The day's top pitching match-up,
John Lackey vs
Francisco Liriano, carries the key National League Central Division clash to the top of the day's chart. Tracking the playoff odds each day, one can see how much a single pairing of results makes one realise a race is much closer than it might feel. The Blue Jays lost quite a bit of ground over the weekend, although their odds were never good. Thus, both their game with the Red Sox and the game between the Rockies and the Giants start out with the same potential entertainment score, but once one adjusts for relative positions in the race, where the Giants remain on the cusp of the second wild-card spot, the Blue Jays' game falls five points in value. Running off a solid winning streak would probably help the Blue Jays immensely at this point.
St Louis vs Pittsburgh 59
Texas vs Seattle 58
Colorado vs San Francisco 58
Yankees vs Royals 57
Tampa Bay vs Baltimore 48
Boston vs Toronto 46
Milwaukee vs San Diego 45
Oakland vs Houston 44
Miami vs Angels 44
Washington vs Philadelphia 42
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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