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Saturday · September 5 · 4:15 pm ✦

YANKEES @ PADRES

Petco Park. · 81 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 8 mph l to r

Final

YANKEES 5
Padres 1

Our Pick

SAN DIEGO PADRES, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–4 San Diego Padres · Actual: 5–1 Yankees

54%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Yankees Padres Projected Result
Baseline San Diego Padres 47% 53% 4–4 ✗
Pitcher-weighted San Diego Padres 47% 53% 4–4 ✗
Platoon-weighted New York Yankees 55% 45% 4–3 ✓
Pitcher + Platoon New York Yankees 53% 47% 4–4 ✓
Logistic San Diego Padres 40% 60% — ✗
Random Forest San Diego Padres 27% 73% — ✗
Consensus San Diego Padres 46% 54% 4–4 ✗
2 of 6 sims got it right — Platoon-weighted and Pitcher + Platoon 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