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Fun Fact: The Cubs have had only one other starting pitcher who won seven games in his first 12 career appearances, and if you can name him your memory of the '90s is much better than mine. I'll let you take a few guesses in the comments to see if you can come up with it.
Graphs for Game 152 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 152:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
K Hendricks |
7 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1.55 |
.346 |
|
P Strop |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.57 |
.118 |
|
H Rondon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.41 |
.071 |
|
Total |
9 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
1.54 |
.535 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
R Kalish |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1.22 |
.136 |
|
L Valbuena |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1.16 |
.100 |
|
C Valaika |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.42 |
.023 |
|
J Soler |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
.022 |
|
A Rizzo |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0.85 |
.006 |
|
J Baez |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0.64 |
-.009 |
|
M Olt |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.54 |
-.013 |
|
M Szczur |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.73 |
-.018 |
|
K Hendricks |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.08 |
-.089 |
|
W Castillo |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.08 |
-.094 |
|
C Coghlan |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.92 |
-.099 |
|
Total |
28 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
0.98 |
-.035 |
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 - Kyle Hendricks (.346). Definitely earned this one, escaping of a couple of tough jams in the sixth and seventh innings.
- Hero - Ryan Kalish (.136). His WPA might have been a bit higher if the ivy didn't eat his double in the second.
- Sidekick - Pedro Strop (.118). Pitched a perfect eighth including two whiffs on six pitches.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Chris Coghlan (-.099). Of course the day after I say "I still find myself surprised on a regular basis at how good of a season he's having" he goes and does this. The power of the written word.
- Goat - Welington Castillo (-.094). Three nights in a row on the second spot of the Goat podium. I'm pretty sure he has a tent and air mattress hiding out somewhere.
- Kid - Kyle Hendricks, the hitter (-.089). As I mentioned yesterday in the comments for H & G 151, I'm probably going to move away from looking at batting WPA for pitchers in 2015. But with only 10 games left in this season, his bunt in the second inning will still qualify him for a pitcher's Daily Double.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 152 (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 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
7 |
9 |
4 |
43 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
11 |
4 |
1 |
42 |
|
y-Justin Ruggiano |
6.5 |
9.5 |
3 |
41.5 |
|
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 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
5 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
18.5 |
|
Jorge Soler |
5 |
1 |
1 |
18 |
|
Pedro Strop |
1 |
3 |
8 |
17 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
3.5 |
2.5 |
1 |
16.5 |
|
x-Edwin Jackson |
4 |
1 |
2 |
16 |
|
Hector Rondon |
0 |
1 |
14 |
16 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
4 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
|
Justin Grimm |
0 |
4 |
7 |
15 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
4 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
|
John Baker |
1 |
4 |
3 |
14 |
|
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 |
|
Welington Castillo |
4 |
15.5 |
9 |
52 |
|
Starlin Castro |
5 |
10.5 |
15 |
51 |
|
Travis Wood |
11 |
5 |
2 |
45 |
|
x-Edwin Jackson |
12 |
3 |
1 |
43 |
|
Junior Lake |
6 |
6.5 |
8.5 |
39.5 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
7 |
5 |
7 |
38 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
4 |
9.5 |
5.5 |
36.5 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
2 |
11 |
8 |
36 |
|
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 |
|
Javier Baez |
5 |
2.5 |
3.5 |
23.5 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
4 |
13 |
|
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 |
|
Logan Watkins |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
Eric Jokisch |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Felix Doubront |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
80 |
36 |
44 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
42 |
15 |
27 |
|
Starlin Castro |
72.5 |
51 |
21.5 |
|
y-Justin Ruggiano |
41.5 |
26 |
15.5 |
|
Jorge Soler |
18 |
3 |
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 |
|
y-Ryan Sweeney |
24.5 |
18.5 |
6 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
18.5 |
13 |
5.5 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
15 |
9.5 |
5.5 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
43 |
38 |
5 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
14 |
9 |
5 |
|
Felix Doubront |
6 |
1 |
5 |
|
Matt Szczur |
8 |
4 |
4 |
|
Kyuji Fujikawa |
3.5 |
0 |
3.5 |
|
Chris Valaika |
12 |
10 |
2 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
15 |
1.5 |
|
Logan Watkins |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Welington Castillo |
52.5 |
52 |
0.5 |
|
Eric Jokisch |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Pedro Strop |
17 |
18 |
-1 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
7.5 |
9 |
-1.5 |
|
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 |
|
z-Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
|
z-James Russell |
10 |
20 |
-10 |
|
Justin Grimm |
15 |
26.5 |
-11.5 |
|
Javier Baez |
12 |
23.5 |
-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 |
And the big question for the series opener against the Dodgers: Will Castillo finally escape the second step of the Goat podium? (Okay, maybe it wasn't that big of a question.)