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There’s A 60 Percent Chance Of A Royals-Mets World Series

Going into the league championship round of the MLB playoffs, the Toronto Blue Jays and Chicago Cubs were looking like the best bets to meet in the World Series next week. According to our Elo ratings, they were the two strongest squads in baseball, and while neither team had home-field advantage in its LCS matchup, […]

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There’s A 60 Percent Chance Of A Royals-Mets World Series

Going into the league championship round of the MLB playoffs, the Toronto Blue Jays and Chicago Cubs were looking like the best bets to meet in the World Series next week. According to our Elo ratings, they were the two strongest squads in baseball, and while neither team had home-field advantage in its LCS matchup, […]

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Where This Year’s Playoff Aces Rank In Franchise History

We’ve already seen some mighty impressive displays of pitching prowess in this year’s postseason, including Chicago Cubs hurler Jake Arrieta’s complete game shutout in the National League wild-card game last week and New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom’s seven-inning, 13-strikeout performance against the L.A. Dodgers on Friday. Not only have these performances been dominating, but […]

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Where This Year’s Playoff Aces Rank In Franchise History

We’ve already seen some mighty impressive displays of pitching prowess in this year’s postseason, including Chicago Cubs hurler Jake Arrieta’s complete game shutout in the National League wild-card game last week and New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom’s seven-inning, 13-strikeout performance against the L.A. Dodgers on Friday. Not only have these performances been dominating, but […]

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Chase Utley’s Illegal Slide Changed Everything For The Dodgers

UPDATE (Oct. 13, 10:45 a.m.): With their 13-7 win over the Dodgers in Game 3 of the National League Division Series on Monday night, the Mets now have a 75 percent probability of winning the series despite the effect of Utley’s slide. Utley’s appeal probably won’t be heard Tuesday, so he will probably be eligible […]

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