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Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 106

Dan Haren made his Cub debut on Wednesday night... and was quickly introduced to the Goat podium.

By Russ La Croix
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On the positive side, at least there was this:

Graphs for Game 106 (courtesy of Fangraphs):

Game 106 Chart 2015

Stats for Game 106:

Pitcher

IP

H

HR

ER

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

J Russell

1

0

0

0

0

1

0.09

.009

J Motte

1

2

0

1

0

0

0.25

-.014

P Strop

0.2

0

0

0

1

1

1.6

-.051

T Wood

0.1

3

0

2

0

0

1.72

-.213

D Haren

5

7

2

3

2

3

0.75

-.217

Total

8

12

2

6

3

5

0.8

-.486

Batter

AB

R

H

HR

RBI

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

K Schwarber

4

2

2

1

2

0

1

0.85

.216

A Rizzo

3

1

1

1

2

0

1

1.34

.109

M Szczur

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0.85

.068

C Denorfia

3

0

1

0

0

1

2

1.44

.034

S Castro

3

1

1

0

0

1

0

1.01

.010

K Bryant

4

0

1

0

0

0

2

1.03

-.009

D Haren

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.08

-.032

J Soler

4

0

1

0

0

0

1

0.97

-.065

D Fowler

4

1

0

0

0

1

1

0.94

-.083

C Coghlan

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

4.36

-.106

A Russell

4

0

0

0

1

0

1

1.43

-.156

Total

32

5

8

2

5

3

9

1.18

-.014

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 - Kyle Schwarber (.216). Who else here thought that his homer was going to be a routine out off of the bat? I can't have been the only one.
  • Hero - Anthony Rizzo (.109). I'm running out of things to say for him.
  • Sidekick - Matt Szczur (.068). Only had one at-bat, but his double put the Cubs in a situation full of potential in the ninth.

THE THREE GOATS:

  • Billy Goat - Dan Haren (-.217). And now you know why his FIP was 4.59 with the Marlins.
  • Goat - Travis Wood (-.213). A single here, and a single there, and another single over there...
  • Kid - Addison Russell (-.156). Even though it scored a run, the groundout in the ninth sealed the final spot on the podium.
RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 106 ("x" indicates player not on active roster):
It's more of the same at the top, as Rizzo adds a couple more points to inch within a half of a point of his season best.

Heroes

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Anthony Rizzo

13

20.5

5.5

85.5

Kris Bryant

10

9

6

54

Dexter Fowler

9

4

10

45

Jake Arrieta

10.5

3

0.5

38

Addison Russell

6

4.5

7.5

34.5

Starlin Castro

3

7

10

33

Chris Coghlan

7

2

7

32

Jorge Soler

3

10

3

32

x-Miguel Montero

6.5

5.5

0

30.5

Jason Hammel

7

2

0

25

Jon Lester

7

1

2

25

Hector Rondon

0

8

6.5

22.5

Kyle Schwarber

6

1

1

21

Kyle Hendricks

5

1

2

19

Travis Wood

1

5

3.5

16.5

Jonathan Herrera

1

5

2

15

Pedro Strop

1

1

8.5

13.5

Jason Motte

0

2.5

5.5

10.5

Matt Szczur

2

1

2

10

x-Zac Rosscup

2

0

3

9

Chris Denorfia

1

1

3.5

8.5

James Russell

0

3

1.5

7.5

Justin Grimm

0

1

5.5

7.5

x-Junior Lake

1

1

1

6

x-Tsuyoshi Wada

1

1

0

5

x-Taylor Teagarden

1

1

0

5

x-Brian Schlitter

0

2

1

5

Clayton Richard

1

0

1

4

x-Phil Coke

1

0

0.5

3.5

x-Edwin Jackson

0

1

1

3

x-Welington Castillo

0

1

0

2

x-Arismendy Alcantara

0

1

0

2

David Ross

0

0

2

2

x-Mike Baxter

0

0

1.5

1.5

x-Neil Ramirez

0

0

1

1

x-Yoervis Medina

0

0

1

1

Goats

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Starlin Castro

9

7

13

54

Jorge Soler

6

10

9

47

Kris Bryant

7

7

8

43

Addison Russell

2

15

7

43

Dexter Fowler

6

8.5

7.5

42.5

Anthony Rizzo

6

9

4

40

Chris Coghlan

2

7

14

34

x-Miguel Montero

3

6

6

27

Pedro Strop

7

2

0

25

Kyle Hendricks

6

1

1

21

Jon Lester

5

1

1

18

Jason Hammel

4

3

0

18

Justin Grimm

2

4

3

17

Jake Arrieta

5

0

1

16

Hector Rondon

4

2

0

16

David Ross

1

3.5

4.5

14.5

Travis Wood

2

2

3

13

Chris Denorfia

2

1

5

13

x-Tsuyoshi Wada

4

0

0

12

x-Zac Rosscup

3

1

1

12

Jason Motte

1

4

0

11

Jonathan Herrera

1

2

4

11

x-Brian Schlitter

3

0

1

10

x-Edwin Jackson

2

1

0

8

x-Mike Baxter

2

1

0

8

Kyle Schwarber

0

3

2

8

x-Welington Castillo

1

1

2

7

x-Rafael Soriano

2

0

0

6

x-Dallas Beeler

2

0

0

6

James Russell

1

1

0

5

x-Junior Lake

1

0

2

5

Matt Szczur

0

1

3

5

x-Mike Olt

1

0

1

4

Dan Haren

1

0

0

3

x-Donn Roach

1

0

0

3

x-Gonzalez Germen

1

0

0

3

x-Phil Coke

0

1

1

3

Clayton Richard

0

1

0

2

x-Arismendy Alcantara

0

0

1

1

x-Neil Ramirez

0

0

1

1

Overall

Hero

Goat

+/-

Anthony Rizzo

85.5

40

45.5

Jake Arrieta

38

16

22

Kyle Schwarber

21

8

13

Kris Bryant

54

43

11

Jon Lester

25

18

7

Jason Hammel

25

18

7

Hector Rondon

22.5

16

6.5

Matt Szczur

10

5

5

x-Taylor Teagarden

5

0

5

Jonathan Herrera

15

11

4

x-Miguel Montero

30.5

27

3.5

Travis Wood

16.5

13

3.5

Dexter Fowler

45

42.5

2.5

James Russell

7.5

5

2.5

Clayton Richard

4

2

2

x-Junior Lake

6

5

1

x-Arismendy Alcantara

2

1

1

x-Yoervis Medina

1

0

1

x-Phil Coke

3.5

3

0.5

x-Neil Ramirez

1

1

0

Jason Motte

10.5

11

-0.5

Chris Coghlan

32

34

-2

Kyle Hendricks

19

21

-2

x-Zac Rosscup

9

12

-3

Dan Haren

0

3

-3

x-Donn Roach

0

3

-3

x-Gonzalez Germen

0

3

-3

x-Mike Olt

0

4

-4

Chris Denorfia

8.5

13

-4.5

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

x-Mike Baxter

1.5

8

-6.5

x-Tsuyoshi Wada

5

12

-7

Addison Russell

34.5

43

-8.5

Justin Grimm

7.5

17

-9.5

Pedro Strop

13.5

25

-11.5

David Ross

2

14.5

-12.5

Jorge Soler

32

47

-15

Starlin Castro

33

54

-21

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