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Wednesday · September 9 · 7:15 pm ✦

RAYS @ BRAVES

Truist Park. · 88 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 4 mph l to r

Final

RAYS 7
Braves 2

Our Pick

ATLANTA BRAVES, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–4 Atlanta Braves · Actual: 7–2 Rays

53%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Rays Braves Projected Result
Baseline Tampa Bay Rays 60% 40% 5–4 ✓
Pitcher-weighted Atlanta Braves 35% 65% 3–4 ✗
Platoon-weighted Atlanta Braves 36% 64% 4–5 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Tampa Bay Rays 58% 42% 4–3 ✓
Logistic Tampa Bay Rays 55% 45% — ✓
Random Forest Atlanta Braves 31% 69% — ✗
Consensus Atlanta Braves 47% 53% 4–4 ✗
3 of 6 sims got it right.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Rays this season

78–80

49% across 158 games

Braves this season

86–76

53% across 162 games