Daily Notes: College World Series Is Romp of Emotion
Table of Contents
Here’s the table of contents for today’s edition of Daily Notes.
1. Breaking: College World Series Is Romp of Emotion
2. Today’s Notable MLB Games (Including MLB.TV Free Game)
3. Today’s Complete Schedule
Breaking: College World Series Is Romp of Emotion
Regarding the Title of This Post
The title of this post is designed to alert readers to a breaking news story, the substance of which story is that the College World Series — currently ongoing in Omaha, Nebraska, America — is a romp of emotion.
For Example, Why It’s a Romp of Emotion
Allow me to answer that question in the form of multiple Hot GIFs.
Robert Benincasa’s Slidepiece
Here’s Florida State reliever Robert Benincasa’s (7th round, Washington) slider, from a game in which he pitched 4.0 innings of relief, stiking out a third (5 of 15) of the batters he faced.
This Catch by Evan Marzilli
This catch by South Carolina center-fielder Evan Marzilli (8th round, Arizona) came in the 8th inning of SC’s 7-3 win over favored Florida.
Everything Sherman Johnson Does
Florida State senior third baseman Sherman Johnson (14th round, Los Angeles AL) is quickly becoming my favorite college player — even as his team faces elimination. He finished second in Division 1 with 65 walks, plays excellent third base (from what I can tell, although let it be noted that I can’t tell much), and hit a home run in Florida State’s 4-3 loss to Arizona.
This home run:
Today’s Schedule
Here’s today’s schedule. The loser of the first game will be eliminated from the CWS, leaving seven teams. Full CWS schedule is available here. Notes on all four of the following teams can be found here.
• Florida State vs. Stony Brook, 5pm ET
• UCLA vs. Arizona, 9pm ET
Today’s Notable MLB Games
Milwaukee at Minnesota | 14:10 ET ***MLB.TV Free Game***
Zack Greinke starts for the Brewers. Some numbers of his (with rank among 112 qualified starters in parentheses): 27.5% K (4th), 5.6% BB (21st), 52.6% GB (21st), 2.44 SIERA (2nd), 2.34 xFIP (1st), 3.0 WAR (2nd).
Readers’ Preferred Broadcast: Milwaukee Radio.
Arizona at Los Angeles AL | 15:35 ET
Angels right-hander Garrett Richards makes his third start of the season. His line so far: 13.0 IP, 23.1% K, 13.5% BB, 48.5% GB, 4.15 SIERA, 101 xFIP-, 0.2 WAR. His average fastball velocity: 94.7 mph.
Readers’ Preferred Broadcast: Arizona Radio.
Boston at Chicago NL | 20:00 ET
Sox left-hander Franklin Morales (23.2 IP, 113 xFIP-, 0.2 WAR) makes his first major-league start since 2009, then with Colorado. He does average ca. 95 mph on his four- and two-seamer. He also hasn’t posted a park- and league-adjusted xFIP lower than league average since 2007.
Readers’ Preferred Broadcast: Chicago or Boston Radio.
Today’s Complete Schedule
Here’s the complete schedule for all of today’s games, with our very proprietary watchability (NERD) scores for each one. Pitching probables and game times aggregated from MLB.com and RotoWire. The average NERD Game Score for today is 5.1.
Note: the following Game Scores include the poorly conceived playoff-odds adjustment discussed in a recent edition of Daily Notes. Also note: the following table is entirely sortable.
| Away | SP | Tm. | Gm. | Tm. | SP | Home | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Guthrie | COL | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 9 | DET | Max Scherzer | 13:05 |
| Brad Lincoln* | PIT | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | CLE | Jeanmar Gomez | 13:05 |
| Kyle Kendrick | PHI | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | TOR | Brett Cecil* | 13:07 |
| Johnny Cueto | CIN | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | NYN | Chris Young* | 13:10 |
| Wei-Yin Chen | BAL | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | ATL | Randall Delgado | 13:35 |
| Ivan Nova | NYA | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | WAS | Edwin Jackson | 13:35 |
| Josh Johnson | MIA | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | TB | Alex Cobb | 13:40 |
| Zack Greinke | MIL | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | MIN | Nick Blackburn | 14:10 |
| Luis Mendoza | KC | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | STL | Adam Wainwright | 14;15 |
| Dallas Keuchel* | HOU | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | TEX | Colby Lewis | 15:05 |
| Ian Kennedy | AZ | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 8 | LAA | Garrett Richards* | 15:35 |
| Clayton Richard | SD | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | OAK | Bartolo Colon | 16:05 |
| Jose Quintana | CHA | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | LAN | Chris Capuano | 16:10 |
| Mad. Bumgarner | SF | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | SEA | Felix Hernandez | 16:10 |
| Franklin Morales* | BOS | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | CHN | Paul Maholm | 20:00 |
To learn more about Pitcher and Team NERD scores click here.
To learn how Game NERD Scores are calculated, click here.
* = Fewer than 20 IP, NERD at discretion of very handsome author.
Carson Cistulli has published a book of aphorisms called Spirited Ejaculations of a New Enthusiast.
That Arkansas pitcher looked really good yesterday. Unfortunately, I think it’s curtains for Kent State now that they must beat Florida. I give Stony Brook a fighting chance however.