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Friday · September 4 · 6:40 pm ✦

YANKEES @ PADRES

Petco Park. · 72 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 9 mph l to r

Final

Yankees 2
PADRES 3

Our Pick

NEW YORK YANKEES, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–3 New York Yankees · Actual: 2–3 Padres

51%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Yankees Padres Projected Result
Baseline San Diego Padres 42% 58% 4–4 ✓
Pitcher-weighted New York Yankees 62% 38% 4–3 ✗
Platoon-weighted New York Yankees 51% 49% 4–3 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon New York Yankees 55% 45% 4–3 ✗
Logistic New York Yankees 55% 45% — ✗
Random Forest San Diego Padres 34% 66% — ✓
Consensus New York Yankees 51% 49% 4–3 ✗
2 of 6 sims got it right — Baseline and Random Forest caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Yankees this season

83–76

52% across 159 games

Padres this season

97–63

61% across 160 games