Game total

Research only by policy. In the backtest it is not measurably more accurate than the league-wide rate.

Research only: Tier 3 by policy. Published for context, never as a basis for a decision, until a deliberate product change promotes it. Tier 3: Research only until proven.

The backtest

engine v14 · every graded game · walk-forward
Graded962over 72 dates
Skill vs league rate-0.7%-3.1% to 1.8% (95%)
Predicted, on average8.81what happened: 8.94
Typical miss (RMSE)4.57correlation .076

Skill is how much lower the mean squared error of the served number is than always guessing the league-wide rate known at the time. Every date is predicted using only earlier dates, with calibration curves refit each date the way the site serves them.

The live test · engine v14

53 settled games · 24 dates

Counted from the ledgers at this build: predictions frozen before first pitch, under the engine now serving, with the game final and the result in. A game with no logged prediction or result for this market is left out. The count restarts with every engine version. This market is research only by policy, so the count changes no status.

Against the book's closing price

Not measured for this market yet: there is no clean pre-game price sample to compare against.