Daily Notes Largely Concerning Gio Gonza

Posted by Melissa Underwood on October 18th, 2017

Table of ContentsHeres the table of contents for todays edition of Daily Notes.

1. Featured Game: Washington at Atlanta, 20:05 ET2. Other Notable Games (Including MLB.TV Free Game)3. Todays Complete Schedule

Featured Game: Washington at Atlanta, 20:05 ETWho Youre Watching When Youre Watching This GameIf so when youre watching this game, youre watching in Washington left-hander Gio Gonzalez the pitcher who currently has got the highest Chi Chi Ariguzo Jersey strikeout rate (31.5%) and fifth-best SIERA (2.81) and third-highest WAR (2.0) among qualified pitchers.

What May be Surprising About ThatWhat may be surprising about this to the equally bespectacled and muscular reader is how effective Gonzalez continues to be to date, considering that his season-high strikeout rate entering 2012 was last years 24%.

A Question your reader May be AskingA question your reader might be asking is, Is Gonzalez throwing anything different this year that will merit this kind of improvement?

The Response to that QuestionThe answer to that question is, No, not nece sarily. And continues: Per PITCHf/x, Gonzalez is throwing exactly the same pitches as with 2011 at simply the same rates. To wit: four-seam fastball, 38.2% (30.9% in 2011); two-seam fastball, 31.4% (34.1%); curveball, 20.0% (27.8%); changeup, 10.5% (7.2%).

The Most Likely Explanations for Gonzalez ImprovementLeague change and/or randomne s, probably.

A Brief Note about this BroadcastThis may be the ESPN Sunday Night Game.

Another Note on This BroadcastBecause its the Dexter McCoil Jersey ESPN Sunday Night Game, this broadcast might not feature Atlantas usual and excellent center-field camera. An off-center camera angle would, unfortunately, distort the trajectory of the left-handed Gonzalezs pitches.

Other Notable GamesColorado at Cincinnati | 13:10 ET ***MLB.TV Free Game***Jamie Moyer starts for the Rockies. Heres a Status Update on him: 48.2 IP, 14.7% IP K, 7.4% BB, 44.2% GB, 4.39 SIERA, 119 xFIP-, 111 FIP-, 0.5 WAR.

Readers Preferred Broadcast: Neither, Kind of.

Philadelphia at St. Louis | 14:15 ETRoy Halladay (70.1 IP, 90 xFIP-, 1.7 WAR) and also the Phillies nearly league-average offense (95 wRC+) faces Adam Wainwright (52.2 IP Patrick Robinson Jersey , 84 xFIP-, 0.6 WAR) and the Cardinals league-best offense (122 wRC+).

Readers Preferred Broadcast: Philadelphia Radio.

Todays Complete ScheduleHeres the complete schedule for all of todays games, with this very proprietary watchability (NERD) scores for each one. Pitching probables and game times aggregated from MLB.com and RotoWire. The average NERD Game Score for today is 4.7.

Regard, an impre sive and sortable table:

AwaySPTm.Gm.Tm.SPHomeTimeJamie MoyerCOL37435CINMat Latos13:10Edinson VolquezSD446110NYNR.A. Dickey13:10Matt CainSF75544MIARicky Nolasco13:10Matt GarzaCHN63516PITErik Bedard13:35Luke HochevarKC56453BALBrian Matusz13:35Jeremy HellicksonTB36351BOSClay Buchholz13:35Ubaldo JimenezCLE04354CHAGavin Floyd14:10Rick PorcelloDET74525MINP.J. Walters14:10Roy HalladayPHI747108STLAdam Wainwright14:15Kyle DrabekTOR365106TEXYu Darvish15:05Hiroki KurodaNYA35434OAKTommy Milone16:05C.J. WilsonLAA43453SEAHector Noesi16:10J.A. HappHOU56565LANChris Capuano16:10Randy WolfMIL17456AZDaniel Hudson*16:10Gio GonzalezWAS94775ATLBrandon Beachy20:05

To learn more about Pitcher and Brandon Stewart Jersey Team NERD scores click here.To find out how Game NERD Scores are calculated, click here.* = Le s than 20 IP, NERD at discretion of very handsome author.