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But before we get to that... am I the only one who feels like the graph for this game looks way too familiar lately?
Graphs for Game 144 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 144:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
Z Rosscup |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.000 |
|
D Straily |
1.2 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0.03 |
-.008 |
|
J Turner |
6 |
7 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0.85 |
-.159 |
|
Total |
8 |
12 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
5 |
0.59 |
-.167 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
J Soler |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.74 |
.004 |
|
C Valaika |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.2 |
-.016 |
|
M Olt |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.31 |
-.023 |
|
L Watkins |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.34 |
-.026 |
|
L Valbuena |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.34 |
-.027 |
|
A Alcantara |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.51 |
-.041 |
|
J Baez |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.42 |
-.042 |
|
C Coghlan |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.6 |
-.062 |
|
W Castillo |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.79 |
-.100 |
|
Total |
29 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0.47 |
-.333 |
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: Seriously, this is a really bad podium. Possibly the worst of the season.
- Superhero - Jorge Soler (.004). Well, his presence makes it a bit better. But now it's time to start laughing. Or crying. Or something.
- Hero - Zac Rosscup (.000). Yep, the strikeout to bring his ERA down to 13.00 was good enough to take the second spot on the podium Monday night. But wait... it gets worse.
- Sidekick - Dan Straily (-.008). Okay, let this sink in for a second. In case you missed his line from the game: 1⅔ innings pitched, five hits, three runs. And that, my friends, was the third-best WPA score of the night. Then, think about this: Had Rosscup not come in to rescue Straily (or whatever you'd like to call it), Straily would have been second and Chris Valaika would have been third at -.016. You came that close to the double-negative hero podium. It's almost like trying to spot a unicorn in the wild.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Jacob Turner (-.159). The game seemed manageable until that three-run bomb he gave up to Jose Bautista.
- Goat - Welington Castillo (-.100). The double play in the second did him in.
- Kid - Chris Coghlan (-.062). On a night where no one is doing anything, the leadoff hitter will usually take the fall.
UPDATED RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 144 (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 |
|
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 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
4 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
15.5 |
|
Hector Rondon |
0 |
1 |
13 |
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 |
|
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 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
0 |
3 |
0.5 |
6.5 |
|
Jacob Turner |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
Javier Baez |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
Matt Szczur |
0 |
2 |
1 |
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 |
|
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 |
12.5 |
9 |
46 |
|
Travis Wood |
11 |
5 |
2 |
45 |
|
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 |
7 |
35 |
|
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 |
|
Jacob Turner |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
y-Eli Whiteside |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
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 |
|
Jorge Soler |
17 |
1 |
16 |
|
y-Justin Ruggiano |
41.5 |
26 |
15.5 |
|
Luis Valbuena |
69 |
57 |
12 |
|
z-Jeff Samardzija |
24 |
15 |
9 |
|
Tsuyoshi Wada |
14 |
6 |
8 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
19.5 |
13 |
6.5 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
6.5 |
0 |
6.5 |
|
y-Ryan Sweeney |
24.5 |
18.5 |
6 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
40 |
35 |
5 |
|
z-Jason Hammel |
28 |
23 |
5 |
|
Chris Valaika |
12 |
7 |
5 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
15.5 |
11 |
4.5 |
|
Ryan Kalish |
13 |
9 |
4 |
|
Kyuji Fujikawa |
3.5 |
0 |
3.5 |
|
Felix Doubront |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
Logan Watkins |
3 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
|
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 |
|
Welington Castillo |
46.5 |
46 |
0.5 |
|
Jacob Turner |
5 |
6 |
-1 |
|
x-Dallas Beeler |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
|
Pedro Strop |
16 |
18 |
-2 |
|
Dan Straily |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
|
Mike Olt |
24 |
27 |
-3 |
|
z-Emilio Bonifacio |
22 |
25 |
-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 |
Soler moves up to fourth on the plus/minus chart while looking at the other two guys on the podium, wondering exactly what they were doing there.