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Thursday · June 18 · 7:05 pm ✦

WHITE SOX @ YANKEES

Yankee Stadium. · 78 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 6 mph varies

Final

WHITE SOX 5
Yankees 1

Our Pick

NEW YORK YANKEES, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–4 New York Yankees · Actual: 5–1 White Sox

50%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick White Sox Yankees Projected Result
Baseline New York Yankees 40% 60% 4–4 ✗
Pitcher-weighted New York Yankees 49% 51% 4–4 ✗
Platoon-weighted New York Yankees 44% 56% 3–4 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Chicago White Sox 62% 38% 4–3 ✓
Logistic Chicago White Sox 55% 45% — ✓
Random Forest New York Yankees 46% 54% — ✗
Consensus New York Yankees 50% 50% 4–4 ✗
2 of 6 sims got it right — Pitcher + Platoon and Logistic caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

White Sox this season

81–81

50% across 162 games

Yankees this season

83–76

52% across 159 games