NERD Game Scores for June 10, 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.

Most Highly Rated Game
Cincinnati at Los Angeles NL | 22:10 ET
Wojciechowski (14.0 IP, 122 xFIP-) vs. Wood (48.0 IP, 57 xFIP-)
Over just eight starts (and 10 appearances total), left-hander Alex Wood has already recorded the WAR figure (roughly two wins, whether calculated by FIP or ERA) one would expect from an average starter over the course of an entire season. If he performs at a similar level over the next two-thirds of the year, he’ll have supplied production equivalent to three average starting pitchers. Would it be right, in that case, to regard him as one man or three men? “Both,” is one possible answer.

Readers’ Preferred Broadcast: Los Angeles NL Television.

Another Brief Note
Today’s Free Game
Today’s free game features Milwaukee at Arizona, starts at 22:10 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.