Below you will find the UNU Baseball Swarm’s Picks for September 23rd.

We had a fun, but small Swarm last night. While most of you were watching the Pats game, some of our smartest pickers were in the Swarm.

As always, the results are sorted by predicted competitiveness and then by Brainpower, although I would encourage you to watch each games replay for insight into how the Swarm arrived at its prediction. For example, lower brainpower could reflect a toss-up between the two teams, or it could mean that the Swarm couldn’t decide whether a particular team would win by “a lot” or “a little.”

We continue to fine-tune our understanding of Brainpower, and so you’ll notice that we’re again steering clear of any Moneyline game below 75% Brainpower, and even those two games at 76% don’t show enough clarity ( for me ) to consider them a recommendation.
And, because a few people were late to the Swarm last night, we’re going to considers the Cubs as a Moneyline recommendation, rather than ATS.And, because a few people were late to the Swarm last night, we’re going to consider the Cubs a Moneyline recommendation, rather than ATS.

Thus, Seattle ATS should be considered the Swarm’s most confident prediction. But, and this should go without saying, but if you’re going to bet on baseball – or anything else, for that matter – be smart about it. UNU has a pretty good track record, but baseball is notoriously difficult to predict.

Without further ado, here are the Swarm’s picks for September 23d…

BY A LOT

SEA: J Paxton (L) 4-7, 3.88 at MIN: K Gibson (R) 6-10, 5.10
Seattle Mariners by a lot – Brainpower 82%
https://go.unu.ai/r/214808

BY A LOT ( High BP, Small Swarm )

STL: M Leake (R) 9-10, 4.54 at CHC: J Arrieta (R) 17-7, 2.96
Chicago Cubs by a lot – Brainpower 87%
https://go.unu.ai/r/214791

BY A LITTLE ( BP above 75% ) 
SF: A Suarez (R) 3-4, 4.16 at SD: E Jackson (R) 4-6, 6.00
San Francisco Giants by a little – Brainpower 82%
https://go.unu.ai/r/214815

PHI: J Hellickson (R) 12-9, 3.57 at NYM: S Matz (L) 9-8, 3.40
Philadelphia Phillies by a little – Brainpower 80%
https://go.unu.ai/r/214801
TEX: C Hamels (L) 14-5, 3.42 at OAK: K Graveman (R) 10-10, 4.21
Texas Rangers by a little – Brainpower 77%
https://go.unu.ai/r/214811

COL: J Gray (R) 10-8, 4.42 at LAD: S Kazmir (L) 10-6, 4.59
Los Angeles Dodgers by a little – Brainpower 76%
https://go.unu.ai/r/214813

KC: D Duffy (L) 12-2, 3.18 at DET: M Fulmer (R) 10-7, 3.03
Detroit Tigers by a little – Brainpower 76%
https://go.unu.ai/r/214799

BY A LITTLE ( BP below 75% ) 

LAA: A Meyer (R) 1-3, 5.63 at HOU: D Fister (R) 12-12, 4.45
Houston Astros by a little – Brainpower 71%
https://go.unu.ai/r/214809

ARI: S Miller (R) 2-12, 6.90 at BAL: Y Gallardo (R) 5-8, 5.77
Baltimore Orioles by a little – 71%
https://go.unu.ai/r/214794

CHW: M Gonzalez (R) 4-7, 3.83 at CLE: T Bauer (R) 11-8, 4.24
Cleveland by a little – 69%
https://go.unu.ai/r/214797

WSH: G Gonzalez (L) 11-10, 4.48 at PIT: J Taillon (R) 4-4, 3.39
Pittsburgh by a little – 68%
https://go.unu.ai/r/214796
CIN: A DeSclafani (R) 8-4, 3.15 at MIL: Z Davies (R) 11-7, 3.92
Milwaukee Brewers by a little – Brainpower 68%
https://go.unu.ai/r/214806

NYY: B Mitchell (R) 1-1, 6.00 at TOR: F Liriano (L) 7-13, 5.08
New York Yankees by a little – 67%
https://go.unu.ai/r/214793

ATL: M Wisler (R) 7-12, 4.93 at MIA: A Cashner (R) 5-11, 5.27
Miami Marlins by a little – Brainpower 67%
https://go.unu.ai/r/214802

BOS: D Pomeranz (L) 10-12, 3.40 at TB: C Archer (R) 8-18, 4.05
Boston Red Sox by a little – Brainpower 62%
https://go.unu.ai/r/214804