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But before I get to that, I have to hand it to Zac Rosscup who, despite a 12.96 ERA and 2.280 WHIP, has somehow still not found the Goat podium. Apparently the role of mop-up pitcher does not suit him well. He's like the anti-Jose Veras.
Graphs for Game 136 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 136:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
W Wright |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.21 |
.010 |
|
C Villanueva |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
Z Rosscup |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
0.02 |
-.004 |
|
K Fujikawa |
0 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0.06 |
-.019 |
|
T Wada |
6 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1.1 |
-.206 |
|
Total |
8 |
13 |
2 |
12 |
6 |
4 |
0.68 |
-.219 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
J Soler |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.95 |
.092 |
|
S Castro |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.87 |
.010 |
|
C Coghlan |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.01 |
.000 |
|
L Watkins |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.29 |
-.007 |
|
A Alcantara |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0.88 |
-.012 |
|
L Valbuena |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.8 |
-.015 |
|
M Szczur |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.66 |
-.021 |
|
T Wada |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.12 |
-.056 |
|
J Baez |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.24 |
-.078 |
|
C Valaika |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.9 |
-.085 |
|
W Castillo |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.72 |
-.108 |
|
Total |
34 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
0.85 |
-.281 |
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 (.092). That's four Superheroes to start his career in his first four games started. No, really. I'm not making that up.
- Hero / Sidekick #1 (tie) - Wesley Wright (.010). Of course, he got helped out a bit by Randal Grichuk inexplicably trying to steal third, but hey, they all count the same on paper.
- Hero / Sidekick #2 (tie) - Starlin Castro (.010). He gets the "Soler Wingman" award today.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Tsuyoshi Wada (-.206). Trouble in the first and fifth innings, four runs allowed... did someone check to see if Edwin Jackson somehow didn't morph into Wada's uniform?
- Goat - Welington Castillo (-.108). His last five podium appearances have all been on the Goat side.
- Kid - Chris Valaika (-.085). There was that single in the ninth though. You know, when the Cubs were down 13-1.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 136 (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 |
10 |
9 |
72.5 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
12 |
10 |
7 |
63 |
|
Welington Castillo |
9 |
5.5 |
4.5 |
42.5 |
|
x-Justin Ruggiano |
6.5 |
9.5 |
3 |
41.5 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
7 |
8 |
2 |
39 |
|
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 |
|
Wesley Wright |
0.5 |
4 |
3.5 |
13 |
|
Jorge Soler |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Justin Grimm |
0 |
3 |
6 |
12 |
|
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 |
|
Javier Baez |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
0 |
2 |
0.5 |
4.5 |
|
Felix Doubront |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
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 |
|
Logan Watkins |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
Kyuji Fujikawa |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
|
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Luis Valbuena |
8 |
9.5 |
12.5 |
55.5 |
|
z-Nate Schierholtz |
8 |
12 |
7 |
55 |
|
Starlin Castro |
5 |
10.5 |
15 |
51 |
|
Welington Castillo |
4 |
11.5 |
9 |
44 |
|
x-Edwin Jackson |
12 |
3 |
1 |
43 |
|
Travis Wood |
10 |
5 |
2 |
42 |
|
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 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
2 |
7 |
4 |
24 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
7 |
1 |
0 |
23 |
|
Hector Rondon |
6 |
2 |
1 |
23 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
5 |
1 |
4 |
21 |
|
z-James Russell |
3 |
3 |
5 |
20 |
|
John Baker |
4 |
1 |
5 |
19 |
|
x-Ryan Sweeney |
3 |
3 |
3.5 |
18.5 |
|
Pedro Strop |
3 |
3 |
1 |
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 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
y-Eli Whiteside |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
x-Blake Parker |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
|
Chris Valaika |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Jacob Turner |
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 |
72.5 |
51 |
21.5 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
33 |
15 |
18 |
|
x-Justin Ruggiano |
41.5 |
26 |
15.5 |
|
Jorge Soler |
12 |
0 |
12 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
15 |
9 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
39 |
31 |
8 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
14 |
6 |
8 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
63 |
55.5 |
7.5 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
15.5 |
9 |
6.5 |
|
x-Ryan Sweeney |
24.5 |
18.5 |
6 |
|
x-Brian Schlitter |
19 |
13 |
6 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
4.5 |
0 |
4.5 |
|
Felix Doubront |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
15 |
1.5 |
|
Logan Watkins |
2 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
|
Kyuji Fujikawa |
1.5 |
0 |
1.5 |
|
y-Ryan Kalish |
10 |
9 |
1 |
|
Chris Valaika |
6 |
5 |
1 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Matt Szczur |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
6.5 |
6 |
0.5 |
|
Pedro Strop |
16 |
16 |
0 |
|
Wesley Wright |
13 |
14 |
-1 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
|
Jacob Turner |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
|
Welington Castillo |
42.5 |
44 |
-1.5 |
|
x-Blake Parker |
3 |
5 |
-2 |
|
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
22 |
25 |
-3 |
|
x-Dan Straily |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
19 |
24 |
-5 |
|
John Baker |
14 |
19 |
-5 |
|
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 |
So who will be the first to break Soler's streak of Superhero awards? Does anyone dare to try?