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Wednesday · May 6 ✦

GUARDIANS @ ROYALS

Kauffman Stadium.

Final

GUARDIANS 3
Royals 1

Our Pick

CLEVELAND GUARDIANS

✓ Correct

Projected: 6–3 Cleveland Guardians · Actual: 3–1 Guardians

62%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Guardians Royals Projected Result
Baseline Cleveland Guardians 69% 31% 6–4
Pitcher-weighted Cleveland Guardians 76% 24% 7–4
Platoon-weighted Cleveland Guardians 82% 18% 6–3
Pitcher + Platoon Cleveland Guardians 76% 24% 7–3
Logistic Kansas City Royals 42% 58%
Random Forest Kansas City Royals 44% 56%
Consensus Cleveland Guardians 62% 38% 6–3
4 of 6 sims got it right.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Guardians this season

22–24

48% across 46 games

Royals this season

22–23

49% across 45 games