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Monday · August 24 ✦

GUARDIANS @ ANGELS

Angel Stadium.

Final

GUARDIANS 4
Angels 2

Our Pick

LOS ANGELES ANGELS, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 3–3 Los Angeles Angels · Actual: 4–2 Guardians

54%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Guardians Angels Projected Result
Baseline Cleveland Guardians 55% 45% 3–3 ✓
Pitcher-weighted Cleveland Guardians 56% 44% 3–3 ✓
Platoon-weighted Los Angeles Angels 42% 58% 3–3 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Los Angeles Angels 47% 53% 3–2 ✗
Logistic Los Angeles Angels 31% 69% — ✗
Random Forest Cleveland Guardians 54% 46% — ✓
Consensus Los Angeles Angels 46% 54% 3–3 ✗
3 of 6 sims got it right.

— 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