And once again, the guys on the Goat podium all have the look of the Monopoly Man on the "Pay Poor Tax of $15" card.
Graphs for Game 140 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 140:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
J Grimm |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.21 |
.057 |
N Ramirez |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.36 |
.027 |
K Hendricks |
5.2 |
9 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.87 |
.026 |
P Strop |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.4 |
.022 |
H Rondon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.26 |
.014 |
Total |
9 |
10 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0.75 |
.145 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
C Valaika |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0.33 |
.218 |
J Soler |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0.76 |
.059 |
L Watkins |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.27 |
.048 |
W Castillo |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.45 |
.029 |
C Coghlan |
5 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.51 |
.028 |
L Valbuena |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.68 |
.021 |
J Baez |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.56 |
.011 |
R Kalish |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.06 |
-.001 |
M Szczur |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.15 |
-.004 |
K Hendricks |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.36 |
-.018 |
A Alcantara |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.34 |
-.034 |
Total |
35 |
6 |
11 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
9 |
0.46 |
.355 |
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 - Chris Valaika (.218). The WPA for his homer in the second: .218. For everything else he did Wednesday night: Zero.
- Hero - Jorge Soler (.059). It was a tough adjustment for him to not be on the top step. He looked a bit sad.
- Sidekick - Justin Grimm (.057). Inherited a bases-loaded jam and got out of it unscathed.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Arismendy Alcantara (-.034). Well, he actually isn't a surprise, especially since he was the only starter to not get a hit.
- Goat - Kyle Hendricks, the hitter (-.018). Probably 24 times out of 25, a performance such as this from a pitcher wouldn't make the podium. This was Number 25.
- Kid - Matt Szczur (-.004). The guy cannot buy a break. At all. The second straight night that he comes in as a pinch-hitter, grounds out, and ends up making the podium for it. Maybe he should let someone else pinch-hit before he does. But that would probably still backfire somehow.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 140 (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 |
10 |
8 |
67 |
Welington Castillo |
9 |
7.5 |
4.5 |
46.5 |
y-Justin Ruggiano |
6.5 |
9.5 |
3 |
41.5 |
Chris Coghlan |
7 |
8 |
3 |
40 |
Jake Arrieta |
9 |
4 |
1 |
36 |
Travis Wood |
6 |
5 |
1 |
29 |
z-Jason Hammel |
5 |
4 |
5 |
28 |
z-Nate Schierholtz |
4 |
6 |
3 |
27 |
y-Ryan Sweeney |
2 |
6 |
6.5 |
24.5 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
6 |
2 |
2 |
24 |
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
1 |
22 |
x-Mike Olt |
3 |
3 |
6 |
21 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
3 |
4 |
2 |
19 |
Junior Lake |
3 |
3 |
4 |
19 |
Brian Schlitter |
1 |
4.5 |
7 |
19 |
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 |
Hector Rondon |
0 |
1 |
12.5 |
14.5 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
4 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
Jorge Soler |
4 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
John Baker |
1 |
4 |
3 |
14 |
Wesley Wright |
0.5 |
4 |
3.5 |
13 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
3 |
7 |
13 |
Carlos Villanueva |
0 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
Ryan Kalish |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
z-James Russell |
0 |
2 |
6 |
10 |
Chris Valaika |
3 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0.5 |
6.5 |
7.5 |
Jacob Turner |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
Javier Baez |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
Zac Rosscup |
0 |
2 |
0.5 |
4.5 |
Felix Doubront |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Chris Rusin |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Blake Parker |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
Logan Watkins |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Kyuji Fujikawa |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Luis Valbuena |
8 |
9.5 |
12.5 |
55.5 |
z-Nate Schierholtz |
8 |
12 |
7 |
55 |
Starlin Castro |
5 |
10.5 |
15 |
51 |
Welington Castillo |
4 |
11.5 |
9 |
44 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
12 |
3 |
1 |
43 |
Travis Wood |
10 |
5 |
2 |
42 |
Junior Lake |
6 |
6 |
8 |
38 |
Anthony Rizzo |
2 |
11 |
8 |
36 |
Chris Coghlan |
6 |
5 |
6 |
34 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
3 |
7 |
5 |
28 |
x-Mike Olt |
5 |
3 |
6 |
27 |
y-Justin Ruggiano |
2 |
7 |
6 |
26 |
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
4 |
25 |
Justin Grimm |
7 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
24.5 |
Carlos Villanueva |
6 |
1 |
4 |
24 |
z-Jason Hammel |
7 |
1 |
0 |
23 |
Hector Rondon |
6 |
2 |
1 |
23 |
z-James Russell |
3 |
3 |
5 |
20 |
John Baker |
4 |
1 |
5 |
19 |
y-Ryan Sweeney |
3 |
3 |
3.5 |
18.5 |
Pedro Strop |
3 |
4 |
1 |
18 |
Javier Baez |
3 |
2 |
3 |
16 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
4 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
Jake Arrieta |
4 |
0 |
3 |
15 |
z-Darwin Barney |
0 |
6 |
3 |
15 |
Wesley Wright |
3 |
1 |
3 |
14 |
Brian Schlitter |
2 |
3 |
1 |
13 |
Kyle Hendricks |
1 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
z-Jose Veras |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
Ryan Kalish |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
Blake Parker |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
Chris Valaika |
0 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
Neil Ramirez |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
y-Eli Whiteside |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
Jacob Turner |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Dan Straily |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Chris Rusin |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Logan Watkins |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
Anthony Rizzo |
77 |
36 |
41 |
Starlin Castro |
72.5 |
51 |
21.5 |
Jake Arrieta |
36 |
15 |
21 |
y-Justin Ruggiano |
41.5 |
26 |
15.5 |
Jorge Soler |
14 |
0 |
14 |
Luis Valbuena |
67 |
55.5 |
11.5 |
z-Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
15 |
9 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
14 |
6 |
8 |
Chris Coghlan |
40 |
34 |
6 |
y-Ryan Sweeney |
24.5 |
18.5 |
6 |
Brian Schlitter |
19 |
13 |
6 |
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
Kyle Hendricks |
15.5 |
11 |
4.5 |
Zac Rosscup |
4.5 |
0 |
4.5 |
Felix Doubront |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Welington Castillo |
46.5 |
44 |
2.5 |
Chris Valaika |
9 |
7 |
2 |
Jacob Turner |
5 |
3 |
2 |
z-Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
15 |
1.5 |
Neil Ramirez |
7.5 |
6 |
1.5 |
Logan Watkins |
2 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
Kyuji Fujikawa |
1.5 |
0 |
1.5 |
Ryan Kalish |
10 |
9 |
1 |
x-Chris Rusin |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Wesley Wright |
13 |
14 |
-1 |
Matt Szczur |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
Pedro Strop |
16 |
18 |
-2 |
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
22 |
25 |
-3 |
Dan Straily |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
Blake Parker |
3 |
7 |
-4 |
John Baker |
14 |
19 |
-5 |
x-Mike Olt |
21 |
27 |
-6 |
y-Eli Whiteside |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
Hector Rondon |
14.5 |
23 |
-8.5 |
Arismendy Alcantara |
19 |
28 |
-9 |
z-Jose Veras |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
z-James Russell |
10 |
20 |
-10 |
Javier Baez |
5 |
16 |
-11 |
Justin Grimm |
13 |
24.5 |
-11.5 |
Travis Wood |
29 |
42 |
-13 |
Carlos Villanueva |
11 |
24 |
-13 |
Junior Lake |
19 |
38 |
-19 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
16 |
43 |
-27 |
z-Nate Schierholtz |
27 |
55 |
-28 |
Valaika picks up his third Superhero award of the season, while Soler continues his climb up the plus/minus chart.