NERD Game Scores for Tuesday, 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.

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.

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.

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.