NERD Game Scores for Monday, June 13, 2016

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June 13, 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.

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Most Highly Rated Game
Chicago NL at Washington | 19:05 ET
Hendricks (68.1 IP, 84 xFIP-) vs. Scherzer (88.1 IP, 84 xFIP-)
Here’s a thought experiment the reader can conduct with a view towards (a) sharpening his or her understanding of playoff probabilities and/or (b) pushing away the sadness for another moment or two.

Regard, some relevant facts:

  • The Cubs and Nationals possess the two best records in the NL.
  • The Cubs lead their division by 9.0 games; the Nationals, by 4.5.
  • The season is roughly 40% complete.

Given the information presented here, what do you think are the Cubs’ and Nationals’ odds of winning their respective divisions (using the FanGraphs Projections methodology)?

The answer for Washington is here; for Chicago, here. Divisional odds are denoted as DIV.

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Readers’ Preferred Television Broadcast: Washington Radio.

Two Other Brief Notes
Today’s Free Game
Today’s free game features Cincinnati at Atlanta, starts at 19:10 ET, and can be accessed by means of this hyperlinked text.

Broadcaster Rankings
Recently, the present author facilitated a crowdsourcing effort to reproduce the broadcaster rankings which appeared on this site roughly four years ago. The updated results for television broadcasts are available by means of this hyperlinked text; for radio, by means of this other 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. 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 June 13, 2016
Away SP TM GM TM SP Home Time
Kyle Hendricks CHN 8 7 8 7 9 WAS Max Scherzer 19:05
Jerad Eickhoff PHI 6 2 5 5 8 TOR R.A. Dickey 19:07
Daniel Wright* CIN 5 3 3 1 1 ATL Aaron Blair 19:10
Matt Boyd DET 5 4 4 3 3 CHA James Shields 20:10
Carlos Carrasco CLE 6 7 5 4 4 KC Edinson Volquez 20:15
Mike Bolsinger LAN 5 6 6 6 6 AZ Zack Greinke 21:40
Ricky Nolasco MIN 6 5 4 3 2 LAA Jered Weaver 22:05
Cesar Ramos TEX 3 5 5 4 6 OAK Sean Manaea 22:05
Wei-Yin Chen MIA 5 5 4 5 3 SD Colin Rea 22:10
Chase Anderson MIL 3 5 4 5 4 SF Matt Cain 22:15
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.





 

Carson Cistulli has published a book of aphorisms called Spirited Ejaculations of a New Enthusiast.

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scooter262
9 years ago

Hey Carson, now that you’ve got all the broadcaster rankings, you should integrate them into the NERD scores.

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