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Thursday · April 9 · 6:40 pm ✦

WHITE SOX @ ROYALS

Kauffman Stadium. · 77 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 14 mph out to lf

Final

WHITE SOX 2
Royals 0

Our Pick

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

✗ Wrong

Projected: 2–3 Kansas City Royals · Actual: 2–0 White Sox

56%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick White Sox Royals Projected Result
Baseline Kansas City Royals 40% 60% 3–3
Pitcher-weighted Kansas City Royals 35% 65% 2–3
Platoon-weighted Kansas City Royals 44% 56% 3–3
Pitcher + Platoon Kansas City Royals 27% 73% 2–4
Logistic Chicago White Sox 57% 43%
Random Forest Chicago White Sox 54% 46%
Consensus Kansas City Royals 44% 56% 2–3
2 of 6 sims got it right — Logistic and Random Forest caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

White Sox this season

22–24

48% across 46 games

Royals this season

24–23

51% across 47 games