Sports Predictions

The dust has settled on the first round of the MLB Postseasonand two things are clear. First, Boston, the MLB Swarm's pick to win the World Series, is clearly a force to be reckoned with in the American League. Not…

The final swarm of the Major League Baseball regular season presents an interesting, difficult challenge for the weekly baseball swarm. The group will have to figure out how they want to forecast (and how confident in those predictions they want…

With Major League Baseball in the final week of its season, only handful of teams are still playing games that have any postseason implications. For teams who have already punched their tickets for the playoffs, the goal is to manage…

There were plenty of high profile deals at the MLB trade deadline earlier this summer. Big names like Manny Machado, Cole Hamels and Zach Britton were moved and have helped their new clubs out. But sometimes it’s the smaller, less-noticed…

Baseball is a game of numbers: hitters who hit .300, knock 30 home runs, or drive in 100 runners exist in rarefied air. Pitchers have their own milestone number stats, and perhaps none is more storied than hitting the 20-win…

The National League Central remains wide open at this late date in the season, with the potential to produce some sort of very surprising outcome. The Cubs, Brewers, and Cardinals all still have a chance to win the division, and…

Part of trying to accurately predict games in the closing segment of any sports season is having to be cognizant of the motivation of teams involved.  That can often be as basic as understanding which teams are fighting for the…

Sometimes a Major League Baseball team in September doesn’t remotely resemble the same club that broke training camp in March. Typically that happens with teams that know by mid-season that there will be no playoffs for them in a given…

As the Major League Baseball schedule begins its post-Labor Day sprint to the post-season, teams in the playoff chase may have wildly differing agendas. For instance, Cleveland is all but assured of a playoff spot in the division series, given…