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Sunday · June 28 · 1:12 PM ✦

ROYALS @ WHITE SOX

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

Final

ROYALS 5
White Sox 4

Our Pick

CHICAGO WHITE SOX

✗ Wrong

Projected: 3–3 Chicago White Sox · Actual: 5–4 Royals

56%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Royals White Sox Projected Result
Baseline Chicago White Sox 44% 56% 3–4 ✗
Pitcher-weighted Chicago White Sox 40% 60% 3–4 ✗
Platoon-weighted Kansas City Royals 53% 47% 4–4 ✓
Pitcher + Platoon Chicago White Sox 47% 53% 3–3 ✗
Logistic Chicago White Sox 39% 61% — ✗
Random Forest Chicago White Sox 38% 62% — ✗
Consensus Chicago White Sox 44% 56% 3–3 ✗
1 of 6 sims got it right — Platoon-weighted caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Royals this season

78–77

50% across 155 games

White Sox this season

81–81

50% across 162 games