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So at this rate, he should pass Anthony Rizzo at the top of the plus/minus chart in eight more games. Fun with extrapolation!
Graphs for Game 133 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 133:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
Z Rosscup |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.01 |
.000 |
|
K Fujikawa |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
.000 |
|
W Wright |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0.04 |
-.001 |
|
J Arrieta |
4 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
8 |
0.8 |
-.300 |
|
Total |
8 |
11 |
0 |
6 |
5 |
13 |
0.49 |
-.300 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
J Soler |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0.48 |
.056 |
|
C Coghlan |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0.6 |
.014 |
|
L Watkins |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.03 |
-.001 |
|
M Szczur |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.05 |
-.001 |
|
T Wood |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.24 |
-.006 |
|
J Baker |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.66 |
-.009 |
|
S Castro |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.46 |
-.027 |
|
J Baez |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.66 |
-.031 |
|
A Alcantara |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0.59 |
-.033 |
|
J Arrieta |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.8 |
-.044 |
|
L Valbuena |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.5 |
-.050 |
|
C Valaika |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.66 |
-.068 |
|
Total |
30 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
11 |
0.57 |
-.200 |
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 - Jorge Soler (.056). Maybe the Cubs just need to put the number 68 on everyone's jersey and see what happens.
- Hero - Chris Coghlan (.014). He got hosed on the call on the first strikeout. The second one, though, not so much.
- Sidekick (tie) - Zac Rosscup and Kyuji Fujikawa (.000). Ah, the dreaded zero-WPA podium tie.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Jake Arrieta (-.300). It felt like death by a thousand singles and stolen bases.
- Goat - Chris Valaika (-.068). Missed a couple of opportunities with runners on while the game was still interesting.
- Kid - Luis Valbuena (-.050). But he had the single in the ninth that counted for -- (searching) -- positive .003. So there's that.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 133 (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 |
15 |
11 |
10 |
77 |
|
Starlin Castro |
14.5 |
9.5 |
8.5 |
71 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
12 |
10 |
6 |
62 |
|
Welington Castillo |
9 |
5.5 |
4.5 |
42.5 |
|
x-Justin Ruggiano |
6.5 |
9.5 |
3 |
41.5 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
7 |
6 |
2 |
35 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
8 |
4 |
1 |
33 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
5 |
4 |
5 |
28 |
|
Travis Wood |
6 |
4 |
1 |
27 |
|
z-Nate Schierholtz |
4 |
6 |
3 |
27 |
|
x-Ryan Sweeney |
2 |
6 |
6.5 |
24.5 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
6 |
2 |
2 |
24 |
|
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
1 |
22 |
|
x-Mike Olt |
3 |
3 |
6 |
21 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
3 |
4 |
2 |
19 |
|
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 |
|
x-Edwin Jackson |
4 |
1 |
2 |
16 |
|
Pedro Strop |
1 |
3 |
7 |
16 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
4 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
15.5 |
|
Hector Rondon |
0 |
1 |
12.5 |
14.5 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
4 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
|
John Baker |
1 |
4 |
3 |
14 |
|
Justin Grimm |
0 |
3 |
6 |
12 |
|
Wesley Wright |
0.5 |
3.5 |
3 |
11.5 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
0 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
|
y-Ryan Kalish |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
|
z-James Russell |
0 |
2 |
6 |
10 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0.5 |
5.5 |
6.5 |
|
Chris Valaika |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
Jorge Soler |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
Javier Baez |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
0 |
2 |
0.5 |
4.5 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
x-Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
Jacob Turner |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Kyuji Fujikawa |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
|
Logan Watkins |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
z-Nate Schierholtz |
8 |
12 |
7 |
55 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
8 |
8.5 |
12.5 |
53.5 |
|
Starlin Castro |
5 |
10.5 |
14 |
50 |
|
x-Edwin Jackson |
12 |
3 |
1 |
43 |
|
Travis Wood |
10 |
5 |
2 |
42 |
|
Welington Castillo |
3 |
10.5 |
9 |
39 |
|
x-Junior Lake |
6 |
6 |
8 |
38 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
2 |
11 |
8 |
36 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
5 |
5 |
6 |
31 |
|
x-Mike Olt |
5 |
3 |
6 |
27 |
|
x-Justin Ruggiano |
2 |
7 |
6 |
26 |
|
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 |
4 |
21 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
2 |
6 |
3 |
21 |
|
z-James Russell |
3 |
3 |
5 |
20 |
|
x-Ryan Sweeney |
3 |
3 |
3.5 |
18.5 |
|
Pedro Strop |
3 |
3 |
1 |
16 |
|
John Baker |
3 |
1 |
5 |
16 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
4 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
4 |
0 |
3 |
15 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
0 |
6 |
3 |
15 |
|
Wesley Wright |
3 |
1 |
3 |
14 |
|
x-Brian Schlitter |
2 |
3 |
1 |
13 |
|
Javier Baez |
2 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
|
z-Jose Veras |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
1 |
2 |
2 |
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 |
|
Chris Valaika |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
|
Jacob Turner |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
x-Dan Straily |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Logan Watkins |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
|
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
77 |
36 |
41 |
|
Starlin Castro |
71 |
50 |
21 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
33 |
15 |
18 |
|
x-Justin Ruggiano |
41.5 |
26 |
15.5 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
14 |
3 |
11 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
15 |
9 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
62 |
53.5 |
8.5 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
15.5 |
9 |
6.5 |
|
x-Ryan Sweeney |
24.5 |
18.5 |
6 |
|
x-Brian Schlitter |
19 |
13 |
6 |
|
Jorge Soler |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
4.5 |
0 |
4.5 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
35 |
31 |
4 |
|
Welington Castillo |
42.5 |
39 |
3.5 |
|
Chris Valaika |
6 |
4 |
2 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
15 |
1.5 |
|
Kyuji Fujikawa |
1.5 |
0 |
1.5 |
|
y-Ryan Kalish |
10 |
9 |
1 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Matt Szczur |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
6.5 |
6 |
0.5 |
|
Logan Watkins |
1 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
|
Pedro Strop |
16 |
16 |
0 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
|
Jacob Turner |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
19 |
21 |
-2 |
|
John Baker |
14 |
16 |
-2 |
|
x-Blake Parker |
3 |
5 |
-2 |
|
Wesley Wright |
11.5 |
14 |
-2.5 |
|
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
22 |
25 |
-3 |
|
x-Dan Straily |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
|
x-Mike Olt |
21 |
27 |
-6 |
|
y-Eli Whiteside |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
|
Javier Baez |
5 |
12 |
-7 |
|
Hector Rondon |
14.5 |
23 |
-8.5 |
|
z-Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
11 |
21 |
-10 |
|
z-James Russell |
10 |
20 |
-10 |
|
Justin Grimm |
12 |
24.5 |
-12.5 |
|
Travis Wood |
27 |
42 |
-15 |
|
x-Junior Lake |
19 |
38 |
-19 |
|
x-Edwin Jackson |
16 |
43 |
-27 |
|
z-Nate Schierholtz |
27 |
55 |
-28 |
Soler decides to make himself at home at the top of the Hero podium, and nobody seems to mind.