NUT Report · Week 29 — Postseason: Gavin Williams Strikes Out 24
The Division Series is done. The Tampa Bay Rays, the Cleveland Guardians, the Milwaukee Brewers, and the Los Angeles Dodgers advanced. Tampa Bay swept a New York Yankees team that carried a 3.6-point edge in season NUT, and Cleveland beat the Chicago White Sox in five. Milwaukee took Game 1 of the NLCS 2-1 over Los Angeles, and the ALCS opens today. Below: every series result and matchup by NUT, the week’s best games, and the postseason leaderboard.
The Bracket by NUT
The team with the higher season NUT is 5-3 in completed series: 3-1 in the Division Series after 2-2 in the Wild Card round. The Yankees were the one Division Series favorite to fall. The NLCS is the closest matchup left, with 1.0 point of season NUT between the top two teams in baseball. Live series scores and the full bracket →
NUT of the Week
Gavin Williams — CLE · P
+0.5 NUT · S · 1.54 ERA · 0.94 WHIP · 11.2 IP · 24 K · 5 BB
Gavin Williams led every player in baseball this week at +0.5 NUT, with 24 strikeouts in 11.2 innings as Cleveland got past the White Sox, including 12 in 5.2 scoreless innings. The week’s top hitter, teammate José Ramírez, finished at +0.3.
Games You Missed — Last 7 Days
Postseason NUT Leaders — Top 5
Postseason grades use the same October scale as the app’s Postseason board. A full postseason tops out near +1.0 NUT for a player, so +0.3 is already an A. Division Series preview by NUT →
That's the week. The live bracket is at baseballnut.app/playoffs, and the Postseason NUT board is at baseballnut.app/stats.
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— Ivan