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Wednesday · September 16 · 1:10 PM ✦

WHITE SOX @ GUARDIANS

Progressive Field. · 79 degrees, cloudy, wind 7 mph in from lf

Final

White Sox 3
GUARDIANS 6

Our Pick

CHICAGO WHITE SOX, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–3 Chicago White Sox · Actual: 3–6 Guardians

53%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick White Sox Guardians Projected Result
Baseline Chicago White Sox 65% 35% 5–3 ✗
Pitcher-weighted Chicago White Sox 58% 42% 4–3 ✗
Platoon-weighted Cleveland Guardians 40% 60% 3–4 ✓
Pitcher + Platoon Chicago White Sox 53% 47% 3–3 ✗
Logistic Cleveland Guardians 46% 54% — ✓
Random Forest Chicago White Sox 61% 39% — ✗
Consensus Chicago White Sox 53% 47% 4–3 ✗
2 of 6 sims got it right — Platoon-weighted and Logistic caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

White Sox this season

81–81

50% across 162 games

Guardians this season

78–81

49% across 159 games