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Wednesday · July 29 · 1:06 PM ✦

BLUE JAYS @ NATIONALS

Nationals Park. · 81 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 4 mph in from lf

Final

BLUE JAYS 5
Nationals 2

Our Pick

WASHINGTON NATIONALS, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 3–3 Washington Nationals · Actual: 5–2 Blue Jays

52%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Blue Jays Nationals Projected Result
Baseline Toronto Blue Jays 62% 38% 4–3 ✓
Pitcher-weighted Toronto Blue Jays 53% 47% 4–3 ✓
Platoon-weighted Washington Nationals 44% 56% 3–4 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Toronto Blue Jays 53% 47% 3–4 ✓
Logistic Washington Nationals 42% 58% — ✗
Random Forest Washington Nationals 34% 66% — ✗
Consensus Washington Nationals 48% 52% 3–3 ✗
3 of 6 sims got it right.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Blue Jays this season

73–82

47% across 155 games

Nationals this season

85–70

55% across 155 games