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Somebody's going to feel a little cheated on the podiums today. Maybe more than a little.
Graphs for Game 134 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 134:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
J Arrieta |
8 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0.92 |
.454 |
H Rondon |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.42 |
.063 |
Total |
9 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0.98 |
.517 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
S Castro |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.1 |
.105 |
D Fowler |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.71 |
.068 |
D Ross |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1.31 |
.059 |
A Jackson |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0.53 |
.031 |
J Baez |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.82 |
.031 |
A Rizzo |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.56 |
.013 |
K Bryant |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.77 |
-.096 |
A Russell |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.3 |
-.102 |
J Arrieta |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1.31 |
-.126 |
Total |
27 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
11 |
0.89 |
-.017 |
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 - Jake Arrieta (.454). No doubt about this one; he's been on the top step in six of his last seven podium appearances and 11 of his last 14.
- Hero - Starlin Castro (.105). Continues to slowly make his way away from the minus-30 zone with a 2-for-3 day.
- Sidekick - Dexter Fowler (.068). Another easy podium choice given that his homer was one of the only two runs of the game.
THE THREE GOATS: And for the third straight start from Arrieta, there's a bump on the Goat podium -- this time a three-way bump -- as his -.126 hitting is moved out. His hitting number for the season now stands at minus-23, nine points lower than Jon Lester at minus-14.
- Billy Goat - Addison Russell (-.102). A couple of big missed opportunities with runners in scoring position.
- Goat - Kris Bryant (-.096). On first glance a part of this podium position would belong to Austin Jackson for getting doubled off of first on a flyout to right, but in the end it didn't matter because...
- Kid - Anthony Rizzo (+.013). ...yes, it's a major anti-Goat! It's the third one of the season and the largest by a significant margin as anti-Goats go, beating the previous record by eight points. (There's that number eight again.)
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Anthony Rizzo |
15 |
23.5 |
7.5 |
99.5 |
Kris Bryant |
16 |
13 |
8 |
82 |
Dexter Fowler |
10 |
6 |
14 |
56 |
Jake Arrieta |
15.5 |
4 |
0.5 |
55 |
Miguel Montero |
9.5 |
5.5 |
4 |
43.5 |
x-Jorge Soler |
6 |
11 |
3 |
43 |
Addison Russell |
8 |
5.5 |
7.5 |
42.5 |
Starlin Castro |
4 |
8 |
11 |
39 |
Chris Coghlan |
8 |
3 |
8 |
38 |
Kyle Schwarber |
8 |
2 |
5 |
33 |
Jon Lester |
7 |
5 |
2 |
33 |
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 |
Tommy La Stella |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
Tsuyoshi Wada |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
x-Taylor Teagarden |
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-Arismendy Alcantara |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
x-Welington Castillo |
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 |
4 |
17 |
10 |
56 |
Dexter Fowler |
9 |
8.5 |
8.5 |
52.5 |
x-Jorge Soler |
6 |
12 |
10 |
52 |
Kris Bryant |
7 |
10 |
8 |
49 |
Anthony Rizzo |
7 |
9 |
9 |
48 |
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 |
2.5 |
6.5 |
14.5 |
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 |
Tommy Hunter |
1 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
5.5 |
x-James Russell |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
x-Junior Lake |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
x-Mike Olt |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Austin Jackson |
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 |
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 |
48 |
51.5 |
Jake Arrieta |
55 |
16 |
39 |
Kris Bryant |
82 |
49 |
33 |
Miguel Montero |
43.5 |
33 |
10.5 |
Jon Lester |
33 |
24 |
9 |
Kyle Schwarber |
33 |
25 |
8 |
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 |
Dexter Fowler |
56 |
52.5 |
3.5 |
Tommy La Stella |
5 |
2 |
3 |
x-James Russell |
7.5 |
5 |
2.5 |
x-Junior Lake |
6 |
5 |
1 |
x-Arismendy Alcantara |
2 |
1 |
1 |
x-Yoervis Medina |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Jonathan Herrera |
15 |
14.5 |
0.5 |
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 |
Austin Jackson |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
Fernando Rodney |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
Zac Rosscup |
9.5 |
12 |
-2.5 |
x-Donn Roach |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
x-Gonzalez Germen |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
Chris Coghlan |
38 |
42 |
-4 |
x-Mike Olt |
0 |
4 |
-4 |
Tommy Hunter |
1 |
5.5 |
-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 |
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 |
42.5 |
56 |
-13.5 |
Pedro Strop |
13.5 |
28 |
-14.5 |
Kyle Hendricks |
19 |
34 |
-15 |
David Ross |
2 |
20.5 |
-18.5 |
Starlin Castro |
39 |
64 |
-25 |