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Monday · July 20 ✦

TIGERS @ CUBS

Wrigley Field.

Final

TIGERS 8
Cubs 6

Our Pick

CHICAGO CUBS, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–4 Chicago Cubs · Actual: 8–6 Tigers

53%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Tigers Cubs Projected Result
Baseline Detroit Tigers 53% 47% 4–4 ✓
Pitcher-weighted Chicago Cubs 47% 53% 4–4 ✗
Platoon-weighted Detroit Tigers 65% 35% 5–3 ✓
Pitcher + Platoon Chicago Cubs 40% 60% 4–4 ✗
Logistic Chicago Cubs 38% 62% — ✗
Random Forest Chicago Cubs 38% 62% — ✗
Consensus Chicago Cubs 47% 53% 4–4 ✗
2 of 6 sims got it right — Baseline and Platoon-weighted caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Tigers this season

95–58

62% across 153 games

Cubs this season

77–80

49% across 157 games