awards on the season.