As we do each Monday throughout the season, today we look at Accuscore's playoff forecaster to see how the previous week's games effected the NL playoff race. Despite the Nationals breaking even with a 3-3 record on the week, after taking two of three from Chicago then dropping two of three against Florida, Washington's playoff chances dipped 3.4% from 13.9%-10.5%. The computer also shrunk the Nationals predicted chances of winning the NL East from 9.3% to 6.3%.
Around the division, Accuscore interestingly did not like the Mets despite the team's 4-2 record last week. Stephen Oh explains:
"The team that AccuScore's computers continue to disrespect are the New York Mets. They had a 4-2 week, but like last week their record vs winning teams and on the road continues to be sub-p ...
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Predicting the Nationals playoff chances with Accuscore
Posted: 3rd May 2010 by William Yoder in MLBComments Off on Predicting the Nationals playoff chances with Accuscore