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WhatIfSports ALDS prediction: Red Sox vs. Indians

Published Oct. 6, 2016 5:34 p.m. ET

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After simulating this series 101 times, the AL East champion Red Sox advance to the ALCS 61.4 percent of the time.

Red Sox vs. Indians: 101 Simulations of Best-of-5 Series
Matchup	Win %	3 Game %	4 Game %	5 Game %
Red Sox	61.4	14.9	23.8	22.8
Indians	38.6	6.9	16.8	14.9

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The most common series length was four games at 40.6 percent of the time, with Boston finishing on top 23.8 percent of the time.

In his final trip to the postseason, Big Papi hit a home run an average of 1.26 times per series, the most from these two teams. Carlos Santana was the most homer-prone player for Cleveland at 0.96 dingers per series.

Game One arm, Rick Porcello led all starting pitchers in wins and provided the lowest ERA in the series at 3.48. Trevor Bauer and Josh Tomlin had a hard time keeping the Sox off the scoreboard as they both had ERAs over 6.00.

Andrew Miller had the best ERA amongst all pitchers from this series. He finished with a 2.53 ERA.

On a positive note for the Tribe, Jose Ramirez led all batters with a .338 batting average. However, it would be too little, too late for Cleveland.

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