NERD Game Scores for Wednesday, June 18, 2014

June 18, 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
Seattle at San Diego | 22:10 ET
Felix Hernandez (106.1 IP, 64 xFIP-, 4.0 WAR) faces Andrew Cashner (69.1 IP, 87 xFIP-, 1.5 WAR). The former, despite the heights of his previously established levels, is projected both by Steamer and ZiPS to record the best single-season WAR mark of his career. The latter, whose heights have been less high, is nevertheless also projected to produce his top WAR mark.

Readers’ Preferred Broadcast: Seattle Radio?

Two Brief Notes
Chase Whitley Status Update
Yankees right-hander Chase Whitley has produced a strikeout-walk differential of 15.6 percentage points over six starts and 33.2 innings — a figure, that, which would place him 25th among the league’s 99 qualified pitchers.

Regarding Today’s Free Game
Today’s free game features Texas at Oakland, starts at 3:35pm 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.

Away		SP	Tm.	Gm.	Tm.	SP		Home	Time
Roberto Her’dez	PHI	2	1	3	7	4	ATL	Aaron Harang	12:10
Jake Arrieta	CHN	7	5	8	7	9	MIA	Nathan Eovaldi	12:40
Jeremy Guthrie	KC	2	5	3	4	4	DET	Drew Smyly	13:08
Kevin Gausman*	BAL	7	4	7	6	8	TB	Alex Cobb	13:10
Kyle Gibson	MIN	3	4	5	3	7	BOS	John Lackey	13:35
Bartolo Colon	NYN	5	3	4	3	4	STL	Lance Lynn	13:45
Tim Hudson	SF	6	7	7	2	10	CHA	Chris Sale	14:10
Nick Tepesch	TEX	3	3	5	7	7	OAK	Sonny Gray	15:35
Alfredo Simon	CIN	5	3	4	5	3	PIT	Edinson Volquez	19:05
Scott Feldman	HOU	1	6	4	7	6	WAS	Gio Gonzalez	19:05
Mark Buehrle	TOR	4	7	5	4	6	NYA	Chase Whitley	19:05
C.J. Wilson	LAA	4	6	5	5	5	CLE	Justin Masterson	19:10
Matt Garza	MIL	3	7	5	6	7	AZ	Wade Miley	21:40
Jorge de la Rosa	COL	3	9	7	6	10	LAN	Clayton Kershaw	22:10
Felix Hernandez	SEA	10	4	8	4	8	SD	Andrew Cashner	22:10

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