NERD Game Scores for Monday, May 16, 2016

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May 16, 2016

Devised originally in response to a challenge issued by sabermetric nobleman 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. Read more about the components of and formulae for NERD scores here.

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Most Highly Rated Game
New York AL at Arizona | 21:40 ET
Green (MLB Debut) vs. Ray (35.1 IP, 100 xFIP-)
“Who is Chad Green?” is a question likely being asked today by the American public and also periodically by Chad Green himself. The deeper, ontological implications of the question reside outside the scope of this brief entry. What follows, however, are five statements regarding who Chad Green is.

  • An 11th-round selection (in 2013) by the Tigers out of Louisville.
  • A piece in the trade that sent Justin Wilson to Detroit in December.
  • The author of impressive strikeout and walk rates as a professional.
  • The owner of a fastball that reaches the mid-90s.
  • The owner of maybe less impressive secondary pitches.

Two Other Brief Notes
Today’s Free Game
Today’s free game hadn’t been announced as of press time, but can be accessed by means of this hyperlinked text if and when it is announced.

Broadcaster Rankings
Recently, the present author began the process of process of reproducing the broadcaster rankings which appeared on this site roughly four years ago. The first installment of the results from that effort appeared earlier this morning.

Complete Schedule
Here’s the complete and very sortable table for all of today’s games. Pitching probables and game times aggregated from MLB.com and also 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.

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NERD Scores for May 16, 2016
Away SP TM GM TM SP Home Time
John Lamb CIN 2 3 4 5 6 CLE Cody Anderson 18:10
Williams Perez ATL 3 0 3 5 4 PIT Jon Niese 19:05
Rick Porcello BOS 6 8 4 4 1 KC Yordano Ventura 19:05
Adam Conley MIA 6 6 6 3 7 PHI Jerad Eickhoff 19:05
Drew Smyly TB 9 7 6 4 4 TOR J.A. Happ 19:07
Jose Berrios MIN 8 6 5 4 3 DET Jo. Zimmermann 19:10
Chad Green* NYA 7 4 6 7 7 AZ Robbie Ray 21:40
Derek Holland TEX 2 4 4 5 6 OAK Sean Manaea 22:05
Kenta Maeda LAN 5 5 4 3 2 LAA Matt Shoemaker 22:10
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 clueless author.





 

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jrubyMember since 2016
9 years ago

“Who is Chad Green?”

“We are!”

or… something.

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