
Effectively Wild Episode 1990: Week 1 Non-Overreactions
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
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The Effects of Week One Playoff Odds on Teams
The Braves are now up 15.5 percentage points in their chances of winning the NL East, which is a lot. The Mets are down 12 percentage points to win the NL East and the Phillies who got off to a one and five start,. They're down 2.9 percentage points. So again, like should you feel significantly better or worse about a team because of an opening day? I don't know. Maybe we need a Ben Clemens study of week one playoff odds fluctuations.
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