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Tuesday · August 18 · 6:40 pm ✦

BRAVES @ TWINS

Target Field. · 81 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 10 mph out to rf

Final

Braves 1
TWINS 4

Our Pick

ATLANTA BRAVES, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–3 Atlanta Braves · Actual: 1–4 Twins

54%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Braves Twins Projected Result
Baseline Atlanta Braves 53% 47% 4–3
Pitcher-weighted Atlanta Braves 60% 40% 4–3
Platoon-weighted Atlanta Braves 55% 45% 5–4
Pitcher + Platoon Atlanta Braves 51% 49% 4–4
Logistic Atlanta Braves 55% 45%
Random Forest Minnesota Twins 44% 56%
Consensus Atlanta Braves 54% 46% 4–3
1 of 6 sims got it right — Random Forest caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Braves this season

63–60

51% across 123 games

Twins this season

63–59

52% across 122 games