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Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 75

KRIS BRYANT SMASH.

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So, just in case you missed it, and also in case you didn't read the recap...

And here's another one:

...Aaaaaand one more for good measure.

Graphs for Game 75 (courtesy of Fangraphs):

Game 75 Chart 2016

Stats for Game 75:

Pitcher

IP

H

HR

ER

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

T Wood

0.2

1

0

1

0

0

1.76

.046

P Strop

1.2

0

0

0

0

0

1.17

.041

J Peralta

0.2

1

1

1

0

1

0.37

.013

H Rondon

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0.18

.004

T Cahill

0.2

2

0

1

1

1

1.69

-.098

J Arrieta

5

4

1

5

5

4

1.18

-.194

Total

9

8

2

8

6

6

1.21

-.187

Batter

AB

R

H

HR

RBI

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

K Bryant

5

4

5

3

6

0

0

0.89

.670

A Rizzo

3

1

2

1

1

2

0

0.56

.133

J Heyward

5

2

2

0

1

0

0

0.92

.103

J Arrieta

3

2

2

1

1

0

1

0.75

.071

W Contreras

4

0

2

0

0

1

2

0.81

.047

J Baez

1

0

1

0

1

0

0

0.23

.010

A Almora

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

0.13

.005

M Szczur

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.11

-.005

T Wood

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0.3

-.008

C Coghlan

4

1

1

0

0

0

3

0.59

-.010

A Russell

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.69

-.075

B Zobrist

6

0

1

0

0

0

0

0.79

-.107

M Montero

3

0

0

0

1

0

0

1.35

-.148

Total

42

11

17

5

11

3

7

0.76

.680

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 (.670). Another fun fact: Bryant is the first Cub hitter this season to post a WPA above .600.  There were seven games last season in which someone broke the .600 mark as a hitter.
  • Hero - Anthony Rizzo (.133). Meanwhile, Rizzo was busy having a nice night of his own: 2-for-3, two walks, and a bomb to right.
  • Sidekick - Jason Heyward (.103). Two days in a row on the Hero podium for Heyward? What's going on here?!

THE THREE GOATS:

  • Billy Goat - Jake Arrieta (-.194). Only one member of the starting rotation remains that has not yet seen the top of the Goat podium this season. Two BCB points if you can name him without looking in the charts.
  • Goat - Miguel Montero (-.148). Couldn't find his way on to the hit board as the Cubs pounded out 17 of them.
  • Kid - Ben Zobrist (-.107). He did have a double on the night, but it counted about just as much as Addison Russell -- who was also hitless on the night -- reaching base thanks to an error by Jose Peraza.

RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 75: Bryant takes a major step back toward single-digit negatives while a new leader emerges at the top of the pack.

Heroes

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Anthony Rizzo

6

9.5

6.5

43.5

Addison Russell

6

7

4

36

Jon Lester

8

3

1

31

Kris Bryant

3.5

6.5

7

30.5

Jake Arrieta

9

1

0

29

Ben Zobrist

6

2

6.5

28.5

Miguel Montero

3.5

4

1.5

20

Dexter Fowler

1

3

11

20

Jason Hammel

4

1

5

19

Kyle Hendricks

4

2

1

17

Travis Wood

4

2

1

17

Jorge Soler

2

3

5

17

Jason Heyward

1

6

2

17

John Lackey

5

0

0

15

David Ross

2

3

1

13

Hector Rondon

2

2

3

13

Javier Baez

2

2

3

13

Tommy La Stella

1

3

3.5

12.5

Pedro Strop

1

2

2

9

Albert Almora Jr.

2

1

0

8

Adam Warren

0

2.5

1.5

6.5

Justin Grimm

0

1.5

3.5

6.5

Willson Contreras

2

0

0

6

Trevor Cahill

0

3

0

6

Chris Coghlan

0

1

1

3

Clayton Richard

0

1

1

3

Matt Szczur

0

1

1

3

Ryan Kalish

0

1

0

2

Tim Federowicz

0

1

0

2

Gerardo Concepcion

0

0

1

1

Neil Ramirez

0

0

1

1

Spencer Patton

0

0

1

1

Goats

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Addison Russell

9

9

5

50

Jason Heyward

8

9

1

43

Kris Bryant

6.5

8.5

5

41.5

Dexter Fowler

8

6

5

41

Ben Zobrist

3.5

6.5

8

31.5

Anthony Rizzo

4

8

2.5

30.5

Jorge Soler

4

3

9

27

Javier Baez

4

3

7

25

Adam Warren

4

1

0

14

Pedro Strop

3

2

1

14

Miguel Montero

1

4

2

13

Kyle Hendricks

2

2

1

11

David Ross

1

2

3.5

10.5

Travis Wood

3

0

1

10

Tommy La Stella

2

0

4

10

John Lackey

3

0

0

9

Albert Almora Jr.

1

1

3

8

Justin Grimm

1

1

2

7

Trevor Cahill

1

1

1

6

Clayton Richard

1

0

3

6

Jason Hammel

0

2

2

6

Matt Szczur

0

2

2

6

Hector Rondon

1

1

0

5

Chris Coghlan

1

0

1

4

Jake Arrieta

1

0

1

4

Jon Lester

1

0

1

4

Tim Federowicz

1

0

1

4

Willson Contreras

0

1

1

3

Gerardo Concepcion

0

1

0

2

Spencer Patton

0

1

0

2

Kyle Schwarber

0

0

1

1

Neil Ramirez

0

0

1

1

Overall

Hero

Goat

+/-

Jon Lester

31

4

27

Jake Arrieta

29

4

25

Anthony Rizzo

43.5

30.5

13

Jason Hammel

19

6

13

Hector Rondon

13

5

8

Miguel Montero

20

13

7

Travis Wood

17

10

7

Kyle Hendricks

17

11

6

John Lackey

15

9

6

Willson Contreras

6

3

3

David Ross

13

10.5

2.5

Tommy La Stella

12.5

10

2.5

Ryan Kalish

2

0

2

Albert Almora Jr.

8

8

0

Trevor Cahill

6

6

0

Neil Ramirez

1

1

0

Justin Grimm

6.5

7

-0.5

Chris Coghlan

3

4

-1

Gerardo Concepcion

1

2

-1

Spencer Patton

1

2

-1

Kyle Schwarber

0

1

-1

Tim Federowicz

2

4

-2

Ben Zobrist

28.5

31.5

-3

Clayton Richard

3

6

-3

Matt Szczur

3

6

-3

Pedro Strop

9

14

-5

Adam Warren

6.5

14

-7.5

Jorge Soler

17

27

-10

Kris Bryant

30.5

41.5

-11

Javier Baez

13

25

-12

Addison Russell

36

50

-14

Dexter Fowler

20

41

-21

Jason Heyward

17

43

-26