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Thursday · August 27 · 7:07 pm ✦

ROYALS @ BLUE JAYS

Rogers Centre. · 72 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 10 mph in from lf

Final

ROYALS 13
Blue Jays 2

Our Pick

KANSAS CITY ROYALS, narrowly

✓ Correct

Projected: 4–3 Kansas City Royals · Actual: 13–2 Royals

51%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Royals Blue Jays Projected Result
Baseline Toronto Blue Jays 49% 51% 3–3 ✗
Pitcher-weighted Kansas City Royals 51% 49% 4–3 ✓
Platoon-weighted Kansas City Royals 58% 42% 4–3 ✓
Pitcher + Platoon Kansas City Royals 55% 45% 4–3 ✓
Logistic Kansas City Royals 52% 48% — ✓
Random Forest Toronto Blue Jays 38% 62% — ✗
Consensus Kansas City Royals 51% 49% 4–3 ✓
4 of 6 sims got it right.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Royals this season

78–77

50% across 155 games

Blue Jays this season

73–82

47% across 155 games