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Monday · October 5 ✦

YANKEES @ RAYS

Tropicana Field.

Final

Yankees 2
RAYS 5

Our Pick

NEW YORK YANKEES, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–3 New York Yankees · Actual: 2–5 Rays

53%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Yankees Rays Projected Result
Baseline New York Yankees 60% 40% 4–3 ✗
Pitcher-weighted New York Yankees 56% 44% 3–3 ✗
Platoon-weighted New York Yankees 67% 33% 5–3 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon New York Yankees 56% 44% 3–3 ✗
Logistic Tampa Bay Rays 40% 60% — ✓
Random Forest Tampa Bay Rays 40% 60% — ✓
Consensus New York Yankees 53% 47% 4–3 ✗
2 of 6 sims got it right — Logistic and Random Forest caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Yankees this season

83–76

52% across 159 games

Rays this season

78–80

49% across 158 games