Heroes and Zeroes: Marlins 7, Braves 3

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.