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Neither will show up on the podium in this game, but honorable mention goes to Neil Ramirez and Pedro Strop for bridging the gap in the seventh and eighth innings to assist in setting up the walkoff heroics a short time later.
Graphs for Game 150 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 150:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
T Wood |
6 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
1.17 |
.350 |
|
H Rondon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2.34 |
.134 |
|
P Strop |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.49 |
.104 |
|
N Ramirez |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.15 |
.086 |
|
Total |
9 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
6 |
1.34 |
.674 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
A Rizzo |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1.27 |
.357 |
|
M Olt |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.37 |
.046 |
|
L Watkins |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.92 |
-.004 |
|
L Valbuena |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.4 |
-.035 |
|
C Valaika |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.8 |
-.045 |
|
T Wood |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.04 |
-.050 |
|
A Alcantara |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.81 |
-.056 |
|
C Coghlan |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.16 |
-.059 |
|
J Soler |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
-.069 |
|
W Castillo |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.59 |
-.118 |
|
J Baez |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.38 |
-.140 |
|
Total |
28 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
1.21 |
-.174 |
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 - Anthony Rizzo (.357). If you're going to make a statement in your first game back, doing something that hasn't happened in 19 years at Wrigley Field is definitely one way to do it.
- Hero - Travis Wood (.350). It's a clichéd statement, but he truly is a box of chocolates this year.
- Sidekick - Hector Rondon (.134). He knows very well how to take the final step of the Hero podium; it's the 15th time this year that he's done so, one of only two players to reach double-digits in Sidekick award points for the Cubs (Rizzo -- 10).
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Javier Baez (-.140). The only 0-for-4 on the night for the Cubs.
- Goat - Welington Castillo (-.118). 0-for-3 with the dreaded bases-loaded foulout.
- Kid - Jorge Soler (-.069). I'll write this one off as being due to new-dad hangover.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 150 (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 |
16 |
11 |
10 |
80 |
|
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 |
6 |
1 |
31 |
|
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 |
|
Hector Rondon |
0 |
1 |
14 |
16 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
4 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
15.5 |
|
Justin Grimm |
0 |
4 |
7 |
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 |
13.5 |
9 |
48 |
|
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 |
|
Javier Baez |
4 |
2.5 |
3.5 |
20.5 |
|
z-James Russell |
3 |
3 |
5 |
20 |
|
y-Ryan Sweeney |
3 |
3 |
3.5 |
18.5 |
|
Pedro Strop |
3 |
4 |
1 |
18 |
|
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 |
|
Jorge Soler |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Eric Jokisch |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Felix Doubront |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Logan Watkins |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
80 |
36 |
44 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
39 |
15 |
24 |
|
Starlin Castro |
72.5 |
51 |
21.5 |
|
y-Justin Ruggiano |
41.5 |
26 |
15.5 |
|
Jorge Soler |
17 |
3 |
14 |
|
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 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
14 |
9 |
5 |
|
Felix Doubront |
6 |
1 |
5 |
|
Welington Castillo |
52.5 |
48 |
4.5 |
|
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 |
|
Mike Olt |
26 |
32 |
-6 |
|
y-Eli Whiteside |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
|
Hector Rondon |
16 |
23 |
-7 |
|
John Baker |
14 |
21 |
-7 |
|
Javier Baez |
12 |
20.5 |
-8.5 |
|
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 |
31 |
45 |
-14 |
|
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 |
Rizzo pads his plus/minus chart lead and leaves me wondering: Will he break the plus-50 mark this season?