Cubs vs. Dodgers Reviewed - Best and Worst Pitches

Catching up with the weekend series against the Dodgers, here's a list of the best and worst of the pitches used during the series. You'll notice the Cubs out-pitched the Dodgers, for the most part.

For this small sample surveys, I'm using run value as a counting stat, but I'm showing rv100 (the rate stat) along side. Do the math and you'll realize Ramon Troncoso's two fastballs were enough to put him on the Worst Pitches - Relievers list.

Best Pitches - Starters

Pitcher	Pitch	run value	rv100
Randy Wells	Slider	-2.764	-9.53
Ryan Dempster	Sinker	-1.995	-7.39
Ted Lilly	Cutter	-1.855	-5.01
Ted Lilly	Fastball	-1.482	-3.37
Chad Billingsley	Curveball	-1.295	-3.24

Best Pitches - Relievers

Pitcher	Pitch	run value	rv100
Angel Guzman	Sinker	-1.054	-21.08
Jose Ascanio	Sinker	-0.800	-26.67
Ramon Troncoso	Slider	-0.800	-8.89
Jonathan Broxton	Fastball	-0.667	-9.53
Cory Wade	Curveball	-0.633	-15.82

Worst Pitches - Starters

Pitcher	Pitch	run value	rv100
Jeff Weaver	Sinker	2.212	6.51
Eric Stults	Fastball	1.890	8.22
Eric Milton	Fastball	1.617	3.44
Sean Marshall	Slider	1.506	8.86
Jeff Weaver	Cutter	1.470	11.31

Worst Pitches - Relievers

Pitcher	Pitch	run value	rv100
Jose Ascanio	Fastball	0.954	9.54
Ramon Troncoso	Sinker	0.806	3.50
Angel Guzman	Cutter	0.588	8.40
Ramon Troncoso	Fastball	0.585	29.25
Guillermo Mota	Change Up	0.412	6.87