It won't show up in the Goats, but that outing by Brian Schlitter was his ugliest since his meltdown on July 24. The only thing that saved him from a podium appearance Tuesday night was the fact that he went nuclear in the eighth inning.
Graphs for Game 145 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 145:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
J Arrieta |
6.1 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
1.27 |
.271 |
B Parker |
0.1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.01 |
.000 |
B Schlitter |
0.2 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0.17 |
-.062 |
N Ramirez |
0.2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3.65 |
-.484 |
Total |
8 |
14 |
0 |
8 |
3 |
7 |
1.28 |
-.275 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
W Castillo |
4 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.01 |
.169 |
J Baez |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.88 |
.077 |
M Szczur |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.94 |
-.004 |
L Valbuena |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.49 |
-.020 |
A Alcantara |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.08 |
-.048 |
C Valaika |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.98 |
-.054 |
C Coghlan |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.08 |
-.093 |
J Soler |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.99 |
-.113 |
M Olt |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.4 |
-.139 |
Total |
36 |
2 |
11 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
0.97 |
-.225 |
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 - Jake Arrieta (.271). The fourth Cub to record a double-digit tally in Superheroes, and the only Cub starting pitcher who will do so this year unless Travis Wood somehow finds a way to get four of them in the last 17 games.
- Hero - Welington Castillo (.169). The month of September has been very good to him (.400 average, 1.063 OPS).
- Sidekick - Javier Baez (.077). Breaks a skid of six straight Goat appearances going back to August 21.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Neil Ramirez (-.484). Just couldn't get that final strike.
- Goat - Mike Olt (-.139). If it's any consolation, it's the highest that he's been on the Goat podium since taking the Billy back on June 10.
- Kid - Jorge Soler (-.113). Like Castillo the night before, victimized by the double play.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 145 (Changes in Bold, Notations Below):
x - Player not on active 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 |
13 |
11 |
8 |
69 |
Welington Castillo |
9 |
8.5 |
4.5 |
48.5 |
y-Justin Ruggiano |
6.5 |
9.5 |
3 |
41.5 |
Chris Coghlan |
7 |
8 |
3 |
40 |
Jake Arrieta |
10 |
4 |
1 |
39 |
Travis Wood |
6 |
5 |
1 |
29 |
z-Jason Hammel |
5 |
4 |
5 |
28 |
z-Nate Schierholtz |
4 |
6 |
3 |
27 |
y-Ryan Sweeney |
2 |
6 |
6.5 |
24.5 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
6 |
2 |
2 |
24 |
Mike Olt |
4 |
3 |
6 |
24 |
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
1 |
22 |
Brian Schlitter |
1 |
4.5 |
7.5 |
19.5 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
3 |
4 |
2 |
19 |
Junior Lake |
3 |
3 |
4 |
19 |
Jorge Soler |
5 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
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 |
13 |
15 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
4 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
John Baker |
1 |
4 |
3 |
14 |
Ryan Kalish |
4 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
Wesley Wright |
0.5 |
4 |
3.5 |
13 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
3 |
7 |
13 |
Chris Valaika |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Carlos Villanueva |
0 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
z-James Russell |
0 |
2 |
6 |
10 |
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0.5 |
6.5 |
7.5 |
Zac Rosscup |
0 |
3 |
0.5 |
6.5 |
Javier Baez |
0 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
Jacob Turner |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
Matt Szczur |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
Kyuji Fujikawa |
0 |
1 |
1.5 |
3.5 |
Felix Doubront |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Chris Rusin |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
Logan Watkins |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
Dan Straily |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Eric Jokisch |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Luis Valbuena |
8 |
10 |
13 |
57 |
z-Nate Schierholtz |
8 |
12 |
7 |
55 |
Starlin Castro |
5 |
10.5 |
15 |
51 |
Welington Castillo |
4 |
12.5 |
9 |
46 |
Travis Wood |
11 |
5 |
2 |
45 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
12 |
3 |
1 |
43 |
Junior Lake |
6 |
6.5 |
8.5 |
39.5 |
Anthony Rizzo |
2 |
11 |
8 |
36 |
Chris Coghlan |
6 |
5 |
7 |
35 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
4 |
7.5 |
5.5 |
32.5 |
Mike Olt |
5 |
4 |
6 |
29 |
y-Justin Ruggiano |
2 |
7 |
6 |
26 |
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
4 |
25 |
Justin Grimm |
7 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
24.5 |
Carlos Villanueva |
6 |
1 |
4 |
24 |
z-Jason Hammel |
7 |
1 |
0 |
23 |
Hector Rondon |
6 |
2 |
1 |
23 |
John Baker |
4 |
2 |
5 |
21 |
z-James Russell |
3 |
3 |
5 |
20 |
y-Ryan Sweeney |
3 |
3 |
3.5 |
18.5 |
Pedro Strop |
3 |
4 |
1 |
18 |
Javier Baez |
3 |
2.5 |
3.5 |
17.5 |
Wesley Wright |
4 |
1 |
3 |
17 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
4 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
Jake Arrieta |
4 |
0 |
3 |
15 |
z-Darwin Barney |
0 |
6 |
3 |
15 |
Brian Schlitter |
2 |
3 |
1 |
13 |
Kyle Hendricks |
1 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
Neil Ramirez |
3 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
z-Jose Veras |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
Ryan Kalish |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
Blake Parker |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
Chris Valaika |
0 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Jacob Turner |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
y-Eli Whiteside |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
Dan Straily |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Chris Rusin |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Jorge Soler |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Logan Watkins |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
Anthony Rizzo |
77 |
36 |
41 |
Jake Arrieta |
39 |
15 |
24 |
Starlin Castro |
72.5 |
51 |
21.5 |
y-Justin Ruggiano |
41.5 |
26 |
15.5 |
Jorge Soler |
17 |
2 |
15 |
Luis Valbuena |
69 |
57 |
12 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
15 |
9 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
14 |
6 |
8 |
Brian Schlitter |
19.5 |
13 |
6.5 |
Zac Rosscup |
6.5 |
0 |
6.5 |
y-Ryan Sweeney |
24.5 |
18.5 |
6 |
Chris Coghlan |
40 |
35 |
5 |
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
Chris Valaika |
12 |
7 |
5 |
Kyle Hendricks |
15.5 |
11 |
4.5 |
Ryan Kalish |
13 |
9 |
4 |
Kyuji Fujikawa |
3.5 |
0 |
3.5 |
Felix Doubront |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Welington Castillo |
48.5 |
46 |
2.5 |
Logan Watkins |
3 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
z-Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
15 |
1.5 |
Matt Szczur |
5 |
4 |
1 |
x-Chris Rusin |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Eric Jokisch |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Jacob Turner |
5 |
6 |
-1 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
Neil Ramirez |
7.5 |
9 |
-1.5 |
Pedro Strop |
16 |
18 |
-2 |
Dan Straily |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
22 |
25 |
-3 |
Wesley Wright |
13 |
17 |
-4 |
Blake Parker |
3 |
7 |
-4 |
Mike Olt |
24 |
29 |
-5 |
y-Eli Whiteside |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
John Baker |
14 |
21 |
-7 |
Hector Rondon |
15 |
23 |
-8 |
z-Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
z-James Russell |
10 |
20 |
-10 |
Justin Grimm |
13 |
24.5 |
-11.5 |
Javier Baez |
6 |
17.5 |
-11.5 |
Carlos Villanueva |
11 |
24 |
-13 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
19 |
32.5 |
-13.5 |
Travis Wood |
29 |
45 |
-16 |
Junior Lake |
19 |
39.5 |
-20.5 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
16 |
43 |
-27 |
z-Nate Schierholtz |
27 |
55 |
-28 |
Arrieta passes Castro for second place on the plus/minus chart, while Soler slips back to fifth.