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Heroes and Zeroes is a series of articles which focus on the players who had the most impact at the plate and on the mound. I used the Wins Probability Added (WPA) chart at www.fangraphs.com to help sort out the details.
Heroes
Ryan Howard (PHI) .292
Howard, batting cleanup for the Phillies, struck out swinging with a runner on second to close the first inning (-3.2%). He struck out swinging again for the second out of the fourth (-1.9%), then hit a game-tying RBI triple with nobody out in the sixth (+26.5%). He singled with one out and runners on first and second in the seventh, scoring Chase Utley for a 5-2 Phillies lead (7.8%).
Ben Revere (PHI) .210
Revere, leading off for Philadelphia, hit an infield single in the first (+3.6%), then grounded out to first for the second out of the third (-1.8%). He hit a two-out RBI single to left to tie the score at one in the fifth inning (+15.0%), then singled for a second time with one out in the seventh (+2.5%), scoring on Darin Ruf's single later in the inning. He grounded into a 1-3 putout with a man on second for the second out of the eighth (-0.4%).
Jhonatan Solano (MIA) .160
Solano, batting eighth for the Marlins, flew out to center in his first plate appearance of the season for the first out of the third (-1.9%). In the fifth inning, he scored his brother on a no-out double to left (+16.6%). He drew a two-out walk in the seventh (+1.3%).
Almost Heroes
Darren Ruf (PHI) .087
AJ Ramos (MIA) .087
Justin De Fratus (PHI) .085
Luis Garcia (PHI) .048
Ichiro Suzuki (MIA) .037
Odubel Herrera (PHI) .029
Ken Giles (PHI) .024
Minimal Impact
Donovan Solano (MIA) .018
Jonathan Papelbon (PHI) .015
Giancarlo Stanton (MIA) .005
Jeff Francoeur (PHI) -.001
Grady Sizemore (PHI) -.002
Cameron Rupp (PHI) -.002
Marcell Ozuna (MIA) -.013
Cody Asche (PHI) -.016
Almost Zeroes
Brad Hand (MIA) -.022
Justin Bour (MIA) -.022
Andres Blanco (PHI) -.023
Cesar Hernandez (PHI) -.051
Chase Utley (PHI) -.055
Reid Brignac (MIA) -.073
MIchael Morse (MIA) -.081
Adeiny Hechavarria (MIA) -.101
Zeroes
Severino Gonzalez (PHI) -.139
For his second start of the season, Gonzalez pitched five innings, allowing five hits and striking out five. He walked one and left the game trailing by a 2-1 score. Both runs were earned.
Bryan Morris (MIA) -.182
Morris pitched the seventh inning for the Marlins, giving up Philadelphia's fourth and fifth runs on three hits. He struck out one Phillie.
Jarred Cosart (MIA) -.313
Cosart pitched five strong innings for the Marlins, but overstayed his effectiveness in the sixth, allowing two runs before getting lifted for AJ Ramos. He struck out six and allowed five hits and a walk.
Last 10 Games
Dee Gordon | 0.697 |
Marcell Ozuna | 0.657 |
Giancarlo Stanton | 0.518 |
Adieny Hechavarria | 0.393 |
Martin Prado | 0.392 |
Mike Dunn | 0.339 |
David Phelps | 0.318 |
Justin Bour | 0.281 |
Sam Dyson | 0.200 |
Jarred Cosart | 0.182 |
Jhonatan Solano | 0.160 |
Dan Haren | 0.145 |
Tom Koehler | 0.136 |
Bryan Morris | 0.053 |
Brad Hand | 0.050 |
Mat Latos | 0.042 |
AJ Ramos | 0.028 |
Nick Masset | 0.010 |
Reid Brignac | -0.043 |
Jarrod Saltalamacchia | -0.043 |
Jeff Baker | -0.069 |
Donovan Solano | -0.072 |
Mike Morse | -0.210 |
Steve Cishek | -0.326 |
Ichiro Suzuki | -0.350 |
JT Realmuto | -0.466 |
Ichthyomancy
Attendance: 20,461
Gatorfan4life won two points on the attendance with a guess of 21,984. He gets a point for the winner, a point for calling a Howard Hero and another two for predicting Cosart and Gonzalez with Zeroes, a total of six.
Bdwatson got a point for calling Gonzalez a Zero.
gustavopim got two points for calling Solano a Hero and Gonzales a Zero.
Marlon D got a 1.5 prop bet by calling the Marlins with 8+ K's and a point for calling Gonzalez with a Zero.
Jigokusabre got a single point for calling Cosart a Zero.
Jeremy Hulme got a single point for calling Gonzalez a Zero.
Ichthyomancy Standings
gustavopim | 61.5 |
Miami Skye | 56.5 |
Jigokusabre | 52 |
dcfish | 42 |
Kevin Kraczkowski | 39.5 |
Marlon D | 29 |
Bdwatson | 25 |
Gatorfan4life | 22.5 |
tomwolf2008 | 19 |
Jeremy Hulme | 18 |
Starting tomorrow in our Nation's Capital, the Marlins start a 10 game in 10 day road road trip across three cities against the Washington Nationals.