With MLB teams trying to set themselves for the stretch run and postseason craziness, one type of player is valued above all others: the pitching ace. An ace is the guy who can come in and stop a losing streak, or give a beleaguered bullpen a much-needed breather. Tonight around major league baseball a few bona fide aces – and also a couple of guys hoping to be considered as such – are in action. Here’s how the swarm predicted the evening’s schedule:
Two-time Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber definitely counts as an ace, and tonight he leads his Cleveland club in a game against their cross-state rivals in Cincinnati. Although the Great American Ballpark can be a pitcher’s nightmare, Kluber has swing-and-miss stuff that should play well there. And although Cleveland is all but locked in as the American Central champs, winning games like this contest are important for them to push towards a first round home field advantage in the playoffs.
Although the swarm didn’t make this matchup their pick of the night (that honor goes to another ace, Justin Verlander, and the Houston Astros) the replay above shows a fantastic demonstration of confidence in the Tribe. The magnets in the swarm are all pulling to the Cleveland side of the hex, and eventually the swarm settles on that high confidence two-runs-plus win forecast. In almost every facet, this looks like as confident a prediction as any made in this swarm.
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