NERD Game Scores for Tuesday, June 17, 2014

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June 17, 2014

Devised originally in response to a challenge issued by viscount of the internet 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
Toronto at New York AL | 19:05 ET
Marcus Stroman (24.1 IP, 87 xFIP-, 0.6 WAR) faces Masahiro Tanaka (93.2 IP, 62 xFIP-, 2.8 WAR). The latter has produced not only the highest WAR among rookie pitchers by a considerable margin, but also the third-highest WAR among all pitchers. He faces the offense which has recorded the best park-adjusted batting line among major-league clubs.

Readers’ Preferred Broadcast: Toronto Radio?

Two Brief Notes
Regarding Toronto, Another Fact Concerning That Team
Another fact regarding the Blue Jays is that they currently possess the highest probability of winning the AL East — about 70% as of Tuesday morning, or roughly 60 percentage points better than the next-best club.

Regarding Today’s Free Game
Today’s free game features Baltimore at Tampa Bay, starts at 7:10pm ET, and can be accessed by means of this hyperlinked text.

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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.

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Away   SP Tm. Gm. Tm. SP   Home Time
Eric Stults SD 3 4 4 4 5 SEA Roenis Elias 15:40
Johnny Cueto CIN 9 3 7 6 6 PIT Brand. Cumpton 19:05
Dallas Keuchel HOU 9 6 7 7 5 WAS Tanner Roark 19:05
Matt Shoemaker LAA 9 6 7 5 5 CLE Josh Tomlin 19:05
Marcus Stroman* TOR 9 7 9 4 10 NYA Masahiro Tanaka 19:05
Yordano Ventura KC 10 5 8 4 7 DET Max Scherzer 19:08
Miguel Gonzalez BAL 2 4 2 5 1 TB Erik Bedard 19:10
Jeff Samardzija CHN 7 5 7 7 7 MIA Ant. DeSclafani* 19:10
Phil Hughes MIN 7 4 6 3 7 BOS Jon Lester 19:10
Kyle Kendrick PHI 1 1 4 7 8 ATL Ervin Santana 19:10
Matt Cain SF 2 7 3 2 2 CHA John Danks 20:10
Jon Niese NYN 5 2 6 3 9 STL Michael Wacha 20:15
Kyle Lohse MIL 5 7 6 7 7 AZ Wade Miley 21:40
Yu Darvish TEX 7 2 5 7 2 OAK Tommy Milone 22:05
Jhoulys Chacin COL 2 8 6 6 8 LAN Zack Greinke 22:10

To learn how Game NERD Scores are calculated, click here.
* = Fewer than 20 IP, NERD at discretion of very handsome author.





 

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Mike Green
11 years ago

Stroman vs. Tanaka in Yankee Stadium is pretty much as good as it gets, says the Torontonian. Both starting pitchers are young and unflappable, so that we oldsters can get into a flap watching them.

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