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Who missed out on the podium Friday night? That would be Arismendy Alcantara who, despite his 2-for-4 night with the hits coming early and not late, saw his chances washed away when he fouled out with the bases loaded to end the sixth.
And who topped the Heroes on Friday night? Well, I can't give that away here. Then you wouldn't have a reason to look at all of the fancy graphs and charts and numbers and stuff. So read on.
Graphs for Game 147 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 147:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
B Parker |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.46 |
.021 |
|
Z Rosscup |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.15 |
.008 |
|
B Schlitter |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.06 |
-.010 |
|
J Grimm |
1 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
-.210 |
|
T Wada |
4.1 |
9 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1.08 |
-.263 |
|
Total |
8 |
14 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
6 |
0.83 |
-.455 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
W Castillo |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.22 |
.103 |
|
J Baez |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1.14 |
.040 |
|
M Olt |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.22 |
.027 |
|
A Alcantara |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1.94 |
.024 |
|
L Valbuena |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.89 |
.010 |
|
C Coghlan |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.8 |
.003 |
|
M Szczur |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.12 |
-.004 |
|
R Lopez |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.47 |
-.011 |
|
C Valaika |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.49 |
-.014 |
|
T Wada |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
-.045 |
|
L Watkins |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.99 |
-.090 |
|
R Kalish |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.54 |
-.090 |
|
Total |
34 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
12 |
1.12 |
-.045 |
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 (.103). His single in the sixth had slightly more impact than either of the homers, and he didn't have the odor of leaving runners on base hanging around him.
- Hero - Javier Baez (.040). Had the homer in the fourth but it wasn't enough to lift him to the top spot.
- Sidekick - Mike Olt (.027). Sometimes you make the podium for a big hit. And sometimes you make it on for getting grazed in the stomach by a pitch.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Tsuyoshi Wada (-.263). His worst outing by game score standards this year.
- Goat - Justin Grimm (-.210). Proof that jinxes do exist: Just a couple of days ago I was commenting about how he had a 0.90 ERA and a 0.650 WHIP in his last 21 outings.
- Kid (Tie) - Ryan Kalish and Logan Watkins (-.090). The two oh-fers on the night aside from Chris Coghlan, who at least had a walk.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 147 (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 |
10 |
8.5 |
4.5 |
51.5 |
|
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 |
|
Mike Olt |
4 |
3 |
7 |
25 |
|
y-Ryan Sweeney |
2 |
6 |
6.5 |
24.5 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
6 |
2 |
2 |
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 |
|
Javier Baez |
0 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0.5 |
6.5 |
7.5 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
0 |
3 |
0.5 |
6.5 |
|
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 |
|
Justin Grimm |
7 |
1.5 |
2.5 |
26.5 |
|
y-Justin Ruggiano |
2 |
7 |
6 |
26 |
|
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
4 |
25 |
|
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 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
1 |
2 |
2.5 |
9.5 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
3 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
3 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
z-Jose Veras |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
|
Blake Parker |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
|
Chris Valaika |
0 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
|
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 |
1 |
1 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Welington Castillo |
51.5 |
46 |
5.5 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
14 |
9 |
5 |
|
Chris Valaika |
12 |
7 |
5 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
15.5 |
12 |
3.5 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
13 |
9.5 |
3.5 |
|
Kyuji Fujikawa |
3.5 |
0 |
3.5 |
|
Felix Doubront |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
Logan Watkins |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
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 |
|
Mike Olt |
25 |
32 |
-7 |
|
John Baker |
14 |
21 |
-7 |
|
Hector Rondon |
15 |
23 |
-8 |
|
z-Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
|
Javier Baez |
8 |
17.5 |
-9.5 |
|
z-James Russell |
10 |
20 |
-10 |
|
Justin Grimm |
15 |
26.5 |
-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 |
Castillo continues his climb up the plus-minus chart, while Grimm gets closer to territory he used to own earlier in the season.