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Sunday · August 23 · 1:11 PM ✦

GUARDIANS @ ROCKIES

Coors Field. · 91 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 7 mph in from cf

Final

GUARDIANS 7
Rockies 2

Our Pick

CLEVELAND GUARDIANS, narrowly

✓ Correct

Projected: 4–3 Cleveland Guardians · Actual: 7–2 Guardians

54%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Guardians Rockies Projected Result
Baseline Colorado Rockies 49% 51% 3–4 ✗
Pitcher-weighted Cleveland Guardians 53% 47% 4–3 ✓
Platoon-weighted Cleveland Guardians 64% 36% 4–3 ✓
Pitcher + Platoon Cleveland Guardians 58% 42% 3–3 ✓
Logistic Cleveland Guardians 54% 46% — ✓
Random Forest Colorado Rockies 44% 56% — ✗
Consensus Cleveland Guardians 54% 46% 4–3 ✓
4 of 6 sims got it right.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Guardians this season

78–81

49% across 159 games

Rockies this season

94–60

61% across 154 games