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Thursday · July 30 · 12:41 PM ✦

ROYALS @ TWINS

Target Field. · 84 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 10 mph out to lf

Final

Royals 3
TWINS 4

Our Pick

KANSAS CITY ROYALS, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 3–3 Kansas City Royals · Actual: 3–4 Twins

52%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Royals Twins Projected Result
Baseline Kansas City Royals 58% 42% 4–3 ✗
Pitcher-weighted Kansas City Royals 55% 45% 3–3 ✗
Platoon-weighted Minnesota Twins 45% 55% 3–3 ✓
Pitcher + Platoon Kansas City Royals 53% 47% 3–3 ✗
Logistic Kansas City Royals 50% 50% — ✗
Random Forest Kansas City Royals 51% 49% — ✗
Consensus Kansas City Royals 52% 48% 3–3 ✗
1 of 6 sims got it right — Platoon-weighted caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Royals this season

78–77

50% across 155 games

Twins this season

83–72

54% across 155 games