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If you were Jorge Soler, facing a guy who can throw 100 miles per hour, and trying to hit in a snow squall, what would you be thinking?
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Graphs for Game 14 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
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Stats for Game 14:
|
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
G Germen |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0.18 |
.024 |
|
Z Rosscup |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.36 |
.014 |
|
P Strop |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.46 |
.013 |
|
J Hammel |
5 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
0.84 |
-.215 |
|
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
|
M Montero |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.56 |
.107 |
|
S Castro |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.46 |
.050 |
|
D Fowler |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.84 |
.046 |
|
A Rizzo |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.54 |
.044 |
|
J Hammel |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.04 |
.025 |
|
C Coghlan |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.38 |
-.009 |
|
C Denorfia |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.53 |
-.019 |
|
W Castillo |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.69 |
-.019 |
|
K Bryant |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2.02 |
-.059 |
|
J Herrera |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4.78 |
-.089 |
|
D Ross |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5.24 |
-.109 |
|
J Soler |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1.34 |
-.148 |
|
A Russell |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.98 |
-.156 |
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 - Miguel Montero (.107). Hey, Miggy! Welcome to the Hero podium! View's different from over here, isn't it?
- Hero - Starlin Castro (.050). Fourth game in a row on the Hero podium for Starlin.
- Sidekick - Dexter Fowler (.046). All he needed was one at-bat. Well, that and a swipe of second base.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Jason Hammel (-.215). Gave up a couple of hard-hit balls, but also got dinked and dunked a lot. The Castro error in the third didn't help him any, either.
- Goat - Addison Russell (-.156). Got his first major-league hit, which was a plus. Unfortunately for him it didn't come in the eighth inning.
- Kid - Jorge Soler (-.148). Tough night for the blue-faced ninja.
RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 14 ("x" indicates player not on active roster):
|
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
1 |
4 |
1 |
12 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
3 |
0 |
2 |
11 |
|
Starlin Castro |
2 |
1 |
3 |
11 |
|
Kris Bryant |
2 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
|
Jorge Soler |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
Hector Rondon |
0 |
1 |
1.5 |
3.5 |
|
Phil Coke |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
x-Matt Szczur |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Travis Wood |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Miguel Montero |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Jonathan Herrera |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Jason Hammel |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Welington Castillo |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
David Ross |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Jason Motte |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Pedro Strop |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
|
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
|
Chris Coghlan |
2 |
3 |
1 |
13 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
1 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
1 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
|
Jon Lester |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
Miguel Montero |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
Jason Motte |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
Jorge Soler |
0 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
|
x-Mike Olt |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Hector Rondon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Jason Hammel |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Starlin Castro |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
Addison Russell |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Kris Bryant |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Welington Castillo |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Jonathan Herrera |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
x-Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
David Ross |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Phil Coke |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
|
Starlin Castro |
11 |
3 |
8 |
|
Kris Bryant |
10 |
2 |
8 |
|
Anthony Rizzo |
12 |
7 |
5 |
|
Jake Arrieta |
5 |
0 |
5 |
|
x-Matt Szczur |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
Travis Wood |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
Dexter Fowler |
11 |
9 |
2 |
|
Jonathan Herrera |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
Phil Coke |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
Jorge Soler |
6 |
5 |
1 |
|
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Zac Rosscup |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Hector Rondon |
3.5 |
3 |
0.5 |
|
Pedro Strop |
0.5 |
0 |
0.5 |
|
Welington Castillo |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
David Ross |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Jason Hammel |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
|
x-Neil Ramirez |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
|
Miguel Montero |
3 |
5 |
-2 |
|
Addison Russell |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
|
Kyle Hendricks |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
|
Jason Motte |
1 |
5 |
-4 |
|
x-Mike Olt |
0 |
4 |
-4 |
|
Jon Lester |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
|
Brian Schlitter |
0 |
7 |
-7 |
|
Chris Coghlan |
1 |
13 |
-12 |
Castro's fourth consecutive Hero appearance moves him into a tie for the top of the leaderboard, climbing nine points in four games.