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Some mornings it's very difficult to come up with something snappy to say here (or even something that's even borderline creative). I've got nothing today. One of many reasons why I'll never be confused with an actual writer.
Graphs for Game 125 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 125:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
T Wood |
1.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.24 |
.023 |
T Hunter |
0.2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.14 |
.006 |
K Hendricks |
6 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
6 |
1.19 |
-.227 |
Total |
8 |
6 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
9 |
0.99 |
-.198 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
T La Stella |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.74 |
.133 |
K Bryant |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1.68 |
.082 |
C Denorfia |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.89 |
.072 |
K Schwarber |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.6 |
.065 |
C Coghlan |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1.42 |
-.004 |
D Fowler |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.38 |
-.010 |
K Hendricks |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.22 |
-.055 |
S Castro |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.34 |
-.106 |
M Montero |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.13 |
-.113 |
A Rizzo |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.59 |
-.163 |
A Russell |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.83 |
-.203 |
Total |
31 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
1.41 |
-.302 |
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 - Tommy La Stella (.133). The quintessential "fruit basket" Superhero award as his entire night was determined by the botched play by Nori Aoki.
- Hero - Kris Bryant (.082). Drove in the Cubs' only two runs and stuck the second step with his double in the fourth.
- Sidekick - Chris Denorfia (.072). Did his best to set the table, but unfortunately it didn't lead to any runs.
THE THREE GOATS:
- Billy Goat - Kyle Hendricks (-.227). It could have been a lot worse with the way that first inning went.
- Goat - Addison Russell (-.203). The double play in the fifth hurt, but the strikeout with two in scoring position in the seventh was the killer.
- Kid - Anthony Rizzo (-.163). That plus-50 ceiling must be really hard to break.
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Anthony Rizzo |
14 |
21.5 |
7.5 |
92.5 |
Kris Bryant |
14 |
11 |
7 |
71 |
Dexter Fowler |
10 |
5 |
13 |
53 |
Jake Arrieta |
13.5 |
4 |
0.5 |
49 |
x-Jorge Soler |
6 |
11 |
3 |
43 |
Miguel Montero |
9.5 |
5.5 |
2 |
41.5 |
Chris Coghlan |
8 |
3 |
8 |
38 |
Addison Russell |
6 |
5.5 |
7.5 |
36.5 |
Starlin Castro |
3 |
7 |
11 |
34 |
Jon Lester |
7 |
4 |
2 |
31 |
Jason Hammel |
7 |
4 |
0 |
29 |
Kyle Schwarber |
7 |
2 |
4 |
29 |
Hector Rondon |
0 |
9 |
8.5 |
26.5 |
Travis Wood |
2 |
6 |
3.5 |
21.5 |
Kyle Hendricks |
5 |
1 |
2 |
19 |
Jonathan Herrera |
1 |
5 |
2 |
15 |
Pedro Strop |
1 |
1 |
8.5 |
13.5 |
Chris Denorfia |
1 |
2 |
4.5 |
11.5 |
x-Jason Motte |
0 |
2.5 |
5.5 |
10.5 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
2 |
6.5 |
10.5 |
Matt Szczur |
2 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
Zac Rosscup |
2 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
James Russell |
0 |
3 |
1.5 |
7.5 |
x-Junior Lake |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
x-Tsuyoshi Wada |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
x-Taylor Teagarden |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
Clayton Richard |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
x-Brian Schlitter |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
x-Phil Coke |
1 |
0 |
0.5 |
3.5 |
Tommy La Stella |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Dan Haren |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
x-Welington Castillo |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
x-David Ross |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
x-Mike Baxter |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
Tommy Hunter |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
x-Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
x-Yoervis Medina |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Starlin Castro |
10 |
9 |
14 |
62 |
Dexter Fowler |
9 |
8.5 |
8.5 |
52.5 |
x-Jorge Soler |
6 |
12 |
10 |
52 |
Addison Russell |
2 |
17 |
9 |
49 |
Kris Bryant |
7 |
9 |
8 |
47 |
Anthony Rizzo |
7 |
9 |
6 |
45 |
Chris Coghlan |
3 |
9 |
15 |
42 |
Kyle Hendricks |
9 |
2 |
1 |
32 |
Miguel Montero |
3 |
7 |
8 |
31 |
Pedro Strop |
8 |
2 |
0 |
28 |
Kyle Schwarber |
3 |
5 |
4 |
23 |
Jon Lester |
6 |
1 |
1 |
21 |
x-David Ross |
2 |
4.5 |
5.5 |
20.5 |
Jason Hammel |
4 |
4 |
0 |
20 |
Hector Rondon |
5 |
2 |
0 |
19 |
Chris Denorfia |
3 |
2 |
6 |
19 |
Justin Grimm |
2 |
4 |
3 |
17 |
Jake Arrieta |
5 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
Travis Wood |
3 |
2 |
3 |
16 |
x-Tsuyoshi Wada |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Zac Rosscup |
3 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
Jonathan Herrera |
1 |
2 |
5 |
12 |
x-Jason Motte |
1 |
4 |
0 |
11 |
x-Brian Schlitter |
3 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
x-Mike Baxter |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
x-Welington Castillo |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
x-Rafael Soriano |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Dan Haren |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
James Russell |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
x-Junior Lake |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
Clayton Richard |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
x-Mike Olt |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Tommy Hunter |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
x-Donn Roach |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Gonzalez Germen |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
x-Phil Coke |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Tommy La Stella |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
x-Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
Anthony Rizzo |
92.5 |
45 |
47.5 |
Jake Arrieta |
49 |
16 |
33 |
Kris Bryant |
71 |
47 |
24 |
Miguel Montero |
41.5 |
31 |
10.5 |
Jon Lester |
31 |
21 |
10 |
Jason Hammel |
29 |
20 |
9 |
Hector Rondon |
26.5 |
19 |
7.5 |
Kyle Schwarber |
29 |
23 |
6 |
Travis Wood |
21.5 |
16 |
5.5 |
Matt Szczur |
10 |
5 |
5 |
x-Taylor Teagarden |
5 |
0 |
5 |
Jonathan Herrera |
15 |
12 |
3 |
James Russell |
7.5 |
5 |
2.5 |
Tommy La Stella |
3 |
1 |
2 |
x-Junior Lake |
6 |
5 |
1 |
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
2 |
1 |
1 |
x-Yoervis Medina |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Dexter Fowler |
53 |
52.5 |
0.5 |
x-Phil Coke |
3.5 |
3 |
0.5 |
Clayton Richard |
5 |
5 |
0 |
x-Neil Ramirez |
1 |
1 |
0 |
x-Jason Motte |
10.5 |
11 |
-0.5 |
Zac Rosscup |
9 |
12 |
-3 |
Tommy Hunter |
1 |
4 |
-3 |
x-Donn Roach |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
x-Gonzalez Germen |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
Chris Coghlan |
38 |
42 |
-4 |
Dan Haren |
2 |
6 |
-4 |
x-Mike Olt |
0 |
4 |
-4 |
x-Brian Schlitter |
5 |
10 |
-5 |
x-Edwin Jackson |
3 |
8 |
-5 |
x-Welington Castillo |
2 |
7 |
-5 |
x-Dallas Beeler |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
x-Rafael Soriano |
0 |
6 |
-6 |
Justin Grimm |
10.5 |
17 |
-6.5 |
x-Mike Baxter |
1.5 |
8 |
-6.5 |
x-Tsuyoshi Wada |
5 |
12 |
-7 |
Chris Denorfia |
11.5 |
19 |
-7.5 |
x-Jorge Soler |
43 |
52 |
-9 |
Addison Russell |
36.5 |
49 |
-12.5 |
Kyle Hendricks |
19 |
32 |
-13 |
Pedro Strop |
13.5 |
28 |
-14.5 |
x-David Ross |
2 |
20.5 |
-18.5 |
Starlin Castro |
34 |
62 |
-28 |