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Well, at least the Cubs squeezed one win out of the road trip. Hey, it's better than none.
The quick Saturday recap (Game 148 - Cubs 6, Pirates 4):
Superhero - Felix Doubront (.255). That's three solid outings in a row for him.
Billy Goat - Chris Valaika (-.074). Even if it scores a run, a double play is never a good thing.
And for Sunday's game:
Graphs for Game 149 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 149:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
A Vizcaino |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.02 |
.002 |
|
E Jokisch |
2.2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.36 |
-.040 |
|
J Turner |
4.1 |
7 |
1 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
1.19 |
-.564 |
|
Total |
8 |
12 |
1 |
7 |
3 |
4 |
0.82 |
-.602 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
M Szczur |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.11 |
.098 |
|
J Baez |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.51 |
.064 |
|
M Olt |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0.62 |
.019 |
|
L Valbuena |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.53 |
.009 |
|
J Baker |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.75 |
.008 |
|
C Valaika |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.86 |
.001 |
|
C Coghlan |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.69 |
.000 |
|
R Kalish |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.13 |
-.003 |
|
E Jokisch |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.32 |
-.009 |
|
J Turner |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.72 |
-.036 |
|
A Alcantara |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.53 |
-.050 |
|
Total |
26 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
8 |
0.65 |
.102 |
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 - Matt Szczur (.098). If there was a WPA-per-feet-traveled stat for batted balls, he'd probably be near the top of the list after that hit in the second.
- Hero - Javier Baez (.064). Took the second step on the podium in both weekend games.
- Sidekick - Mike Olt (.019). More walks than strikeouts. That counts for something.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Jacob Turner (-.564). There has only been one other Cub start this season that ranked lower on the WPA Richter Scale, and it was by Jake Arrieta on August 6.
- Goat - Arismendy Alcantara (-.055). Now up to eight straight appearances on the Goat side.
- Kid - Eric Jokisch (-.040). Probably would have been worse if not for the umpire's kneecap getting in the way.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 149 (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 |
5.5 |
52.5 |
|
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 |
8 |
26 |
|
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 |
|
Javier Baez |
0 |
5 |
2 |
12 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
0 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
|
z-James Russell |
0 |
2 |
6 |
10 |
|
Matt Szczur |
1 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0.5 |
6.5 |
7.5 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
0 |
3 |
0.5 |
6.5 |
|
Felix Doubront |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
Jacob Turner |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
Kyuji Fujikawa |
0 |
1 |
1.5 |
3.5 |
|
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 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
4 |
9.5 |
5.5 |
36.5 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
2 |
11 |
8 |
36 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
6 |
5 |
7 |
35 |
|
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 |
|
Chris Valaika |
1 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
1 |
2 |
2.5 |
9.5 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
3 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
3 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
Jacob Turner |
3 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
z-Jose Veras |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
|
Blake Parker |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
|
y-Eli Whiteside |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
Dan Straily |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Jorge Soler |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
Eric Jokisch |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Felix Doubront |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
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 |
|
Welington Castillo |
52.5 |
46 |
6.5 |
|
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 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
14 |
9 |
5 |
|
Felix Doubront |
6 |
1 |
5 |
|
Matt Szczur |
8 |
4 |
4 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
15.5 |
12 |
3.5 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
13 |
9.5 |
3.5 |
|
Kyuji Fujikawa |
3.5 |
0 |
3.5 |
|
Chris Valaika |
12 |
10 |
2 |
|
Logan Watkins |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
15 |
1.5 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Eric Jokisch |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
7.5 |
9 |
-1.5 |
|
Pedro Strop |
16 |
18 |
-2 |
|
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
22 |
25 |
-3 |
|
Wesley Wright |
13 |
17 |
-4 |
|
Jacob Turner |
5 |
9 |
-4 |
|
Blake Parker |
3 |
7 |
-4 |
|
Dan Straily |
1 |
5 |
-4 |
|
Javier Baez |
12 |
17.5 |
-5.5 |
|
Mike Olt |
26 |
32 |
-6 |
|
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 |
15 |
26.5 |
-11.5 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
11 |
24 |
-13 |
|
Travis Wood |
29 |
45 |
-16 |
|
Junior Lake |
22 |
39.5 |
-17.5 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
19 |
36.5 |
-17.5 |
|
x-Edwin Jackson |
16 |
43 |
-27 |
|
z-Nate Schierholtz |
27 |
55 |
-28 |
Baez begins the slow climb back toward zero on the plus/minus chart while Alcantara sinks into murky waters at the bottom of the list of active players.