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Ah, such sweet swings.
We like to homer. We like, we like to homer.
— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) May 13, 2016
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Graphs for Game 34 (courtesy of Fangraphs):
Stats for Game 34:
Pitcher |
IP |
H |
HR |
ER |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
J Hammel |
6.2 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
0.69 |
.253 |
T Cahill |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0.16 |
.014 |
A Warren |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.1 |
.003 |
C Richard |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.12 |
-.008 |
Total |
9 |
11 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
0.51 |
.262 |
Batter |
AB |
R |
H |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
pLI |
WPA |
A Russell |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0.92 |
.169 |
J Soler |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.66 |
.084 |
J Heyward |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0.34 |
.064 |
D Ross |
4 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0.29 |
.041 |
B Zobrist |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.54 |
.022 |
K Bryant |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0.76 |
.000 |
J Baez |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
J Hammel |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.68 |
-.034 |
A Rizzo |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.46 |
-.040 |
D Fowler |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0.49 |
-.069 |
Total |
34 |
9 |
11 |
3 |
9 |
4 |
9 |
0.54 |
.238 |
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 - Jason Hammel (.253). The first four innings were what set him ahead of the hitters in this game; the WPA gods like seeing a starter keep a game scoreless when the offense also hasn't put any runs up yet.
- Hero - Addison Russell (.169). He's the Jekyll and Hyde of the plus / minus chart right now. Nobody has more podium points than he does; he's currently sitting on 44. And his net score? Of course, zero.
- Sidekick - Jorge Soler (.084). Is this the beginning of the comeback? Stay tuned!
THE THREE GOATS: The Goats get another bump as Hammel's -.034 hitting is moved out. That's the 16th bump of the season and the 12th from the Goats. It's also the fourth as a result of Hammel.
- Billy Goat - Dexter Fowler (-.069). Wasn't able to muster up a hit until the score was well one-sided.
- Goat - Anthony Rizzo (-.040). Pretty much the same story except that he only had two hitless plate appearances while the game was close as opposed to Fowler's three.
- Kid - Clayton Richard (-.008). Once again faces one batter and ends up on the final step for it. At least he threw four pitches this time compared to his one-pitch performance on May 10.
RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 34: Hammel and Rizzo switch places on the chart, with Hammel moving up to third and Rizzo sliding back to fourth.
Heroes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Anthony Rizzo |
4 |
4.5 |
3.5 |
24.5 |
Addison Russell |
3 |
6 |
1 |
22 |
Ben Zobrist |
4 |
1 |
3 |
17 |
Jon Lester |
4 |
2 |
0 |
16 |
Jake Arrieta |
5 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
Jason Hammel |
4 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
Dexter Fowler |
1 |
2 |
6 |
13 |
Kris Bryant |
0.5 |
3.5 |
4 |
12.5 |
Jorge Soler |
1 |
1 |
4 |
9 |
Kyle Hendricks |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
Miguel Montero |
1.5 |
1 |
0.5 |
7 |
Hector Rondon |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
Adam Warren |
0 |
2.5 |
1.5 |
6.5 |
John Lackey |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Jason Heyward |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
Tommy La Stella |
0 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
Javier Baez |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
2.5 |
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Pedro Strop |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Ryan Kalish |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Tim Federowicz |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
David Ross |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Goats |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
Jason Heyward |
4 |
7 |
1 |
27 |
Addison Russell |
5 |
2 |
3 |
22 |
Kris Bryant |
2.5 |
5.5 |
1 |
19.5 |
Jorge Soler |
3 |
2 |
5 |
18 |
Dexter Fowler |
4 |
1 |
3 |
17 |
Anthony Rizzo |
2.5 |
2.5 |
2 |
14.5 |
Ben Zobrist |
1 |
3 |
3 |
12 |
Tommy La Stella |
2 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
David Ross |
1 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
Pedro Strop |
1 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
John Lackey |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Trevor Cahill |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
Miguel Montero |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
Kyle Hendricks |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Travis Wood |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Adam Warren |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Hector Rondon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Tim Federowicz |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Javier Baez |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Justin Grimm |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Matt Szczur |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Spencer Patton |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Clayton Richard |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Jason Hammel |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Jon Lester |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Kyle Schwarber |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Neil Ramirez |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Overall |
Hero |
Goat |
+/- |
Jon Lester |
16 |
1 |
15 |
Jake Arrieta |
15 |
0 |
15 |
Jason Hammel |
13 |
1 |
12 |
Anthony Rizzo |
24.5 |
14.5 |
10 |
Ben Zobrist |
17 |
12 |
5 |
Hector Rondon |
7 |
3 |
4 |
Adam Warren |
6.5 |
3 |
3.5 |
Kyle Hendricks |
7 |
4 |
3 |
Miguel Montero |
7 |
5 |
2 |
Ryan Kalish |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Javier Baez |
4 |
3 |
1 |
Addison Russell |
22 |
22 |
0 |
John Lackey |
6 |
6 |
0 |
Neil Ramirez |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Justin Grimm |
2.5 |
3 |
-0.5 |
Matt Szczur |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
Tim Federowicz |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
Kyle Schwarber |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
Clayton Richard |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
Spencer Patton |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
Tommy La Stella |
6 |
9 |
-3 |
Dexter Fowler |
13 |
17 |
-4 |
Travis Wood |
0 |
4 |
-4 |
Pedro Strop |
2 |
7 |
-5 |
Trevor Cahill |
0 |
5 |
-5 |
Kris Bryant |
12.5 |
19.5 |
-7 |
David Ross |
1 |
8 |
-7 |
Jorge Soler |
9 |
18 |
-9 |
Jason Heyward |
6 |
27 |
-21 |