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Sunday · July 26 · 1:42 PM ✦

ROYALS @ TIGERS

Comerica Park. · 82 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 5 mph r to l

Final

ROYALS 5
Tigers 4

Our Pick

DETROIT TIGERS

✗ Wrong

Projected: 3–4 Detroit Tigers · Actual: 5–4 Royals

55%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Royals Tigers Projected Result
Baseline Detroit Tigers 40% 60% 3–4 ✗
Pitcher-weighted Kansas City Royals 51% 49% 3–3 ✓
Platoon-weighted Detroit Tigers 47% 53% 3–4 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Detroit Tigers 45% 55% 3–4 ✗
Logistic Detroit Tigers 44% 56% — ✗
Random Forest Detroit Tigers 39% 61% — ✗
Consensus Detroit Tigers 45% 55% 3–4 ✗
1 of 6 sims got it right — Pitcher-weighted caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Royals this season

78–77

50% across 155 games

Tigers this season

95–58

62% across 153 games