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Heroes and Zeroes is a series where I take each players contribution to the final result (based on weighted plate appearances) of the ballgame. Each participant in the matchup is ranked from best to worst. The top three are "Heroes," the bottom three are "Zeroes." I used the win expectancy chart from www.fangraphs.com to rank these players.
Heroes
Jacob deGrom (NYM) .205
DeGrom was unsolvable (except for Dee Gordon) from the mound tonight. He pitched seven innings, allowing six singles and zero walks, with eight strikeouts (+24.6%). His performance at the plate left a little to be desired (-10.3%).
Dee Gordon (MIA) .118
Gordon had a pretty good night. He led off the game singling to third (+3.8%), but got thrown out trying to steal second on a Christian Yelich strikeout moments later (-3.8%). He singled to short with two outs and a man on second in the third (+2.0%), singled to left with one out in the sixth (+3.5%), doubled to left to score Jeff Baker with nobody out in the sixth to make the score 5-1 Mets, and added two more RBI with two out in the bottom of the ninth, knocking in Marcell Ozuna and Adeiny Hechavarria on a single to right to bring the Marlins deficit down to one run. It was his second career five hit game.
Juan Lagares (NYM) .116
Lagares hit an RBI single to center field with one out in the second for a 1-0 Mets lead (+10.4%). In the fourth inning, he singled to left, moving Eric Campbell over to second with one out (+2.1%). With a three run lead in the sixth, with one out and one on, he flew out to the catcher (-0.7%), later grounding out with a man on second to end the Mets' eighth (-0.1%).
Almost Heroes
Eric Campbell (NYM) .091
Travis d'Arnaud (NYM) .090
Alex Torres (NYM) .068
Wilmer Flores (NYM) .067
Adeiny Hechavarria (MIA) .056
Marcell Ozuna (MIA) .031
Buddy Carlyle (NYM) .022
Minimal Impact
Jeff Baker (MIA) .010
Lucas Duda (NYM) .009
Brad Hand (MIA) .002
Kirk Niewenhuis (NYM) .000
Mitch Cuddyer (NYM) -.005
Michael Morse (MIA) -.016
Sean Gilmartin (NYM) -.019
Almost Zeroes
Reid Brignac (MIA) -.027
Ichiro Suzuki (MIA) -.029
Daniel Murphy (NYM) -.036
Jarrod Saltalamacchia (MIA) -.048
Curtis Granderson (NYM) -.050
Carlos Torres (NYM) -.058
JT Realmuto (MIA) -.061
Mat Latos (MIA) -.094
Martin Prado (MIA) -.101
Zeroes
Jose Urena (MIA) -.106
Urena earned the loss for the Marlins after Mat Latos' best start of the season. Urena came on for Latos in the sixth, pitching two innings. He didn't register any walks or strikeouts, but did allow three earned runs on three hits (-11.7%), including Wilmer Flores' two-run blast in the sixth.
Giancarlo Stanton (MIA) -.110
Stanton struck out swinging to close the first inning (-0.9%) and flew out to right field to open the fourth (-2.4%). His biggest negative impact came in the sixth, with another swinging strikeout for the second out of the inning, with runners on first and second (-6.3%). He added a third swinging strikeout with nobody out and a runner on second in the eighth (-1.4%).
Christian Yelich (MIA) -.124
Yelich earned the Golden Sombrero for his performance on the night. He struck out with a runner on first in the first (-3.4%), struck out swinging with runners on the corners to end the third (-5.7%), struck out swinging with a runner on second and nobody out in the eighth (-2.1%), and struck out a fourth time to end the game with Dee Gordon standing on first base (-6.8%), with the score 5-4 Mets. He did single to center field with one out and one on in the sixth inning (+5.6%).
Last 10 Games
| Giancarlo Stanton | 0.590 |
| Dee Gordon | 0.511 |
| Dan Haren | 0.260 |
| Bryan Morris | 0.118 |
| Ichiro Suzuki | 0.070 |
| Adieny Hechavarria | 0.022 |
| Carter Capps | 0.009 |
| Don Kelly | -0.017 |
| Christian Yelich | -0.024 |
| Reid Brignac | -0.038 |
| David Phelps | -0.052 |
| Marcell Ozuna | -0.054 |
| Martin Prado | -0.063 |
| Jeff Mathis | -0.085 |
| Tom Koehler | -0.094 |
| Jose Urena | -0.106 |
| Sam Dyson | -0.107 |
| Jeff Baker | -0.132 |
| Donovan Solano | -0.136 |
| AJ Ramos | -0.141 |
| JT Realmuto | -0.148 |
| Steve Cishek | -0.209 |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia | -0.224 |
| Mike Dunn | -0.271 |
| Henderson Alvarez | -0.277 |
| Mat Latos | -0.310 |
| Brad Hand | -0.342 |
| Jarred Cosart | -0.367 |
| Mike Morse | -0.408 |
* - note that Carter Capps is seventh on this list. That's the kind of season we're having.
Ichthyomancy
Attendance: 41,844
gustavopim won the attendance for guessing 39,289. He also earned a point for saying the Marlins would get more than seven hits.
dcfish won two points point for calling 15 or more LOB (there were 27) and deGrom as a Hero.
Bdwatson earned a point by calling deGrom a Hero and a second for calling deGrom for zero ER's.
Ichthyomancy Standings
| gustavopim | 25 |
| dcfish | 22 |
| Bdwatson | 22 |
| Jigokusabre | 19 |
| Kevin Kraczkowski | 18 |
| Miami Skye | 16 |
| Marlon D | 8 |
| Thomas Bennett | 7 |
| thenumber95 | 7 |
| Gatorfan4life | 6 |
| Jeremy Hulme | 5 |
| zag | 3 |
| Alex Carver | 3 |
| Delusional Marlins Fan | 2 |
| rsanchez1 | 2 |
| SuperRadz | 1 |
| ncchief | 1 |
| d.o.g.o.b.y.g.n. | 1 |
| sternma | 1 |
| Al-Kendall | 1 |
Tomorrow's game starts at 1:10PM, so hurry up and get your picks in.