NERD Game Scores for Tuesday, June 3, 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
Pittsburgh at San Diego | 22:10 ET
Gerrit Cole (71.0 IP, 94 xFIP-, 0.5 WAR) faces Jesse Hahn (32.2 IP, 20.9% K, 8.2% BB at Double-A). The former is a 23-year-old who has recorded thus far the fourth-highest average fastball velocity, at 95.7 mph, among 101 qualified pitchers. The latter, making his major-league debut, is a 22-year-old right-hander who — according to multiple reports — is likely to sit at something like 93-96 mph with his fastball.

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Three Brief Notes
Regarding Jon Singleton, His Likely Debut
Houston first-base prospect Jon Singleton, who yesterday signed a long-term contract, is likely to make his major-league debut at home against the Anaheims tonight. He’s projected by Steamer to record a 102 wRC+ (.289 BABIP) over the remainder of the 2014 season.

Regarding Jaime Garcia, On the Status of His Status
St. Louis left-hander Jaime Garcia, recently returned from shoulder surgery, has struck out 19 of the 73 batters he’s faced thus far (26.0%) and walked zero of them.

Regarding Today’s Free Game
Today’s free game features Anaheim at Houston, starts at 8:10pm 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
Jake Peavy	BOS	2	3	4	5	7	CLE	T.J. House*	19:05
Scott Kazmir	OAK	6	6	5	4	5	NYA	Hiroki Kuroda	19:05
David Buchanan*	PHI	4	2	6	7	9	WAS	J. Zimmermann	19:05
Drew Hutchison	TOR	6	7	6	4	6	DET	Anibal Sanchez	19:08
Tim Lincecum	SF	6	7	6	2	7	CIN	Homer Bailey	19:10
Erasmo Ramirez	SEA	4	4	5	7	6	ATL	Gavin Floyd	19:10
Chris Archer	TB	6	5	6	8	6	MIA	Hen’son Alvarez	19:10
James Shields	KC	6	4	7	4	9	STL	Jaime Garcia*	19:15
Ubaldo Jimenez	BAL	4	4	4	3	4	TEX	Joe Saunders*	20:05
Zack Wheeler	NYN	8	2	6	5	6	CHN	Jake Arrieta	20:05
C.J. Wilson	LAA	4	7	6	7	8	HOU	Collin McHugh	20:10
Samuel Deduno	MIN	4	4	4	6	2	MIL	Yovani Gallardo	20:10
Chase Anderson*	AZ	6	5	6	9	4	COL	Jorge de la Rosa	20:40
Hector Noesi	CHA	3	2	4	6	6	LAN	Dan Haren	22:10
Gerrit Cole	PIT	9	5	8	5	8	SD	Jesse Hahn*	22:10

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