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Apparently there's something about Canadian air that has a negative impact on the Cub bullpen. Or at least that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Graphs for Game 146 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 146:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
J Grimm |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.32 |
.018 |
|
A Vizcaino |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.000 |
|
W Wright |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.24 |
-.015 |
|
K Fujikawa |
0.2 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0.19 |
-.050 |
|
K Hendricks |
5.2 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
0.9 |
-.077 |
|
Total |
8 |
13 |
0 |
11 |
5 |
9 |
0.59 |
-.123 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
J Lake |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.63 |
.039 |
|
C Coghlan |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.51 |
.000 |
|
R Lopez |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.000 |
|
M Szczur |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.04 |
-.001 |
|
W Castillo |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.94 |
-.004 |
|
J Soler |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0.5 |
-.006 |
|
R Kalish |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.79 |
-.040 |
|
L Watkins |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.89 |
-.045 |
|
L Valbuena |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.65 |
-.056 |
|
J Baez |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0.9 |
-.058 |
|
A Alcantara |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1.06 |
-.095 |
|
M Olt |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.39 |
-.112 |
|
Total |
31 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
15 |
0.76 |
-.377 |
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: Another brutal group, but not nearly as bad as Monday.
- Superhero - Junior Lake (.039). Yup, a pinch-hit walk takes the top of the Hero podium this game.
- Hero - Justin Grimm (.018). Probably deserves the top spot unofficially just for being the only reliever to not get knocked around on Wednesday.
- Sidekick - Chris Coghlan (.000). Ah, yes... another executive decision. With the choices being Coghlan's 1-for-4 night, the eighth-inning performance of Arodys Vizcaino, and the strikeout in the ninth for Rafael Lopez, Coghlan wins for actually doing something that could have positively contributed to the game.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Mike Olt (-.112). I've seen this movie before...
- Goat - Arismendy Alcantara (-.095). His last seven podium appearances have now been with the Goats, all in a span of 13 games.
- Kid - Kyle Hendricks (-.077). Everything was good until that sixth inning.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 146 (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 |
4 |
41 |
|
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 |
|
Junior Lake |
4 |
3 |
4 |
22 |
|
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
1 |
22 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
1 |
4.5 |
7.5 |
19.5 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
3 |
4 |
2 |
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 |
|
Justin Grimm |
0 |
4 |
7 |
15 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
8.5 |
5.5 |
34.5 |
|
Mike Olt |
6 |
4 |
6 |
32 |
|
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 |
3 |
12 |
|
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 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
41 |
35 |
6 |
|
y-Ryan Sweeney |
24.5 |
18.5 |
6 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
|
Chris Valaika |
12 |
7 |
5 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
13 |
9 |
4 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
15.5 |
12 |
3.5 |
|
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 |
|
y-Eli Whiteside |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
|
John Baker |
14 |
21 |
-7 |
|
Mike Olt |
24 |
32 |
-8 |
|
Hector Rondon |
15 |
23 |
-8 |
|
z-Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
|
Justin Grimm |
15 |
24.5 |
-9.5 |
|
z-James Russell |
10 |
20 |
-10 |
|
Javier Baez |
6 |
17.5 |
-11.5 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
11 |
24 |
-13 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
19 |
34.5 |
-15.5 |
|
Travis Wood |
29 |
45 |
-16 |
|
Junior Lake |
22 |
39.5 |
-17.5 |
|
x-Edwin Jackson |
16 |
43 |
-27 |
|
z-Nate Schierholtz |
27 |
55 |
-28 |
Lake picks up his first Superhero since May 25 (talk about burying a lede!), while Alcantara sinks further into negative territory on the plus/minus chart.