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Wednesday · September 16 · 6:40 PM ✦

ATHLETICS @ RAYS

Tropicana Field. · 72 degrees, dome, wind 0 mph none

Final

Athletics 3
RAYS 4

Our Pick

ATHLETICS, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 3–3 Athletics · Actual: 3–4 Rays

51%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Athletics Rays Projected Result
Baseline Athletics 51% 49% 3–3 ✗
Pitcher-weighted Athletics 56% 44% 3–3 ✗
Platoon-weighted Athletics 51% 49% 4–3 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Athletics 62% 38% 4–3 ✗
Logistic Tampa Bay Rays 47% 53% — ✓
Random Forest Tampa Bay Rays 36% 64% — ✓
Consensus Athletics 51% 49% 3–3 ✗
2 of 6 sims got it right — Logistic and Random Forest caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Athletics this season

92–64

59% across 156 games

Rays this season

78–80

49% across 158 games