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Tuesday · August 25 ✦

GUARDIANS @ ANGELS

Angel Stadium.

Final

GUARDIANS 8
Angels 6

Our Pick

LOS ANGELES ANGELS, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 3–3 Los Angeles Angels · Actual: 8–6 Guardians

54%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Guardians Angels Projected Result
Baseline Cleveland Guardians 56% 44% 3–3 ✓
Pitcher-weighted Los Angeles Angels 40% 60% 3–3 ✗
Platoon-weighted Los Angeles Angels 45% 55% 3–3 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Los Angeles Angels 44% 56% 2–3 ✗
Logistic Los Angeles Angels 41% 59% — ✗
Random Forest Cleveland Guardians 59% 41% — ✓
Consensus Los Angeles Angels 46% 54% 3–3 ✗
2 of 6 sims got it right — Baseline and Random Forest caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Guardians this season

78–81

49% across 159 games

Angels this season

88–66

57% across 154 games