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Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 83

Two bad innings to start the game sent John Lackey to the top of the Goat list in Tuesday's 9-5 loss.

"There's something that I'm supposed to be doing here..."
"There's something that I'm supposed to be doing here..."
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Venting frustrations after a short day at the office:

Graphs for Game 83 (courtesy of Fangraphs):

Game 83 Chart 2016

Stats for Game 83:

Pitcher

IP

H

HR

ER

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

J Peralta

1

1

0

0

0

1

0.37

.026

P Strop

1

1

1

2

2

1

0.17

-.053

T Wood

1

2

0

1

0

0

0.93

-.093

J Lackey

6

6

1

5

5

4

0.79

-.304

Total

9

10

2

8

7

6

0.69

-.423

Batter

AB

R

H

HR

RBI

BB

SO

pLI

WPA

A Russell

4

2

2

2

3

0

1

1.11

.229

J Candelario

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2.63

.097

A Rizzo

4

1

1

0

0

1

1

0.79

.048

D Ross

2

0

1

0

0

1

0

1.12

.048

J Heyward

2

0

0

0

0

2

0

0.86

.007

J Baez

3

1

1

1

1

1

1

1.43

-.036

M Szczur

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.65

-.041

J Lackey

2

0

0

0

0

0

1

1.21

-.061

K Bryant

5

1

1

1

1

0

2

1.11

-.063

W Contreras

5

0

1

0

0

0

1

1.1

-.063

M Montero

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

2.87

-.072

B Zobrist

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.45

-.170

Total

34

5

7

4

5

5

7

1.22

-.077

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 - Addison Russell (.229). He's on a bit of a podium tear at the moment; in the last 15 games he's had five podium appearances, four of which have been Heroes and three of which have been Superheroes.
  • Hero - Jeimer Candelario (.097). For the second time in three games a podium spot is earned the painful way.
  • Sidekick (tie) - Anthony Rizzo and David Ross (.048). Rizzo earns a share with some late table-setting to lead off the seventh; Ross gets the other half with some unexpected speed on a bunt single. Yet another phrase you probably thought you'd never hear in Heroes and Goats history.

THE THREE GOATS:

  • Billy Goat - John Lackey (-.304). A friendly reminder: It's important to cover the plate on a passed ball.
  • Goat - Ben Zobrist (-.170). A rough 0-for-5 day including a couple of chances with runners on.
  • Kid - Travis Wood (-.093). The bloop double to start the seventh was unfortunate, but there was nothing bloop about the second double that he gave up.

RANKINGS THROUGH GAME 83: Russell continues his climb toward single-digit negatives while Lackey falls out of the starting rotation pack at the top of the chart.

Heroes

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Anthony Rizzo

8

10.5

8

53

Addison Russell

7

8

4

41

Kris Bryant

4.5

6.5

8

34.5

Jon Lester

9

3

1

34

Ben Zobrist

7

2

6.5

31.5

Jake Arrieta

9

1

0

29

Jason Heyward

2

7

2

22

Kyle Hendricks

5

2

2

21

Miguel Montero

3.5

4

2.5

21

Dexter Fowler

1

3

11

20

Travis Wood

4

3

1

19

Jason Hammel

4

1

5

19

John Lackey

5

1

0

17

Jorge Soler

2

3

5

17

David Ross

2

3

1.5

13.5

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

Willson Contreras

2

0

1

7

Trevor Cahill

0

3

0.5

6.5

Adam Warren

0

2.5

1.5

6.5

Justin Grimm

0

1.5

3.5

6.5

Matt Szczur

0

2

1

5

Chris Coghlan

0

1

1

3

Clayton Richard

0

1

1

3

Jeimer Candelario

0

1

0

2

Joel Peralta

0

1

0

2

Ryan Kalish

0

1

0

2

Tim Federowicz

0

1

0

2

Spencer Patton

0

0

1.5

1.5

Carl Edwards Jr.

0

0

1

1

Gerardo Concepcion

0

0

1

1

Neil Ramirez

0

0

1

1

Goats

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

Addison Russell

9

9

6

51

Jason Heyward

8

9

1

43

Kris Bryant

6.5

8.5

6

42.5

Dexter Fowler

8

6

5

41

Anthony Rizzo

5

9

2.5

35.5

Ben Zobrist

3.5

7.5

9

34.5

Javier Baez

4

3

9

27

Jorge Soler

4

3

9

27

Pedro Strop

3

3

1

16

Adam Warren

4

1

0

14

Miguel Montero

1

4

3

14

John Lackey

4

0

0

12

Travis Wood

3

0

2

11

Kyle Hendricks

2

2

1

11

Albert Almora Jr.

1

2

4

11

David Ross

1

2

3.5

10.5

Justin Grimm

2

1

2

10

Tommy La Stella

2

0

4

10

Jason Hammel

1

2

2

9

Hector Rondon

2

1

0

8

Matt Szczur

0

3

2

8

Jake Arrieta

2

0

1

7

Jon Lester

2

0

1

7

Chris Coghlan

1

1

1

6

Trevor Cahill

1

1

1

6

Clayton Richard

1

0

3

6

Willson Contreras

0

2

1

5

Tim Federowicz

1

0

1

4

Joel Peralta

1

0

0

3

Gerardo Concepcion

0

1

0

2

Jeimer Candelario

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

34

7

27

Jake Arrieta

29

7

22

Anthony Rizzo

53

35.5

17.5

Kyle Hendricks

21

11

10

Jason Hammel

19

9

10

Travis Wood

19

11

8

Miguel Montero

21

14

7

John Lackey

17

12

5

Hector Rondon

13

8

5

David Ross

13.5

10.5

3

Tommy La Stella

12.5

10

2.5

Willson Contreras

7

5

2

Ryan Kalish

2

0

2

Carl Edwards Jr.

1

0

1

Trevor Cahill

6.5

6

0.5

Jeimer Candelario

2

2

0

Neil Ramirez

1

1

0

Spencer Patton

1.5

2

-0.5

Joel Peralta

2

3

-1

Gerardo Concepcion

1

2

-1

Kyle Schwarber

0

1

-1

Tim Federowicz

2

4

-2

Ben Zobrist

31.5

34.5

-3

Albert Almora Jr.

8

11

-3

Matt Szczur

5

8

-3

Chris Coghlan

3

6

-3

Clayton Richard

3

6

-3

Justin Grimm

6.5

10

-3.5

Pedro Strop

9

16

-7

Adam Warren

6.5

14

-7.5

Kris Bryant

34.5

42.5

-8

Addison Russell

41

51

-10

Jorge Soler

17

27

-10

Javier Baez

13

27

-14

Dexter Fowler

20

41

-21

Jason Heyward

22

43

-21