Today sees notably weaker pitching match-ups than yesterday, and the teams at the top are characterised by strong bullpens, rather than a great pairing of starters. The top combination among the starters is Yordany Ventura going against
Colby Lewis in Arlington, which only gets third place on the actual PEGS rating. Detroit's precarious playoff situation pushes an otherwise weak game up the chart, while the lack of
playoff impact pushes the Angels visit to Oakland a bit further down than otherwise might be merited. But that's a big
divisional contest. Pittsburgh's visit to Milwaukee is another interesting playoff-divisional set-to, but the Pirates' fading hopes have pulled that down a little, as they will depend quite a bit on results in Washington and Cincinnati to improve their odds.
San Francisco vs Washington 64
Seattle vs Boston 62
Atlanta vs Cincinnati 61
Kansas City vs Texas 58
Detroit vs Minnesota 55
Pittsburgh vs Milwaukee 55
Tampa Bay vs Toronto 48
St Louis vs Philadelphia 46
White Sox vs Yankees 45
Houston vs Cleveland 45
Angels vs Oakland 44
Baltimore vs Cubs 43
Miami vs Colorado 42
Mets vs Dodgers 41
San Diego vs Arizona 39
This is the BETA version of a method of rating games for their potential to provide entertaining baseball. The formula is still in development, but is refined enough at the moment that it can guide you towards games where the batters will get on base and hit for power, the fielders cover ground and throw well and the pitchers induce the batter to swing. Games are rated on the 20-80 scale, with 50 being an average score.
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