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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
Casey McGehee (SFG) .232
McGehee, batting eighth for the Giants, hit a one-out bases loaded home run in the second inning. His grand slam was good for 23.6% of San Francisco's win. He singled to center to lead off the fourth (+0.9%), ended the fifth by grounding into a 6-4-3 double play (-0.9%), and grounded into a second double play with the bases loaded for the first two outs of the seventh (-0.3%).
Tim Lincecum (SFG) .203
Lincecum struck out eight Marlins and allowed three hits, three walks, and zero runs over his six innings pitched. He also drew a walk just after McGehee's slam (+0.8%) and sacrificed McGehee to second in the fourth (-0.3%).
Brandon Belt (SFG) .138
Belt batted fifth for San Francisco and doubled to left with nobody out in the second, moving Buster Posey to third (+11.6%). In the fourth, he singled to left with one out and one on (+1.0%). He collected his third hit of the night in the fifth, for the third time moving Posey up a base (+1.0%). He hit an infield single in the seventh, again moving Posey (+0.2%). He struck out swinging with runners on the corners to end the eighth (-0.0%).
Almost Heroes
Marcell Ozuna (MIA) .056
Buster Posey (SFG) .054
Jason Maxell (SFG) .032
Minimal Impact
Michael Morse (MIA) .019
Yusmiero Petit (SFG) .018
Martin Prado (MIA) .007
Steve Cishek (MIA) .000
Ichiro Suzuki (MIA) -.002
Joaquin Arias (SFG) -.002
Nick Masset (MIA) -.005
Donovan Solano (MIA) -.012
Adeiny Hechavarria (MIA) -.014
Brad Hand (MIA) -.016
Almost Zeroes
Joe Panik (SFG) -.023
Angel Pagan (SFG) -.028
Nori Aoki (SFG) -.039
Justin Bour (MIA) -.045
JT Realmuto (MIA) -.064
Christian Yelich (MIA) -.066
Zeroes
Giancarlo Stanton (MIA) -.080
Stanton struck out swinging to end the first inning (-0.9%). He grounded out to shortstop leading off the fourth (-1.5%), struck out swinging with two outs and the bases loaded in the fifth (-5.5%), and grounded out to shortstop to close the eighth (-0.0%).
Brandon Crawford (SFG) -.086
Crawford, batting seventh, struck out swinging with the bases loaded and nobody out in the second (-7.0%). He grounded out to second with two on to end the third (-1.2%), struck out swinging with two on and nobody out in the fifth (-0.6%), and drew first base with an HBP to load the bases with nobody out in the seventh (+0.1%).
Jarred Cosart (MIA) -.280
Cosart pitched four innings, allowing all his earned runs on the McGehee slam. He struck out two, allowing six hits and three walks. He also struck out in his only plate appearance.
Last 10 Games
Dee Gordon | 0.683 |
Dan Haren | 0.613 |
Steve Cishek | 0.458 |
Mike Dunn | 0.428 |
Marcell Ozuna | 0.403 |
David Phelps | 0.323 |
Justin Bour | 0.226 |
Jeff Baker | 0.206 |
Nick Masset | 0.191 |
Mat Latos | 0.171 |
Jhonatan Solano | 0.160 |
Giancarlo Stanton | 0.155 |
Donovan Solano | 0.077 |
Brad Hand | 0.034 |
Mike Morse | 0.019 |
Sam Dyson | -0.038 |
Christian Yelich | -0.066 |
AJ Ramos | -0.092 |
Reid Brignac | -0.095 |
JT Realmuto | -0.178 |
Ichiro Suzuki | -0.186 |
Adieny Hechavarria | -0.199 |
Martin Prado | -0.223 |
Jarred Cosart | -0.593 |
Tom Koehler | -0.624 |
Bryan Morris | -0.853 |
Ichthyomancy
Attendance: 41,413
MiamiSkye was 87 off the attendance with a pick of 41,500. He got an even prop bet by calling under seven runs, and got Cosart as a Zero and Lincecum as a Hero for five points.
dcfish called Belt as a Hero and Crawford as a Zero for two.
Jigokusabre got a Lincecum Hero point and a Cosart Zero point.
Gatorfan4life picked Lincecum as a Hero.
Ichthyomancy Standings
Miami Skye | 82 |
gustavopim | 72.5 |
Jigokusabre | 64.5 |
dcfish | 45 |
Kevin Kraczkowski | 39.5 |
Marlon D | 39 |
Gatorfan4life | 29.5 |
Bdwatson | 25 |
Jeremy Hulme | 22 |
tomwolf2008 | 19 |
Thomas Bennett | 17.5 |
Tonight at 9:05 PM EST, the Giants and Marlins will play game three of this four game series. Leave your picks here or in the GameThread.