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"Pretty, Pretty Good
Predicted Actual
Giants 77-85 77-85
Cardinals 91-71 91-71
Orioles 53-109 54-108
Mets 85-77 86-76
Astros 108-54 107-55
Phillies 82-80 81-81
"That’s two teams exactly right, and four others within a single game, spread across the distribution. Throw in another eight teams I got right to within three wins, and I picked almost half the league to within that three-win margin. It wasn’t as if I was just getting lucky, either. Remember, I start by projecting runs scored and allowed, and then move to wins and losses from that, making adjustments -- mostly bullpen and manager -- along the way. I had those Cardinals outscoring their opponents by 102 runs; they outscored them by 107. I was within ten runs of accuracy for six teams, including the Rays and White Sox, where I was off by just three."
