NERD Game Scores for Monday, 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.

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.

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.