NERD Game Scores for July 15, 2017

Devised originally in response to a challenge issued by sabermetric forefather Rob Neyer, and expanded at the request of nobody, NERD scores represent an attempt to summarize in one number (and on a scale of 0-10) the likely aesthetic appeal or watchability, for the learned fan, of a player or team or game.

How are they calculated? Haphazardly, is how. An explanation of the components and formulae which produce these NERD scores is available here. All objections to the numbers here are probably justified, on account of how this entire endeavor is absurd.

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Most Highly Rated Game
New York AL at Boston | 16:05 ET
Severino (106.2 IP, 69 xFIP-) vs. Sale (127.2 IP, 61 xFIP-)
This game features one of the best pitchers in the American League by every reasonable measure against the actual best pitcher in the American League by every reasonable measure. What else it features is a pair of clubs with encouraging but inconclusive postseason futures. This, like almost anything including bufala mozzarella, is a very promising recipe.

Readers’ Preferred Broadcast: Boston Radio.

Another Brief Note
Today’s Free Game
Today’s free game features Cleveland at Oakland, starts at 21:05 ET, and can be accessed by means of this hyperlinked text.

Complete Schedule
Here’s the complete and also sortable table for all of today’s games. Pitching probables and game times aggregated from MLB.com and the rest of the internet. Note that calculations both for team and game NERD scores feature adjustment for postseason odds that increases as season progresses. Read more about those adjustments here and here.

NERD Scores for July 15, 2017
Away SP TM GM TM SP Home Time
Luis Severino NYA 10 8 9 7 10 BOS Chris Sale 16:05
Francisco Liriano TOR 3 4 4 3 8 DET Michael Fulmer 18:10
Jake Arrieta CHN 5 6 5 4 4 BAL Wade Miley 19:05
Lance Lynn STL 3 5 5 4 8 PIT Jameson Taillon 19:05
Patrick Corbin AZ 8 6 6 3 6 ATL Mike Foltynewicz 19:10
Tyler Chatwood COL 6 5 5 4 3 NYN Seth Lugo 19:10
Alex Wood LAN 10 6 6 4 4 MIA Jose Urena 19:10
Ervin Santana MIN 4 5 5 5 8 HOU Joe Musgrove 19:10
Aaron Nola PHI 7 3 6 7 8 MIL Jimmy Nelson 19:10
Felix Hernandez SEA 7 3 4 4 0 CHA Mike Pelfrey 19:10
Max Scherzer WAS 10 5 8 6 10 CIN Luis Castillo 19:10
Cole Hamels TEX 2 6 5 5 5 KC Danny Duffy 19:15
Madison Bumgarner SF 8 3 5 5 5 SD Jhoulys Chacin 20:40
Corey Kluber CLE 10 8 6 4 2 OAK Paul Blackburn 21:05
Alex Cobb TB 2 8 5 3 7 LAA JC Ramirez 21:07
SP denotes pitcher NERD score.
TM denotes team score.
GM denotes overall game score.
Highlighted portion denotes game of the day.

* = Fewer than 10 IP, NERD at discretion of doomed author.





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peelpub94
6 years ago

Love it