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Monday · August 31 · 6:40 PM ✦

METS @ RAYS

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

Final

METS 3
Rays 2

Our Pick

TAMPA BAY RAYS, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–4 Tampa Bay Rays · Actual: 3–2 Mets

52%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Mets Rays Projected Result
Baseline Tampa Bay Rays 40% 60% 3–4 ✗
Pitcher-weighted New York Mets 56% 44% 4–4 ✓
Platoon-weighted New York Mets 58% 42% 4–3 ✓
Pitcher + Platoon New York Mets 51% 49% 4–4 ✓
Logistic Tampa Bay Rays 45% 55% — ✗
Random Forest Tampa Bay Rays 35% 65% — ✗
Consensus Tampa Bay Rays 48% 52% 4–4 ✗
3 of 6 sims got it right.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Mets this season

81–74

52% across 155 games

Rays this season

78–80

49% across 158 games