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And the strikeouts continue to decrease, down to 10 in Saturday night's game. Can single digits be that far behind?...
Graphs for Game 122 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 122:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
C Villanueva |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.04 |
.006 |
|
W Wright |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.07 |
.002 |
|
K Fujikawa |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.32 |
-.036 |
|
D Straily |
5.1 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
0.67 |
-.264 |
|
Total |
8 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
0.5 |
-.292 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
W Castillo |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.51 |
.094 |
|
R Sweeney |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.99 |
.078 |
|
J Baez |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.48 |
.017 |
|
D Straily |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.62 |
.006 |
|
C Valaika |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.77 |
.002 |
|
L Valbuena |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.03 |
-.001 |
|
A Rizzo |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.61 |
-.025 |
|
A Alcantara |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.65 |
-.046 |
|
J Ruggiano |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0.84 |
-.056 |
|
C Coghlan |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.34 |
-.082 |
|
S Castro |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.32 |
-.197 |
|
Total |
34 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
1.04 |
-.208 |
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 - Welington Castillo (.094). Two days in a row among the Heroes thanks largely to his homer to cut into the Mets' 3-0 lead.
- Hero - Ryan Sweeney (.078). His last four podium appearances have been with the Heroes, as have nine of his last 11 dating back to July 1.
- Sidekick - Javier Baez (.017). But a lot of credit goes to David Wright for booting the grounder in the first.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Dan Straily (-.264). Didn't allow a crazy amount of baserunners. Unfortunately, most of them scored.
- Goat - Starlin Castro (-.197). As has been the case many times with Starlin this year, big opportunities with runners on in the early innings and couldn't come through.
- Kid - Chris Coghlan (-.082). Hopefully this is just a mini-slump and not an increase in his Pumpkin Factor.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 122 (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 |
9 |
5.5 |
3.5 |
41.5 |
|
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 |
|
z-Nate Schierholtz |
4 |
6 |
3 |
27 |
|
Ryan Sweeney |
2 |
6 |
6.5 |
24.5 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
6 |
2 |
2 |
24 |
|
Travis Wood |
5 |
4 |
1 |
24 |
|
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
1 |
22 |
|
x-Mike Olt |
3 |
3 |
6 |
21 |
|
x-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 |
|
Javier Baez |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
x-Zac Rosscup |
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 |
|
z-Nate Schierholtz |
8 |
12 |
7 |
55 |
|
Starlin Castro |
5 |
10.5 |
14 |
50 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
7 |
7.5 |
10.5 |
46.5 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
11 |
3 |
1 |
40 |
|
Travis Wood |
10 |
4 |
2 |
40 |
|
x-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 |
5 |
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 |
|
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 |
|
Dan Straily |
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 |
50 |
17 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
27 |
12 |
15 |
|
Justin Ruggiano |
38.5 |
25 |
13.5 |
|
Welington Castillo |
41.5 |
30.5 |
11 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
57 |
46.5 |
10.5 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
13.5 |
4 |
9.5 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
15 |
9 |
|
Ryan Sweeney |
24.5 |
17.5 |
7 |
|
x-Brian Schlitter |
19 |
13 |
6 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
8 |
3 |
5 |
|
x-Zac Rosscup |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
Pedro Strop |
16 |
13 |
3 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
29 |
27 |
2 |
|
Jacob Turner |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
15 |
1.5 |
|
y-Ryan Kalish |
10 |
9 |
1 |
|
Javier Baez |
5 |
4 |
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 |
|
John Baker |
14 |
15 |
-1 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
|
x-Blake Parker |
3 |
5 |
-2 |
|
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
22 |
25 |
-3 |
|
Dan Straily |
0 |
3 |
-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 |
|
x-Junior Lake |
19 |
38 |
-19 |
|
Edwin Jackson |
15 |
40 |
-25 |
|
z-Nate Schierholtz |
27 |
55 |
-28 |
Castillo breaks the fourth-place tie on the Hero chart, while Straily ponders what to do differently when he starts again later this year.