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Posted by Abbey Pendleton on September 27th, 2017

Devised originally in response to a challenge from viscount from the internet Rob Neyer, and expanded at the request of nobody, NERD scores represent an effort to summarize in a single number (as well as on a scale of 0-10) the likely visual appeal or watchability, for that learned fan, of the player or team or game. Read more about the components of and formulae for NERD scores here.

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Most Highly Rated GameArizona at La NL | 22:10 ETde la Rosa (25.0 IP, 84 xFIP-) vs Nike Air Max Sequent . Frias (2.1 IP, 101 xFIP-)Through four starts, right-hander Rubby en Rosa has produced a strikeout- and walk-rate differential (18.9 points) roughly twice of what his career mark was entering the season. One po sible reason for that: awful and inexplicable chance. Another po sible reason, though: en Rosa has reduced his fastball usage by about 10 percentage points while also increasing his changeup usage by roughly that same amount. Hes even thrown the second pitch one fourth of times to same-handed batters. With regard to Dodgers starter Carlos Frias, he throws hard and Nike Lebron 11 has above-average control which profile suggests he might end up being the next Garrett Richards (who previously would be a candidate to become the following Michael Pineda).

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Two Brief NotesDebut AlertThe reason for this brief entry would be to note that right-handed Atlanta prospect Mike Foltynewicz is expected to make his first major-league start for that same club at 7:35pm ET against Cincinnati. Following a trade from Houston this offseason, Foltynewicz was ranked fifth among that latter clubs prospects by Kiley Kobe 11 Elite Low FTB"Black Mamba" McDaniel and 69th among all prospects. Noticably regarding the 23-year-old is his fastball, which sits at 95-98 mph even just in a starting capacity. Command has been a problem, however: has produced almost precisely a 10% walk rate like a minor leaguer.

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Complete ScheduleHeres the entire and very sortable table for all of todays games. Pitching probables and game times aggregated from MLB.com and also the remaining internet. Observe that the calculations for both team and game NERD scores have changed recently to better integrate playoff odds into same. On those changes here, if youre the type of person familiar with making poor life decisions.

AwaySPTm.Gm.Tm.SPHomeTimeWily PeraltaMIL52669CHNJon Lester14:20Alex Colome*TB65462BALChris Tillman19:05CC SabathiaNYA86756BOSJustin Masterson19:10Jerome WilliamsPHI61452MIATom Koehler19:10Mark BuehrleTOR577610CLECarlos Carrasco19:10Max ScherzerWAS958710NYNMatt Harvey19:10Ant. DeSclafaniCIN858410ATLM. Foltynewicz*19:35Scott KazmirOAK85533TEXColby Lewis20:05Jose QuintanaCHA51211MINKyle Gibson20:10Kyle Nike Zoom CrusaderLobsteinDET45575KCChris Young*20:10Roenis Elias*SEA555104HOUSamuel Deduno*20:10A.J. BurnettPIT57657STLLance Lynn20:15Rubby de la RosaAZ106989LANCarlos Frias*22:10Eddie ButlerCOL34434SDIan Kennedy*22:10C.J. WilsonLAA35547SFChris Heston22:15

* = Le s than 10 IP, NERD at discretion of very handsome author.