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Tuesday · September 8 · 7:15 pm ✦

RAYS @ BRAVES

Truist Park. · 86 degrees, cloudy, wind 7 mph l to r

Final

RAYS 7
Braves 1

Our Pick

ATLANTA BRAVES

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–4 Atlanta Braves · Actual: 7–1 Rays

58%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Rays Braves Projected Result
Baseline Atlanta Braves 42% 58% 4–4 ✗
Pitcher-weighted Atlanta Braves 33% 67% 3–4 ✗
Platoon-weighted Atlanta Braves 33% 67% 3–5 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Tampa Bay Rays 53% 47% 4–4 ✓
Logistic Tampa Bay Rays 53% 47% — ✓
Random Forest Atlanta Braves 31% 69% — ✗
Consensus Atlanta Braves 42% 58% 4–4 ✗
2 of 6 sims got it right — Pitcher + Platoon and Logistic caught what the others missed.

— 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