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Sunday · August 23 · 1:11 PM ✦

TIGERS @ ROYALS

Kauffman Stadium. · 79 degrees, cloudy, wind 5 mph in from rf

Final

Tigers 7
ROYALS 11

Our Pick

DETROIT TIGERS

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–3 Detroit Tigers · Actual: 7–11 Royals

58%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Tigers Royals Projected Result
Baseline Detroit Tigers 58% 42% 5–4 ✗
Pitcher-weighted Detroit Tigers 64% 36% 4–3 ✗
Platoon-weighted Detroit Tigers 64% 36% 4–3 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Detroit Tigers 65% 35% 4–2 ✗
Logistic Kansas City Royals 45% 55% — ✓
Random Forest Detroit Tigers 54% 46% — ✗
Consensus Detroit Tigers 58% 42% 4–3 ✗
1 of 6 sims got it right — Logistic caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Tigers this season

95–58

62% across 153 games

Royals this season

78–77

50% across 155 games