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Well, that wasn't a 2-1 series win like I thought it would be. I guess I should go back to my 1-2 default; it seems like it provides better results.
A quick recap of the Friday and Saturday (or Saturday and Saturday, to be more correct) games:
Game 141 (Friday / Saturday - Pirates 5, Cubs 3, 11 innings):
Superhero - Chris Valaika (.395). The 3-for-5 day was good on its own, and then that was compounded by the stolen base and the errors.
Billy Goat - Wesley Wright (-.429). Pretty much a no-brainer.
Game 142 (Saturday - Pirates 5, Cubs 0):
Superhero - Ryan Kalish (.017). Yup, it was one of those games again.
Billy Goat - Arismendy Alcantara (-.111). His fifth straight appearance on the Goat podium, and he wasn't done yet.
And as for Sunday:
Graphs for Game 143 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 143:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
E Jokisch |
4.1 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0.08 |
.008 |
|
K Fujikawa |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.01 |
.001 |
|
B Parker |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0.03 |
-.009 |
|
T Wood |
1.2 |
9 |
3 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
0.57 |
-.408 |
|
Total |
9 |
19 |
4 |
10 |
1 |
8 |
0.23 |
-.408 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
M Olt |
3 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.17 |
.030 |
|
M Szczur |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0.17 |
.015 |
|
W Castillo |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.13 |
.003 |
|
R Kalish |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.16 |
.001 |
|
J Lake |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.08 |
-.002 |
|
R Lopez |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.15 |
-.004 |
|
E Jokisch |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.31 |
-.012 |
|
L Watkins |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.28 |
-.017 |
|
C Coghlan |
5 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.28 |
-.021 |
|
J Baez |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0.34 |
-.025 |
|
A Alcantara |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.39 |
-.029 |
|
L Valbuena |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.27 |
-.029 |
|
Total |
33 |
4 |
10 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
12 |
0.26 |
-.092 |
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 - Mike Olt (.030). Believe it or not: That was his first three-hit game in his career.
- Hero - Matt Szczur (.015). After two goat podiums with a total WPA of -.005, this seems like a fitting thing to happen.
- Sidekick - Eric Jokisch (.008). Probably deserves a higher podium spot, but not much you can do when the game's already out of hand by the time you get in there.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Travis Wood (-.408). Ouch.
- Goat / Kid #1 (tie) - Luis Valbuena (-.029). Even in a blowout, leaving runners in scoring position will tend to get you a podium spot.
- Goat / Kid #2 (tie) - Arismendy Alcantara (-.029). See Valbuena, Luis.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 143 (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 |
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 |
|
Mike Olt |
4 |
3 |
6 |
24 |
|
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
1 |
9 |
1 |
22 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
1 |
4.5 |
7.5 |
19.5 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
3 |
4 |
2 |
19 |
|
Junior Lake |
3 |
3 |
4 |
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 |
13 |
15 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
4 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
|
Jorge Soler |
4 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
|
John Baker |
1 |
4 |
3 |
14 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
4 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
|
Wesley Wright |
0.5 |
4 |
3.5 |
13 |
|
Justin Grimm |
0 |
3 |
7 |
13 |
|
Chris Valaika |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
0 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
|
z-James Russell |
0 |
2 |
6 |
10 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0.5 |
6.5 |
7.5 |
|
Jacob Turner |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
Javier Baez |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
Matt Szczur |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
0 |
2 |
0.5 |
4.5 |
|
Kyuji Fujikawa |
0 |
1 |
1.5 |
3.5 |
|
Felix Doubront |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Travis Wood |
11 |
5 |
2 |
45 |
|
Welington Castillo |
4 |
11.5 |
9 |
44 |
|
x-Edwin Jackson |
12 |
3 |
1 |
43 |
|
Junior Lake |
6 |
6.5 |
8.5 |
39.5 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
2 |
11 |
8 |
36 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
6 |
5 |
6 |
34 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
4 |
7.5 |
5.5 |
32.5 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
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 |
|
Jorge Soler |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
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 |
1 |
13 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
69 |
57 |
12 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
15 |
9 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
14 |
6 |
8 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
19.5 |
13 |
6.5 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
40 |
34 |
6 |
|
y-Ryan Sweeney |
24.5 |
18.5 |
6 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
|
Chris Valaika |
12 |
7 |
5 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
15.5 |
11 |
4.5 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
4.5 |
0 |
4.5 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
13 |
9 |
4 |
|
Kyuji Fujikawa |
3.5 |
0 |
3.5 |
|
Felix Doubront |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
Welington Castillo |
46.5 |
44 |
2.5 |
|
Logan Watkins |
3 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
|
Jacob Turner |
5 |
3 |
2 |
|
z-Darwin Barney |
16.5 |
15 |
1.5 |
|
Neil Ramirez |
7.5 |
6 |
1.5 |
|
Matt Szczur |
5 |
4 |
1 |
|
x-Chris Rusin |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Eric Jokisch |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
|
Pedro Strop |
16 |
18 |
-2 |
|
Mike Olt |
24 |
27 |
-3 |
|
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
22 |
25 |
-3 |
|
Dan Straily |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
|
Wesley Wright |
13 |
17 |
-4 |
|
Blake Parker |
3 |
7 |
-4 |
|
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 |
13 |
24.5 |
-11.5 |
|
Javier Baez |
5 |
17.5 |
-12.5 |
|
Carlos Villanueva |
11 |
24 |
-13 |
|
Arismendy Alcantara |
19 |
32.5 |
-13.5 |
|
Travis Wood |
29 |
45 |
-16 |
|
Junior Lake |
19 |
39.5 |
-20.5 |
|
x-Edwin Jackson |
16 |
43 |
-27 |
|
z-Nate Schierholtz |
27 |
55 |
-28 |
Not many changes at the top of the plus/minus chart, but the bottom definitely got a bit heavier after the weekend.