Here are team status lines from today and a week ago.
| BAT | PITCH | Rs | Ra | W | L | UR | LR | TeamID | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13.9 | 12.4 | 221 | 204 | 23 | 21 | -10.9 | 1.6 | CHN | 5/24/2017 |
| 1.9 | 4.6 | 239 | 238 | 25 | 26 | -7.8 | 2.2 | CHN | 5/31/2017 |
Edit: There was a problem with the 5/31 snapshot that was 5/30 instead. The table above has been updated.
Cubs are down both PITCH and BAT and went 2-5 last week (WAA=-3). They are almost completely average now. Unearned runs above average was up last week which ended a very long slide. Not much more to say about this. Here are Cubs in the top 200.
| Rank | WAA | Name_TeamID | Pos | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| +085+ | 1.36 | Mike_Montgomery_CHN | PITCH | |
| +086+ | 1.36 | Wade_Davis_CHN | PITCH | |
| +091+ | 1.34 | Carl_Edwards_CHN | PITCH | |
| +153+ | 0.94 | Javier_Baez_CHN | 2B-SS | |
| +180+ | 0.80 | Kris_Bryant_CHN | 3B |
Top 3 Cub players are relievers. The Cubs are ranked #5 in MLB for relief. There won’t be a lot of top MLB players on an average team. Right now the Cubs don’t have a lot of very bad players either. Everyone is hovering around average and there is still plenty of time for players to make a run for the top. When players rise to the top in this data model it means their team will also rise to the top.
Blast from the Past
Let’s look at some past teams and their top players on this day in past years. We’ll file this under it could be worse!
2012
BAT bad, PITCH bad, and the 2012 Cubs already had a WAA=-14. The Cubs lost 101 games by the end of season this year.
| BAT | PITCH | Rs | Ra | W | L | UR | LR | TeamID | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -33.8 | -14.1 | 185 | 231 | 18 | 32 | 0.9 | 1.0 | CHN |
| Rank | WAA | Name_TeamID | Pos | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| +061+ | 1.60 | Ryan_Dempster_CHN | PITCH | |
| +078+ | 1.45 | Jeff_Samardzija_CHN | PITCH | |
| +090+ | 1.36 | James_Russell_CHN | PITCH | |
| +178+ | 0.88 | Shawn_Camp_CHN | PITCH |
2006
The Cubs lost 96 games at the end of season this year. Their BAT was terrible and notice no hitters in top 200.
| BAT | PITCH | Rs | Ra | W | L | UR | LR | TeamID | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -56.3 | -3.0 | 202 | 263 | 20 | 32 | -3.3 | 1.5 | CHN |
| Rank | WAA | Name_TeamID | Pos | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| +043+ | 2.21 | Carlos_Zambrano_CHN | PITCH | |
| +074+ | 1.68 | Scott_Eyre_CHN | PITCH | |
| +081+ | 1.57 | Greg_Maddux_CHN | PITCH | |
| +086+ | 1.53 | Bob_Howry_CHN | PITCH | |
| +187+ | 0.82 | Ryan_Dempster_CHN | PITCH |
2000
The Cubs finished with 97 losses in 2000 and they already had a WAA=-12 as of this day in 2000. That they had so many players in the top 200 meant they had a lot of very bad players dragging this team down, which is why they ended the season like they did. At least the current Cubs have a more balanced team.
| BAT | PITCH | Rs | Ra | W | L | UR | LR | TeamID | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.7 | -67.0 | 279 | 332 | 20 | 33 | 7.6 | 1.7 | CHN |
| +026+ | 2.90 | Sammy_Sosa_CHN | X | |
| +062+ | 2.04 | Jon_Lieber_CHN | PITCH | |
| +097+ | 1.55 | Henry_Rodriguez_CHN | X | |
| +136+ | 1.24 | Todd_Van_Poppel_CHN | PITCH | |
| +178+ | 0.92 | Ricky_Gutierrez_CHN | X | |
| +189+ | 0.86 | Shane_Andrews_CHN | X | |
| XXXXX | 0.71 | Daniel_Garibay_CHN | PITCH |