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2026-W32 · Aug 3 – Aug 9, 2026

Weekly accuracy report

Every one of the 36 games that finished this week was re-graded, scoring the 2367 probabilities that had been published against actual outcomes. Lower Brier is better; 0.25 is coin-flip level.

Brier (model)

0.1931

raw 0.1970

Calibration gain

−0.0039

lower is better

Hit rate

71.1%

base 32.7%

Calibration error

3.9%

raw 7.8%

Brier by day (lower is better)

By league

LeagueGamesScoredBrier
MLB2623090.1917/ 0.1957
WNBA9450.2476/ 0.2463
MLS1130.2624/ 0.2624

What changed this week

  • • Graded 1362 markets from yesterday. Shipped probabilities scored Brier 0.1869 (raw 0.1934; a coin flip is 0.25).
  • • Graded 990 markets from yesterday. Shipped probabilities scored Brier 0.2009 (raw 0.2013; a coin flip is 0.25).
  • • league:mlb:pitcher_k calibration trailed raw output on live games (Brier 0.1888 vs 0.1842, 257 samples). Pulled and quarantined.
  • • Adopted a isotonic calibrator for league:mlb:batter_contact (hold-out Brier 0.2183 → 0.2012, 6122 samples).
  • • Adopted a isotonic calibrator for baseball:batter_contact (hold-out Brier 0.2183 → 0.2012, 6122 samples).
  • • Adopted a isotonic calibrator for *:batter_contact (hold-out Brier 0.2183 → 0.2012, 6122 samples).
  • • Adopted a beta calibrator for league:mlb:batter_contact (hold-out Brier 0.2203 → 0.2050, 6310 samples).
  • • Adopted a beta calibrator for baseball:batter_contact (hold-out Brier 0.2203 → 0.2050, 6310 samples).