MLB: What to watch on October 14, 2026
Here are today's MLB games, ordered by watchability, based on how interesting the teams and starting pitchers look. Higher is better. For more information, read this post.
| Score | Time (PT) | Visitors | Score | Home | Score | Starter (V) | Score | Starter (H) | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.2 | 5:00p | Milwaukee Brewers | 10.0 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 8.9 | Robert Gasser | 4.3 | Blake Snell | 9.2 |
Notes:
- Pitcher 'no data': Pitchers only have a pNERD score once they've started at least one game and have at least 20 innings pitched. I also show 'no data' when I can't correctly link a starting pitcher with their stats.
- Generated by the mlb-watchability project on GitHub.
Detail
Milwaukee Brewers @ Los Angeles Dodgers, 5:00p
Summary
This is NLCS Game 3, with Milwaukee up 2-0 — big stakes. Good material to write from.
This is NLCS Game 3 with Milwaukee one win shy of a stranglehold and the Dodgers backed into a corner, and it's also the best-pitched game on the board today by a wide margin. The Brewers arrive having taken the first two games in Los Angeles and carrying a 2-0 series lead, with manager Pat Murphy's club looking to push the defending champs to the brink. Blake Snell gets the ball for LA, and his pNERD of 9.21 — driven by a sparkling 73 xFIP- and a swinging-strike rate that's near the league's best — reflects just how dominant he's been in his abbreviated season; Snell owns a 1.90 ERA across nine starts and 42 2/3 innings, with a 1.10 WHIP, a 1.72 FIP and 11.6 strikeouts per nine, though shoulder and elbow trouble delayed his debut, and groin tightness ended his September 16 outing after one inning, with none of his last three appearances reaching five innings. Oddly, Milwaukee has had zero luck against him in the regular season: the Brewers in 20 at-bats during the regular season did not get a hit against Snell. Robert Gasser counters with a pedestrian pNERD of 4.33, but he was 5-5 with a 3.87 ERA during the regular season and a 2.50 ERA over his last 36 innings. Both lineups bring real thump — Milwaukee's bullpen and baserunning grade out well, the Dodgers' bats and bullpen even better — pushing the gNERD to 16.22, comfortably above today's other games and in rare territory historically.
(A model from Anthropic generated the above text using instructions, the NERD scores, and these sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.)
Recommended broadcasts: TV, Milwaukee Brewers (2.66); radio, Milwaukee Brewers (2.56)
Milwaukee Brewers
| Batting | Barrel% | BaseR | Fielding | Bullpen | Payroll | Age | Luck | TV | Radio | C | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw stat | 55.2 | 7.3% | 7.7 | 7.9 | 66.0 | $139.3M | 27.7 | -28.0 | 2.66 | 2.56 | — | — |
| Z-score | 1.37 | -0.40 | 1.20 | 0.31 | 1.18 | -0.73 | -1.21 | -1.22 | 0.53 | 0.37 | — | — |
| tNERD | 1.37 | -0.40 | 1.20 | 0.31 | 1.18 | 0.73 | 1.21 | 0.00 | 0.27 | 0.18 | 4.00 | 10.04 |
Los Angeles Dodgers
| Batting | Barrel% | BaseR | Fielding | Bullpen | Payroll | Age | Luck | TV | Radio | C | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw stat | 80.1 | 8.6% | -5.7 | 6.5 | 73.2 | $413.5M | 30.0 | 23.0 | 2.45 | 2.51 | — | — |
| Z-score | 1.96 | 0.96 | -0.95 | 0.25 | 1.43 | 2.41 | 0.90 | 1.01 | 0.12 | 0.26 | — | — |
| tNERD | 1.96 | 0.96 | -0.95 | 0.25 | 1.43 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.01 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 4.00 | 8.86 |
Robert Gasser, Milwaukee Brewers
| xFIP- | SwStr% | Strike% | Velocity | Age | Pace | Luck | KN% | C | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw stat | 103 | 9.9% | 66.0% | 92.8 mph | 27 | 19.2s | -10 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Z-score | 0.07 | -0.28 | 0.96 | -0.61 | -0.38 | 0.07 | — | — | — | — |
| pNERD | -0.15 | -0.14 | 0.48 | 0.00 | 0.38 | -0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.80 | 4.33 |
Blake Snell, Los Angeles Dodgers
| xFIP- | SwStr% | Strike% | Velocity | Age | Pace | Luck | KN% | C | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw stat | 73 | 15.8% | 64.7% | 96.1 mph | 33 | 19.9s | -28 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Z-score | -1.73 | 2.45 | 0.39 | 0.86 | 1.18 | 0.65 | — | — | — | — |
| pNERD | 3.46 | 1.23 | 0.19 | 0.86 | 0.00 | -0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.80 | 9.21 |
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