mlb-elo-advantage

MLB Elo Game Predictions and Playoff Probabilities for 2026-04-01 - @grdavis

Below are predictions for today's MLB games using an ELO rating methodology. Check out the full mlb-elo-advantage repository on github to see methodology and more.

The thresholds indicate at what odds the model thinks there is value in betting on a team. These thresholds were selected via backtesting over the last 2 years (2.7K games). For transparency, these recommendations have been triggered for 17% of games and have a -60.72% ROI over the last 7 days. ROI is -60.72% over the last 30 days and -4.68% over the last 365.

Date Away Home Away WinP Home WinP Away ML Away Threshold Home ML Home Threshold
2026-04-01 OAK ATL 44.77 55.23 183 +148 -226 +101
2026-04-01 TEX BAL 51.8 48.2 -102 +114 -118 +130
2026-04-01 PIT CIN 45 55 -150 +147 124 +102
2026-04-01 WSN PHI 38.27 61.73 229 +190 -280 -125
2026-04-01 COL TOR 30.17 69.83 238 +268 -306 -170
2026-04-01 CHW FLA 42.13 57.87 129 +163 -156 -109
2026-04-01 NYM STL 50.82 49.18 -172 +118 141 +126
2026-04-01 TBD MIL 40.37 59.63 118 +175 -144 -116
2026-04-01 BOS HOU 48.25 51.75 -156 +130 129 +114
2026-04-01 ANA CHC 38.25 61.75 139 +190 -165 -125
2026-04-01 DET ARI 46.85 53.15 -163 +137 135 +109
2026-04-01 SFG SDP 44.91 55.09 129 +147 -155 +101
2026-04-01 NYY SEA 49.93 50.07 -102 +122 -117 +122
2026-04-01 MIN KCR 41.56 58.44 -120 +167 100 -111
2026-04-01 CLE LAD 41.06 58.94 224 +170 -273 -113

Team Elo Ratings

This table summarizes each team's Elo rating and their chances of making it to various stages of the postseason based on 12000 simulations of the rest of the regular season and playoffs. Percentages starting with '<' are a rule-of-three upper bound (~95% binomial confidence) when the outcome did not occur in any simulation.

Team Elo Rating 7-Day Change 30-Day Change Playoffs Win Division Reach Div. Rd. Reach CS Reach WS Win WS
1 LAD 1551 4 4 96.150% 83.700% 96.150% 57.817% 35.000% 21.708%
2 MIL 1542 7 7 90.958% 69.333% 90.958% 47.400% 25.883% 15.050%
3 NYY 1541 6 9 90.550% 52.258% 90.550% 43.608% 26.617% 13.708%
4 TOR 1538 -2 -2 84.592% 37.792% 84.592% 36.442% 21.975% 11.292%
5 PHI 1525 -10 -10 67.667% 45.092% 67.667% 22.742% 10.250% 5.042%
6 CHC 1521 -5 -5 56.733% 18.167% 56.733% 16.342% 7.442% 3.425%
7 SEA 1521 0 0 65.500% 34.733% 65.500% 23.575% 10.825% 4.850%
8 TEX 1516 8 8 68.025% 37.883% 68.025% 23.900% 10.942% 4.617%
9 BOS 1516 -8 -8 42.842% 6.875% 42.842% 10.233% 5.175% 2.183%
10 SDP 1513 -10 -10 43.308% 7.517% 43.308% 9.850% 4.158% 1.783%
11 CLE 1509 -2 -2 56.342% 40.300% 56.342% 16.658% 6.883% 2.733%
12 HOU 1508 4 4 52.108% 22.925% 52.108% 14.925% 6.167% 2.575%
13 NYM 1508 2 2 46.308% 23.517% 46.308% 10.892% 4.350% 1.733%
14 KCR 1505 -2 -2 48.083% 32.342% 48.083% 12.875% 5.042% 1.742%
15 ATL 1504 3 3 41.275% 19.992% 41.275% 9.100% 3.467% 1.583%
16 ARI 1503 -1 -1 35.983% 4.925% 35.983% 6.475% 2.758% 1.258%
17 CIN 1502 -2 -2 35.983% 8.183% 35.983% 6.775% 2.700% 1.192%
18 DET 1501 1 1 39.575% 24.500% 39.575% 9.592% 3.533% 1.275%
19 SFG 1498 2 -2 28.475% 3.850% 28.475% 4.967% 1.650% 0.608%
20 TBD 1494 -1 -1 20.500% 2.183% 20.500% 3.533% 1.517% 0.483%
21 FLA 1489 2 2 24.733% 9.975% 24.733% 3.675% 1.083% 0.300%
22 OAK 1488 -3 -3 13.725% 4.075% 13.725% 2.358% 0.700% 0.225%
23 PIT 1488 0 0 14.733% 2.442% 14.733% 2.042% 0.792% 0.275%
24 BAL 1484 -4 -4 10.183% 0.892% 10.183% 1.492% 0.533% 0.175%
25 STL 1482 1 1 12.883% 1.875% 12.883% 1.583% 0.375% 0.133%
26 MIN 1466 -1 -1 4.333% 2.142% 4.333% 0.542% 0.033% <0.025%
27 WSN 1462 10 10 4.800% 1.425% 4.800% 0.342% 0.092% 0.025%
28 ANA 1458 4 4 2.125% 0.383% 2.125% 0.208% 0.042% 0.017%
29 CHW 1454 -6 -6 1.517% 0.717% 1.517% 0.058% 0.017% 0.008%
30 COL 1412 3 3 0.008% 0.008% 0.008% <0.025% <0.025% <0.025%