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Tuesday · May 26 ✦

YANKEES @ ROYALS

Kauffman Stadium.

Final

YANKEES 15
Royals 1

Our Pick

KANSAS CITY ROYALS, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–4 Kansas City Royals · Actual: 15–1 Yankees

52%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Yankees Royals Projected Result
Baseline New York Yankees 51% 49% 4–4 ✓
Pitcher-weighted Kansas City Royals 44% 56% 4–4 ✗
Platoon-weighted New York Yankees 58% 42% 4–3 ✓
Pitcher + Platoon Kansas City Royals 47% 53% 4–4 ✗
Logistic Kansas City Royals 47% 53% — ✗
Random Forest Kansas City Royals 41% 59% — ✗
Consensus Kansas City Royals 48% 52% 4–4 ✗
2 of 6 sims got it right — Baseline and Platoon-weighted caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Yankees this season

83–76

52% across 159 games

Royals this season

78–77

50% across 155 games