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Friday · July 24 · 7:10 pm ✦

GUARDIANS @ RAYS

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

Final

Guardians 3
RAYS 11

Our Pick

TAMPA BAY RAYS, narrowly

✓ Correct

Projected: 3–3 Tampa Bay Rays · Actual: 3–11 Rays

52%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Guardians Rays Projected Result
Baseline Tampa Bay Rays 42% 58% 3–4 ✓
Pitcher-weighted Tampa Bay Rays 44% 56% 3–3 ✓
Platoon-weighted Cleveland Guardians 53% 47% 3–3 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Cleveland Guardians 55% 45% 3–3 ✗
Logistic Tampa Bay Rays 46% 54% — ✓
Random Forest Cleveland Guardians 50% 50% — ✗
Consensus Tampa Bay Rays 48% 52% 3–3 ✓
3 of 6 sims got it right.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Guardians this season

78–81

49% across 159 games

Rays this season

78–80

49% across 158 games