Tampa Bay Rays at Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB forecast
Win probability
Starts from the pregame forecast, then moves with the score and the time left after each inning. Above the line favors LAD.
Game center
From the ESPN box score.
Top performers
Rays- Yandy DiazBatting1-4
- Drew RasmussenPitching7.0 IP, 1 ER, 7 K
Dodgers- Shohei OhtaniBatting1-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI
- Justin WrobleskiPitching6.0 IP, 0 ER, 5 K
Scoring summary
- 6Ohtani homered to center (427 feet).0–1
The pick
Reconstructed from what was known before the game: the ratings at that point and the closing line.
Dodgers 56%
Forecast Elo ratings alone
How often that comes true: MLB favorites the forecast gave 55–60% have won 55.5% of 2,596 graded games.
- Market
- LAD 56%
- ML TB +119 / LAD -144
- Pre-line forecast
- LAD 59%
- Elo + market-implied
- Elo ratings
- LAD 62%
- Ratings vs. market
- +5.6 pts
- LAD: Elo 62.0%, market 56.4%
- Fair odds
- LAD -129
- TB +129 · the forecast as odds, no margin
- Pregame projection
- TB 3.7 – 4.3 LAD
- Margin from the forecast, posted total 8
How the number is built
Elo inputs in rating points (higher favors that team; 25–28 Elo is about a point of spread in football and basketball), then how the pieces combine.
| Factor | TB | LAD | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team rating | 1507 | 1574 | Elo entering the game; 1500 is league average |
| Home field | — | +18 | Worth 18 Elo in MLB |
| Starting pitchers | −6 | −5 | TB: Drew Rasmussen: team allows 0.30 more runs than with its usual starter (≈10 weighted starts) · LAD: Justin Wrobleski: team allows 0.27 more runs than with its usual starter (≈9 weighted starts) |
| Elo ratings | LAD +85 Elo | LAD 62.0% | |
| Market-implied ratings | LAD 58.8% | Team strength as past closing lines priced it, same game context | |
| Pre-line forecast | LAD 59.3% | 15% Elo, 85% market-implied (log-odds blend) | |
| Forecast | LAD 56.4% | Follows the market (vig removed): in testing, adding the ratings made it less accurate | |
Tale of the tape
This season coming into the game, regular season, each number with its league rank (the longer the bar, the higher). Home and road: the host's record at home against the visitor's on the road. Opponent Elo: how strong the teams each has played are, 1st the toughest.
| TB | Stat | LAD |
|---|---|---|
| 15th of 304.5 | Runs scored | 5.32nd of 30 |
| 16th of 304.4 | Runs allowed | 3.41st of 30 |
| 8th of 30+0.1 | Margin | +1.91st of 30 |
| 11th of 305–5 | Last 10 | 6–46th of 30 |
| 14th of 3017–19 | Road vs home | 23–123rd of 30 |
| 15th of 301500 | Opponent Elo | 149030th of 30 |
| 11th of 301507 | Elo rating | 15741st of 30 |
Rating history
Each team's Elo over the last two seasons. Hover or drag to compare on any date.
Recent form
Last five results, and whether the forecast hit.
Against the line
How each team has done against the closing spread and total, coming into this game.
| This season |  TB |  LAD |
|---|---|---|
| Run line | 40–29 | 38–35 |
| Last 10 | 5–5 | 4–6 |
| Favorite | 24–16 | 35–34 |
| Underdog | 16–13 | 3–1 |
| Overs–unders | 32–33–4 | 32–40–1 |
| Overs–unders, last 10 | 2–8 | 7–3 |
Against each game's closing line. Books set every line knowing these records: across 3,901 past games, the team with the better record against the spread so far that season covered 51.2%, short of the 52.4% a standard −110 bet needs, and over/under streaks held 48.0% of the time. They describe the past.
Head to head
TB 4–6 LAD in their last 10 meetings; the forecast called 7 of 10.