Editor’s Note: For almost three years now, Joe has been publishing picks here and back at All Things NIT, our former site. There have been moments of elation (the Nationals winning the 2019 World Series). There have been moments of frustration (the Dodgers’ 2020 NLCS comeback). Overall, the results have been positive, with an average return on investment, per pick, of 2% when weighting by confidence (1 for low, 2 for medium, 3 for high) across 1,746 published picks, not including pending futures. 2% doesn’t sound amazing, but relative to what else you get on the internet?
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Lines for these come from the Vegas consensus or the closest approximation available at the time picks are written, unless otherwise noted. FanGraphs is heavily used in making MLB picks.
Atlanta @ Houston
Don’t buy too much into the Max Fried narrative from earlier this series. Lot of dinks and doinks.
Pick: Under 8.5 (+105). Low confidence.
Ball State @ Akron
Akron is bad, but they’re above the part of the bell curve where you really don’t know how bad a team is. We have a decent idea as to how bad the Zips are. It’s not this bad.
Pick: Akron +20 (-105). Low confidence.
