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Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 132

A lot of bad luck, followed by a bad pitch, land Hector Rondon at the top of the Goat podium on Wednesday.

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I don't know about you, but I could really go for a game that doesn't have massive swings in the chart in the late innings.

Graphs for Game 132 (courtesy of Fangraphs):

Game 132 Chart 2015

Stats for Game 132:

Pitcher

IP

H

HR

ER

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

T Cahill

1.2

0

0

0

1

0

1.11

.020

P Strop

0.2

2

0

0

0

1

0.71

.012

T Wood

0.1

0

0

0

0

1

0.4

.010

C Richard

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0.26

.006

J Hammel

5

7

1

4

0

4

0.93

-.257

H Rondon

1

3

1

0

0

0

1.68

-.467

Total

9

12

2

4

1

6

1.02

-.676

Batter

AB

R

H

HR

RBI

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

K Bryant

4

1

1

1

2

0

1

1.26

.280

A Rizzo

4

1

2

1

1

0

2

0.75

.141

A Jackson

4

0

2

0

0

0

0

1.16

.108

C Denorfia

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1.09

.046

T La Stella

3

1

1

1

1

0

0

1.34

.030

C Coghlan

3

0

0

0

0

1

3

1.34

-.035

J Hammel

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.53

-.041

S Castro

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.9

-.050

J Baez

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

2.46

-.052

D Fowler

4

1

0

0

0

1

2

1.22

-.079

M Montero

3

0

0

0

0

1

2

1.09

-.083

A Russell

3

0

0

0

0

1

3

1.54

-.090

Total

31

4

6

3

4

5

13

1.27

.176

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 - Kris Bryant (.280). This could be another sighting of the rare Superhero Marmol. In hindsight, though, even if you took the WPA from that play (.048) and assigned it to Bryant, he'd still land on top of the Hero podium.
  • Hero - Anthony Rizzo (.141). Connected in a major way on his homer just to the left of the batter's eye.
  • Sidekick - Austin Jackson (.108). Gained about one-third of his points via the passed ball and the wild pitch, but still had a nice 2-for-4 day nonetheless.

THE THREE GOATS:

  • Billy Goat - Hector Rondon (-.467). If there's a silver lining, it might be this: He had gone 41 straight outings without giving up a homer.
  • Goat - Jason Hammel (-.257). You just can't give up a triple to Raisel Iglesias. Well, I guess you can, but you really shouldn't.
  • Kid - Addison Russell (-.090). A pretty rough day with three swinging strikeouts, but he did have a walk to make it a bit better.
RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 132 ("x" indicates player not on active roster):
Bryant continues his march toward second place, while Rizzo now stands one-half of a point short of the 100 mark on the Hero side.

Heroes

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Anthony Rizzo

15

23.5

7.5

99.5

Kris Bryant

16

13

7

81

Dexter Fowler

10

6

13

55

Jake Arrieta

14.5

4

0.5

52

Miguel Montero

9.5

5.5

4

43.5

x-Jorge Soler

6

11

3

43

Addison Russell

7

5.5

7.5

39.5

Chris Coghlan

8

3

8

38

Starlin Castro

4

7

11

37

Kyle Schwarber

8

2

5

33

Jon Lester

7

4

2

31

Jason Hammel

7

4

0

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

Matt Szczur

2

2

2.5

12.5

Chris Denorfia

1

2

5.5

12.5

x-Jason Motte

0

2.5

5.5

10.5

Justin Grimm

0

2

6.5

10.5

Zac Rosscup

2

0

3.5

9.5

x-James Russell

0

3

1.5

7.5

x-Junior Lake

1

1

1

6

Clayton Richard

1

0

3

6

Tsuyoshi Wada

1

1

0

5

x-Taylor Teagarden

1

1

0

5

Tommy La Stella

1

1

0

5

x-Brian Schlitter

0

2

1

5

x-Phil Coke

1

0

0.5

3.5

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

David Ross

0

0

2

2

x-Mike Baxter

0

0

1.5

1.5

Austin Jackson

0

0

1

1

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

10

14

64

Addison Russell

3

17

10

53

Dexter Fowler

9

8.5

8.5

52.5

x-Jorge Soler

6

12

10

52

Kris Bryant

7

9

8

47

Anthony Rizzo

7

9

8

47

Chris Coghlan

3

9

15

42

Kyle Hendricks

9

3

1

34

Miguel Montero

3

8

8

33

Pedro Strop

8

2

0

28

Jason Hammel

5

5

0

25

Kyle Schwarber

3

6

4

25

Jon Lester

7

1

1

24

Hector Rondon

6

2

0

22

Chris Denorfia

3

3

7

22

David Ross

2

4.5

5.5

20.5

Justin Grimm

3

4

3

20

Jake Arrieta

5

0

1

16

Travis Wood

3

2

3

16

Jonathan Herrera

1

2

6

13

Tsuyoshi Wada

4

0

0

12

Zac Rosscup

3

1

1

12

x-Jason Motte

1

4

0

11

x-Brian Schlitter

3

0

1

10

Dan Haren

2

1

1

9

x-Edwin Jackson

2

1

0

8

x-Mike Baxter

2

1

0

8

Clayton Richard

1

2

1

8

x-Welington Castillo

1

1

2

7

x-Rafael Soriano

2

0

0

6

x-Dallas Beeler

2

0

0

6

Matt Szczur

0

1

4

6

x-James Russell

1

1

0

5

x-Junior Lake

1

0

2

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

Fernando Rodney

0

1

0

2

Tommy La Stella

0

0

2

2

x-Arismendy Alcantara

0

0

1

1

x-Neil Ramirez

0

0

1

1

Overall

Hero

Goat

+/-

Anthony Rizzo

99.5

47

52.5

Jake Arrieta

52

16

36

Kris Bryant

81

47

34

Miguel Montero

43.5

33

10.5

Kyle Schwarber

33

25

8

Jon Lester

31

24

7

Matt Szczur

12.5

6

6.5

Travis Wood

21.5

16

5.5

x-Taylor Teagarden

5

0

5

Hector Rondon

26.5

22

4.5

Jason Hammel

29

25

4

Tommy La Stella

5

2

3

Dexter Fowler

55

52.5

2.5

x-James Russell

7.5

5

2.5

Jonathan Herrera

15

13

2

x-Junior Lake

6

5

1

x-Arismendy Alcantara

2

1

1

Austin Jackson

1

0

1

x-Yoervis Medina

1

0

1

x-Phil Coke

3.5

3

0.5

x-Neil Ramirez

1

1

0

x-Jason Motte

10.5

11

-0.5

Clayton Richard

6

8

-2

Fernando Rodney

0

2

-2

Zac Rosscup

9.5

12

-2.5

Tommy Hunter

1

4

-3

x-Donn Roach

0

3

-3

x-Gonzalez Germen

0

3

-3

Chris Coghlan

38

42

-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

x-Mike Baxter

1.5

8

-6.5

Tsuyoshi Wada

5

12

-7

Dan Haren

2

9

-7

x-Jorge Soler

43

52

-9

Chris Denorfia

12.5

22

-9.5

Justin Grimm

10.5

20

-9.5

Addison Russell

39.5

53

-13.5

Pedro Strop

13.5

28

-14.5

Kyle Hendricks

19

34

-15

David Ross

2

20.5

-18.5

Starlin Castro

37

64

-27