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MLB Deserve-to-Win
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Aug 6, 2026
Blue Jays
2
Final
Cubs
3
Simulated win probability — "deserved to win"Blue Jays 47% · tied 15% · Cubs 38%
How win probability is simulated
  • Win probability comes from resampling every batted ball thousands of times — using launch angle, exit velocity, and ballpark factors.
  • It's the simulator's view of who "deserved" to win, regardless of the actual scoreboard.

Team comparison

Both team bars grow from the same left edge, scaled within each row — longer is more.

Runs
2
3
Est. bases
14.2
13.3
Total bases
13
8
Home runs
0
1
Barrels
0
2
Walks/HBP
4
3
Strikeouts
7
12
GIDP
2
0
Stolen bases
2
3
Left on base
13
6
Errors
1
0

Deserved run flow by inning

By the end the Blue Jays lead on deserved runs by 0.4.

Cubs deserved lead ↑
-4-20+2-0.4+1
Blue Jays deserved lead ↓Through inning 1: deserved Blue Jays +0.1 (80% band 0.0 to 0.0) · this inning -0.1 deserved runs · actual Blue Jays +1Through inning 2: deserved Blue Jays +0.6 (80% band -2.0 to 0.0) · this inning -0.6 deserved runs · actual Blue Jays +1Through inning 3: deserved Blue Jays +0.9 (80% band -2.0 to 0.0) · this inning -0.3 deserved runs · actual Blue Jays +1Through inning 4: deserved Blue Jays +1.1 (80% band -3.0 to 0.0) · this inning -0.2 deserved runs · actual Blue Jays +1Through inning 5: deserved Blue Jays +1.3 (80% band -3.0 to 0.0) · this inning -0.2 deserved runs · actual Blue Jays +1Through inning 6: deserved Blue Jays +1.2 (80% band -3.0 to 0.0) · this inning +0.0 deserved runs · actual Blue Jays +1Through inning 7: deserved Blue Jays +0.9 (80% band -3.0 to +1.0) · this inning +0.3 deserved runs · actual Blue Jays +2Through inning 8: deserved Blue Jays +1.4 (80% band -4.0 to +1.0) · this inning -0.6 deserved runs · actual Blue Jays +2Through inning 9: deserved Blue Jays +1.0 (80% band -4.0 to +2.0) · this inning +0.5 deserved runs · actual evenThrough inning 10: deserved Blue Jays +0.7 (80% band -4.0 to +3.0) · this inning +0.3 deserved runs · actual evenThrough inning 11: deserved Blue Jays +0.4 (80% band -4.0 to +3.0) · this inning +0.2 deserved runs · actual Cubs +11234567891011

Inning

Deserved (mean)ActualCubs sideBlue Jays side
How to read this chart
How the simulated “deserved” run differential built up inning by inning — shaded bands show the middle 50% and 80% of simulations, the grey steps show what actually happened. It breaks the headline deserved margin down inning by inning, so the endpoint lands on the headline verdict.

Batting

Bases created

Total bases each batter created (estimated bases from batted balls, plus one per walk).

Blue Jays
Cubs
How to read this chart
Ranked top to bottom. Grouped by team, longest first.

Bases above replacement

Bases each hitter created beyond a freely-available bench bat.

How to read this chart
“Replacement” is the bench bat any team could call up for free, so the scale puts a pinch-hitter and a full-game starter side by side: it measures bases produced against that baseline in the same number of plate appearances, not raw totals.

Batting luck diagnostic

Each batter's net luck: actual bases minus the bases their contact deserved.

Blue Jays
Lucky
Unlucky
Cubs
Lucky
Unlucky
How to read this chart
“Deserved” is estimated bases — what contact like that usually earns, regardless of where it landed. Click a batter to see each ball and watch it on Baseball Savant.

Pitching

Bases given up

Total bases each pitcher allowed (estimated bases from balls in play, plus one per walk).

Blue Jays
Cubs
How to read this chart
Sorted most to least. Grouped by team, longest first.

Bases above replacement

Bases each pitcher prevented beyond a freely-available replacement arm.

How to read this chart
“Replacement” is the arm any team could call up for free, and the comparison accounts for the batters each pitcher actually faced. Starters and relievers are held to separate baselines, because a reliever’s inning is the easier job.

Pitching matchup

Each staff’s pitchers side by side.

How to read this chart
Hover or tap the ⓘ on any metric for what it means, or click a row to see the per-pitcher breakdown.

How each pitcher performed

Each pitch type graded in bases saved or cost vs. an average pitcher in the same counts.

Blue Jayspitching
Dylan Cease7.0 IP · 24 BF · 10 K · 1 BB
4.6 bases saved

His Slider did the damage prevention — 4.5 bases better than average on 32 pitches. The Knuckle Curve got hit — 1 ball in play worth 2.6 expected bases.

Changeup11 thrown (11% tonight, season 12%)
−0.1 bases saved
Braydon Fisher1.0 IP · 3 BF · 1 K · 0 BB
0.7 bases saved

Faced only 3 batters. His Curveball did the damage prevention — 0.6 bases better than average on 7 pitches.

Louis Varland1.0 IP · 5 BF · 0 K · 0 BB
2.9 bases cost

The Knuckle Curve got hit — 2 balls in play worth 4.7 expected bases. Overall 2.9 bases worse than an average pitcher facing the same counts.

Slider1 thrown (5% tonight, season 8%)
−0.1 bases saved
Chase Lee1.0 IP · 4 BF · 1 K · 1 BB
0.1 bases cost

About an average night — +0.1 bases vs average on 4 batters.

Sinker1 thrown (10% tonight, season 36%)
+0.1 bases cost
Brendon Little0.3 IP · 2 BF · 0 K · 1 BB
0.3 bases cost

Faced only 3 batters.

Slider6 thrown (75% tonight, season 26%) · 1 whiff
0.0 bases
Cubspitching
David Peterson5.0 IP · 23 BF · 3 K · 3 BB
1.9 bases saved

His Slider did the damage prevention — 1.4 bases better than average on 21 pitches. 4 of his 6 whiffs came on the Slider.

Curveball6 thrown (7% tonight, season 11%)
−0.2 bases saved
Ryan Rolison1.0 IP · 3 BF · 0 K · 0 BB
0.8 bases saved

Faced only 3 batters.

Curveball2 thrown (14% tonight, season 18%)
−0.1 bases saved
Sinker1 thrown (7% tonight, season 9%)
+0.1 bases cost
Aaron Civale3.0 IP · 13 BF · 3 K · 0 BB
0.8 bases cost

The Four-Seamer got hit — 2 balls in play worth 3.0 expected bases. His Curveball did the damage prevention — 1.4 bases better than average on 8 pitches.

Sinker2 thrown (4% tonight, season 18%)
−0.1 bases saved
Caleb Thielbar1.0 IP · 3 BF · 0 K · 0 BB
0.2 bases saved

Faced only 3 batters.

Slider2 thrown (17% tonight, season 21%)
+0.2 bases cost
Trent Thornton1.0 IP · 4 BF · 1 K · 1 BB
1.1 bases saved

His Four-Seamer did the damage prevention — 0.7 bases better than average on 7 pitches.

Curveball3 thrown (25% tonight, season 16%) · 2 whiffs
−0.4 bases saved
Cutter1 thrown (8% tonight, season 23%)
−0.1 bases saved
Sweeper1 thrown (8% tonight, season 18%)
0.0 bases
Lg avg pitcher = 0
How to read this chart
  • Every pitch is scored against the league: throwing a strike (or getting a whiff or weak contact) beats the average outcome from that count; balls and hard contact fall short of it.
  • “Saved” means fewer expected bases than an average pitcher facing the same counts; “cost” means more. Contact is judged by estimated bases, not luck.
  • This grades every pitch against an average pitcher. The “Bases above replacement” board higher up compares the whole outing to a freely available fill-in arm instead, so its totals read a few bases friendlier — same outing, different question.
  • Click a pitch row to watch the balls hit against it.

Pitching luck diagnostic

Each pitcher's net luck on contact: deserved bases against minus what actually scored.

Blue Jays
Lucky
Unlucky
Cubs
Lucky
Unlucky
How to read this chart
“Deserved” is estimated bases on the opponents' contact. Unlucky means bloops and seeing-eye hits fell in; lucky means hard contact found gloves. Click a pitcher to see their biggest swings and watch them on Baseball Savant.

Player spotlight

Pick any player from this game to see what they actually did — every ball they hit, every pitch they saw or threw, and who they did damage against.

Where Alex Bregman hit it

Every ball Alex Bregman hit this game, where it landed.

354'399'356'
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Cumulative bases through the game

Finished −1.4 bases behind deserved.

4 PA2 H0 BB0 HBP1 K99.7 mph Hardest hit

Total basesActual: 5Deserved: 6.4
PA 1 vs Dylan Cease: strikeoutPA 2 vs Dylan Cease: single — 1.0 deserved basesPA 3 vs Dylan Cease: out — 2.6 deserved basesPA 4 vs Louis Varland: home run — 2.8 deserved bases
K
How to read this chart
Every plate appearance, actual bases vs. what their contact deserved. Hover a column for that plate appearance.

Pitch mix

Share of pitches seen by type, and how much damage they did on contact.

Breaking63%

5.4 deserved bases on contact

Fastball25%

1.0 deserved bases on contact

Offspeed13%

Matchups vs pitchers

Actual vs. deserved bases against each opponent, biggest matchup first.

Dylan Cease
K
Actual
1.0
Deserved
3.6
Louis Varland
Actual
4.0
Deserved
2.8
How to read this chart
The symbols beside each name are that matchup's plate appearances — BB walk, HBP hit by pitch, K strikeout, and a dot for a ball in play. Both bars share one scale across every row.

Batted balls

Every ball put in play in this game — where it landed and how many bases that kind of contact usually earns.

Where every ball landed

Every ball in play, split by team, on Wrigley Field.

Blue Jays35 BIP · 4 BB/HBP
354'399'356'
Cubs23 BIP · 3 BB/HBP
354'399'356'
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Exit velosoft → hard
How to read this chart
Dot size scales with exit velocity; color shows estimated bases (EB), from pale slate (easy out) to dark teal (home-run territory). Tap a dot for its details, then use the Watch on Savant link to see the play. Wrigley Field — outfield wall drawn from real park dimensions.

The hardest-hit contact of the game, ranked by estimated bases.

How to read this table
Tap a row for exact outcome odds and a Savant video link, or show all batted balls to sort by any column and filter by team or player.

Run distribution information