MLB: What to watch on October 28, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17.2 | 5:00p | Milwaukee Brewers | 10.0 | Tampa Bay Rays | 4.5 | Jacob Misiorowski | 15.0 | TBD | No data |
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 @ Tampa Bay Rays, 5:00p
Summary
This is great info. Now I have enough for the summary.
World Series Game 5, and Milwaukee can win it all tonight behind the most electric arm in the sport. The Brewers lead the series 3-1 after the Rays staved off elimination with a dramatic 12-inning walk-off in Game 4, so Tampa Bay is fighting for its postseason life while Jacob Misiorowski toes the rubber looking to close things out on the road. Misiorowski is the whole show here: a pNERD of 14.95 built on triple-digit velocity (100.6 mph average), a gaudy swinging-strike rate, and a sparkling xFIP-, and he's already beaten the Rays once this series, allowing one run on four hits over five innings in Game 1, finishing the regular season with a 1.80 ERA, 252 strikeouts and a 0.80 WHIP. Tampa Bay, meanwhile, hasn't even named a starter, with a bullpen game possible after Nick Martinez threw two scoreless innings in relief in Game 4 — hence the blank pNERD on their side. Milwaukee's tNERD comfortably outpaces Tampa Bay's, fueled by strong bullpen and baserunning marks, and the 17.25 gNERD sits miles above the historical average, making this appointment viewing regardless of how you feel about the Brewers possibly clinching their first title ever.
(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% | 7.8 | 7.9 | 66.0 | $139.3M | 27.7 | -28.0 | 2.66 | 2.56 | — | — |
| Z-score | 1.37 | -0.40 | 1.19 | 0.31 | 1.18 | -0.73 | -1.21 | -1.22 | 0.53 | 0.37 | — | — |
| tNERD | 1.37 | -0.40 | 1.19 | 0.31 | 1.18 | 0.73 | 1.21 | 0.00 | 0.27 | 0.18 | 4.00 | 10.04 |
Tampa Bay Rays
| Batting | Barrel% | BaseR | Fielding | Bullpen | Payroll | Age | Luck | TV | Radio | C | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw stat | 25.4 | 5.7% | 4.9 | 6.9 | 20.8 | $106.9M | 29.1 | 4.0 | 2.27 | 2.10 | — | — |
| Z-score | 0.65 | -2.07 | 0.73 | 0.27 | -0.35 | -1.10 | 0.07 | 0.18 | -0.23 | -0.61 | — | — |
| tNERD | 0.65 | -2.07 | 0.73 | 0.27 | -0.35 | 1.10 | 0.00 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.51 |
Jacob Misiorowski, Milwaukee Brewers
| xFIP- | SwStr% | Strike% | Velocity | Age | Pace | Luck | KN% | C | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw stat | 54 | 17.6% | 67.6% | 100.6 mph | 24 | 19.6s | -11 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Z-score | -2.87 | 3.29 | 1.60 | 2.86 | -1.16 | 0.40 | — | — | — | — |
| pNERD | 5.75 | 1.64 | 0.80 | 2.00 | 1.16 | -0.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.80 | 14.95 |
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