The stress created by the Major League trade deadline causes weird things to happen to ballplayers. Even for successful squads, there’s typically tons of unease in the clubhouse. It’s understandable: no player wants to be dealt away from a playoff-bound winner to a cellar-dweller with just two months left in the season. The upshot of all that uncertainty is some of the highest volatility to be found all season when teams meet on the playing field.
On Tuesday for instance, Boston and Baltimore played the earliest in-season game ever between two teams separated by more than 40 games in the standings. That was our weekly Baseball swarm’s top pick, and a heavy betting favorite. So of course…the Red Sox lost, in a graphic illustration of just how variable baseball games can be. Tonight, with rosters around the league still subject to adjustments, the swarm made these predictions.
Nothing gun-shy about the Baseball Swarm today. Despite getting burnt by Boston on Tuesday, they’ve hitched their pick of the night to Chris Sale and his Red Sox teammates. They take on the Minnesota Twins, who appear to be in a selling mode as the August 1st trade deadline draws nigh. And although Boston starter Sale had pitched in tough luck earlier this season, he’s been dominant lately.
Part of making accurate predictions is being aware of past misses, but not having too long a memory. Thus the swarm in the replay above forms a pretty fast consensus to predict a high-confidence Boston win this evening. They also assigned this game the highest hypothetical weighted betting confidence (100 virtual dollars) to affirm their conviction in a Red Sox victory.
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