Heroes and Zeroes is a series of articles where I break down the boxscore with the help of www.fangraphs.com to identify the real reasons why a given game turns out a certain way. Using the Wins Expectancy Added (WPA) metric, I rank the players from highest positive impact to highest negative impact. The conventional WPA metric measures hitting, pitching, and basestealing. I add a fielding component to the equation so that pitchers aren't unduly penalized for a left fielder losing a ball in the sun.
Heroes
Fernandez improved to 4-0 on the season despite clearly not having his best stuff.