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STL vs PIT

SP Lake Bachar vs Kyle Leahy

Pirates 60%

AI Analysis Summary

Pitching — Pirates has the edge in SP FIP (2.4pp). Pirates has the edge in SP xFIP (0.5pp). Pirates has the edge in Bullpen FIP (2pp).

Batting & Roster — Pirates has the edge in Lineup wOBA (0.8pp). Pirates has the edge in WAR (0.1pp). Cardinals has the edge in Lineup xwOBA (0.2pp).

Situational — Cardinals has the edge in Home Advantage (5.6pp). Pirates has the edge in Recent Form (10pp). Pirates has the edge in Park Factor (0.1pp).

Combining 9 sabermetric factors, the quantitative model sees a clear edge with Pirates ahead by 20pp.

Factor BalanceEvenFactors 0:0

9 Factor Breakdown

SP FIP

weight 12%
Pirates 3.88vsCardinals 4.08

Pirates has the edge in SP FIP (2.4pp).

Pirates edge · contribution -2.4pp

SP xFIP

weight 3%
Pirates 4.03vsCardinals 4.20

Pirates has the edge in SP xFIP (0.5pp).

Pirates edge · contribution -0.5pp

Bullpen FIP

weight 10%
Pirates 3.88vsCardinals 4.08

Pirates has the edge in Bullpen FIP (2pp).

Pirates edge · contribution -2pp

Lineup wOBA

weight 10%
Pirates 0.324vsCardinals 0.309

Pirates has the edge in Lineup wOBA (0.8pp).

Pirates edge · contribution -0.8pp

WAR

weight 8%
Pirates 15.4vsCardinals 14.2

Pirates has the edge in WAR (0.1pp).

Pirates edge · contribution -0.1pp

Recent Form

weight 10%
Pirates 50.0%vsCardinals 30.0%

Pirates has the edge in Recent Form (10pp).

Pirates edge · contribution -10pp

Lineup xwOBA

weight 5%
Pirates 0.314vsCardinals 0.322

Cardinals has the edge in Lineup xwOBA (0.2pp).

Cardinals edge · contribution +0.2pp

Barrel%

weight 3%
Pirates 7.9%vsCardinals 7.6%

Negligible gap in Barrel%.

Even

Elo

weight 10%
Pirates 1489vsCardinals 1489

Negligible gap in Elo.

Even

Cumulative Factor Impact (waterfall)

Starts at a neutral 50% → each factor's impact accumulates → final Cardinals win probability. Right (green) = home favored / left (red) = away favored. Defense SFR is an unimplemented MLB placeholder (always neutral) and is omitted from this chart — Elo, recent form, and head-to-head are real per-team data.

Pirates @ Cardinals · final [15%, 85%] clamp

Recent Meetings (Pirates vs Cardinals)

Last 1 games — our model's prediction vs actual result

Model metadata

Quant model: mlb_v0.1 · generated 8h before game time