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Throughout the 2016 regular season, I'm tracking each player involved in each Marlins game. Using the WPA metric (Wins Probability Added), we can order the players from the most positive impact all the way down to most negative. The top three are our "Heroes," and the bottom three rank as our "Zeroes."
Heroes
Derek Dietrich (MIA) +43.3%
Dietrich batted sixth in the order for the Marlins and played at second base. He drew a one-out walk in the second inning (+2.6%) then loaded the bases with no outs in the fourth with a single to center field (+8.9%). He added a two-run home run in the sixth to give the Fish a 3-1 lead (+24.9%) and a two-out, two run double in the seventh inning to stretch Miami's lead out to 6-1 (+6.8%).
Justin Bour (MIA) +10.9%
Bour played first base and batted fifth for the Marlins. He struck out to lead off the second (-2.3%), drew a walk in the fourth to put runners at first and second (+6.8%), and hit a one-out double and scored in the sixth (+6.5%).
Kyle Barraclough (MIA) +8.4%
Barraclough inherited runners on first and second with nobody out in the eighth, then struck out Freddie Freeman (+4.8%) before allowing Jeff Francoeur to sacrifice fly Ender Inciarte in for a run (+3.9%). He struck out Nick Markakis to end the inning (+2.4%).
Almost Heroes
Chris Johnson (MIA) +7.6%
Ender Inciarte (ATL) +5.7%
Nick Markakis (ATL) +3.9%
Minimal Impact
Alexi Ogando (ATL) +1.8%
AJ Ramos (MIA) +1.5%
Marcell Ozuna (MIA) +1.3%
Mallex Smith (ATL) +1.3%
Tom Koehler (MIA) +1.2%
Martin Prado (MIA) +1.1%
Bud Norris (ATL) +0.7%
Ian Krol (ATL) -1.4%
Jeff Mathis (MIA) -2.0%
Almost Zeroes
Gordon Beckham (ATL) -2.1%
AJ Pierzynski (ATL) -3.4%
Chase d'Arnaud (ATL) -4.8%
Jeff Francoeur (ATL) -5.6%
Adonis Garcia (ATL) -5.7%
Miguel Rojas (MIA) -6.4%
Freddie Freeman (ATL) -6.4%
Christian Yelich (MIA) -7.3%
Zeroes
Ichiro! Suzuki (MIA) -9.6%
Suzuki flew out four times and grounded out once. Luckily, he never came to the plate with anyone on base.
Eric O'Flaherty (ATL) -14.1%
O'Flaherty gave up three earned runs in just two-thirds of an inning, facing six batters and allowing three hits and a walk. He got 13-of-21 pitches into the strike zone.
Julio Teheran (ATL) -20.0%
Teheran took the loss and faced 24 batters, striking out three while allowing three walks and five hits. He saw his ERA rise to 2.77 and his record drop to 1-5. He put 67-of-113 pitches over the plate and earned a GameScore of 46.
Ichthyomancy
Attendance: 50,247
rsanchez1: 31,400
Braves 5-2
H: Teheran, Freeman, Markakis
Z: Koehler, Hechavarria, Bour
Koehler 3+BB; Teheran 7IP + 2ER
Jigokusabre: 33,333
Marlins 8-6
H: Dietrich, Ozuna, Suzuki
Z: Koehler, Teheran, Hechavarria
Marlins bullpen one or fewer ER; Marlins bullpen 5+IP; Marlins bullpen 5+K
paolo2387: 14,000
Marlins 5-3
H: Prado, Yelich, Ozuna
Z: Hechavarria, Mathis, Rojas
Koehler 2HR allowed + 3+K + 2+BB; Ramos SV; Phelps Hold
2qbn: 20,420
Marlins 5-3
H: Koehler, Yelich, Dietrich
Z: Freeman, Garcia, Teheran
Koehler QS; Yelich 2RBI; Ramos SV
Marlon D: 30,373
Marlins 3-2
H: Yelich, Bour, Dietrich
Z: Garcia, Rojas, d'Arnaud
Yelich 3+RBI; Ramos SV
gustavopim: 35,000
Marlins 5-1
H: Koehler, Bour, Ozuna
Z: Teheran, Bour, Ozuna
Koehler QS; Koehler 5+K; Bour HR
evermoresg: 35,111
Marlins 6-5
H: Ozuna, Bour, Francoeur
Z: Mathis, Garcia, Koehler
Ichiro .400+OBP; Koehler 5.2+IP; Marlins bullpen ER≤1
Ichthyomancy Standings
gustavopim 148
Shimmy_812 131
2qbn 104
Marlon D 92
Jigokusabre 88
evermoresg 84
paolo2387 47
The Marlins open up a home series starting tomorrow night against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Get your picks in before the first pitch, scheduled for 7:10PM.