Which makes me wonder: Just what did Chris Coghlan do with that thing over the weekend??
Graphs for Game 157 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 157:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
B Parker |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.04 |
.003 |
A Vizcaino |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
C Villanueva |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0.01 |
.000 |
T Wood |
5 |
8 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
8 |
0.81 |
-.288 |
Total |
9 |
12 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
11 |
0.49 |
-.285 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
A Rizzo |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.26 |
.006 |
M Olt |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.02 |
.001 |
M Szczur |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.04 |
-.001 |
L Watkins |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.17 |
-.004 |
L Valbuena |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.3 |
-.013 |
T Wood |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.71 |
-.017 |
A Alcantara |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.29 |
-.022 |
W Castillo |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.38 |
-.023 |
R Kalish |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.57 |
-.029 |
C Coghlan |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.37 |
-.034 |
J Baez |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.38 |
-.038 |
J Soler |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.37 |
-.041 |
Total |
29 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
0.34 |
-.215 |
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 (.006). Like I said, nobody wanted the thing Monday night.
- Hero - Blake Parker (.003). Yup, pitching a scoreless sixth inning when the Cubs were down by seven took second place.
- Sidekick - Mike Olt (.001). And a pinch-hit walk with the team down eight took third. At least it kept me from having to potentially invoke executive decision again.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Travis Wood (-.288). Ends his 2014 season with a resounding thud.
- Goat - Jorge Soler (-.041). Had one of the four hits, but with one out in the ninth it was almost completely irrelevant.
- Kid - Javier Baez (-.038). The lone 0-for-4, plus a double play for good measure.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 157 (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 |
17 |
11 |
10 |
83 |
Luis Valbuena |
13 |
13 |
8 |
73 |
Starlin Castro |
14.5 |
10 |
9 |
72.5 |
Welington Castillo |
10 |
8.5 |
5.5 |
52.5 |
Chris Coghlan |
9 |
9 |
4 |
49 |
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 |
9 |
27 |
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 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
3 |
5 |
2 |
21 |
Jorge Soler |
5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
19.5 |
Brian Schlitter |
1 |
4.5 |
7.5 |
19.5 |
Kyle Hendricks |
5 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
18.5 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
5 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
Pedro Strop |
1 |
3 |
8 |
17 |
Hector Rondon |
0 |
1 |
15 |
17 |
z-Darwin Barney |
3.5 |
2.5 |
1 |
16.5 |
Edwin Jackson |
4 |
1 |
2 |
16 |
Chris Valaika |
5 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
Ryan Kalish |
4 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
4 |
7 |
15 |
John Baker |
1 |
4 |
3 |
14 |
Wesley Wright |
0.5 |
4 |
3.5 |
13 |
Javier Baez |
0 |
5 |
3 |
13 |
Carlos Villanueva |
0 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
z-James Russell |
0 |
2 |
6 |
10 |
Matt Szczur |
1 |
2.5 |
1.5 |
9.5 |
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 |
Blake Parker |
0 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
Kyuji Fujikawa |
0 |
1 |
1.5 |
3.5 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Chris Rusin |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Logan Watkins |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
Dan Straily |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Eric Jokisch |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Rafael Lopez |
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 |
12 |
5 |
2 |
48 |
Edwin Jackson |
13 |
3 |
1 |
46 |
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 |
Javier Baez |
5 |
2.5 |
5.5 |
25.5 |
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 |
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 |
2 |
14 |
Kyle Hendricks |
1 |
3 |
4 |
13 |
Neil Ramirez |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Jacob Turner |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Chris Valaika |
1 |
4 |
1 |
12 |
Ryan Kalish |
1 |
2 |
2.5 |
9.5 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
3 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
z-Jose Veras |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
Blake Parker |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
y-Eli Whiteside |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
Matt Szczur |
0 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
Jorge Soler |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
Dan Straily |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Felix Doubront |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Logan Watkins |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
Eric Jokisch |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
x-Chris Rusin |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Zac Rosscup |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
Anthony Rizzo |
83 |
36 |
47 |
Jake Arrieta |
42 |
15 |
27 |
Starlin Castro |
72.5 |
51 |
21.5 |
Luis Valbuena |
73 |
57 |
16 |
y-Justin Ruggiano |
41.5 |
26 |
15.5 |
Jorge Soler |
19.5 |
6 |
13.5 |
Chris Coghlan |
49 |
38 |
11 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
15 |
9 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
17 |
9 |
8 |
y-Ryan Sweeney |
24.5 |
18.5 |
6 |
Brian Schlitter |
19.5 |
14 |
5.5 |
Kyle Hendricks |
18.5 |
13 |
5.5 |
Ryan Kalish |
15 |
9.5 |
5.5 |
Zac Rosscup |
6.5 |
1 |
5.5 |
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
Matt Szczur |
9.5 |
6 |
3.5 |
Kyuji Fujikawa |
3.5 |
0 |
3.5 |
Chris Valaika |
15 |
12 |
3 |
Felix Doubront |
6 |
4 |
2 |
z-Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
15 |
1.5 |
x-Chris Rusin |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Rafael Lopez |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Welington Castillo |
52.5 |
52 |
0.5 |
Pedro Strop |
17 |
18 |
-1 |
Logan Watkins |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
Blake Parker |
5 |
7 |
-2 |
Eric Jokisch |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
22 |
25 |
-3 |
Wesley Wright |
13 |
17 |
-4 |
Dan Straily |
1 |
5 |
-4 |
Neil Ramirez |
7.5 |
12 |
-4.5 |
Mike Olt |
27 |
32 |
-5 |
Hector Rondon |
17 |
23 |
-6 |
y-Eli Whiteside |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
John Baker |
14 |
21 |
-7 |
Jacob Turner |
5 |
12 |
-7 |
z-Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
z-James Russell |
10 |
20 |
-10 |
Justin Grimm |
15 |
26.5 |
-11.5 |
Javier Baez |
13 |
25.5 |
-12.5 |
Carlos Villanueva |
11 |
24 |
-13 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
21 |
36.5 |
-15.5 |
Travis Wood |
31 |
48 |
-17 |
Junior Lake |
22 |
39.5 |
-17.5 |
z-Nate Schierholtz |
27 |
55 |
-28 |
Edwin Jackson |
16 |
46 |
-30 |
Rizzo now stands one Superhero award away from breaking the plus-50 barrier for the season.