That's a good point - I wonder what 1 or 2 losses does to a teams RPI. I think someone mentioned they have the formula to calculate RPI - does someone mind sharing that?
The reason being maybe one of the filters could incorporate a cushion of 1 or 2 losses in the RPI difference.
Here is an example - and i'm just making up numbers
NYM (RPI .550) at HOU (RPI .490) - so an RPI difference of 60. This would be a play per the RPI filter. but let's say if the NYM lose the first game - their RPI would drop to ,530 and HOU would go up to .500 - now the difference is only 30.
Maybe it's a filter we can use in the first month of baseball - or throughout the season if it makes sense.
All we would need is how RPI is calculated to figure out how it impacts teams current RPI.
Just a thought.....
B2W and I had an offline conversation about the currect state of MLB teams in relation to the RPI. We was concerned that bad teams were beating good teams and we discussed the decision to postpone another week. We ultimate decided to move forward because looked like they were lining up.
While this system isn't perfect its still pretty damn good. I fully expect next week to be the complete opposite. This is gambling and there are no sure things.
We are betting these games too, so don't think we for a second we aren't eating our own dog food.
Feel free to vent your frustration, you have every right, but I caution you to from jumping on the HATE train because of one bad series. Lest we forget that Texas and Dodgers both won and I fully expect San Fran to pull through tonight.
Look at it this way, the C game loss is out of the way early and now we don't have to worry about it.
We have a great collection of guys in here, lets stay focused on finding the winners.
OK, Let's SLOW this thread down. And please listen to what I have to say!!!
First of al I screwed up and started the system too early COMPARED to previous seasons. The MLB season started a week later this year. I always just started it in May taking into no consideration of how many games/series were played. My bad! I'll still take the hit for the NYM loss. Oh well.
Second, I recieved an email back from ESPN this morning concerning the RPI. The will NOT give out information on how EXACTLY, PRECISELY the RPI is created. Only the basics. So in other words, YOU CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT. It's called a "Trade Secret". I had been emailing them off and on for the past couple months.
Third, Once we start a series, we don't stop (at least the system doesn't, but you can). That means even if a series falls OUT of the RPI number for a play, keep going. This happens quite frequently during the season.
Fourth and final, Last year was the best year for the RPI. Hell, we may have a bunch of losses this year...IDK.. I hope not. Because the last few years has been a LOCK. Hopefully, things start going as planned and not ruin all our BR.
Thanks for listening, and oh, Let's not clog this thread anymore, including me. If you have questions PM me. If you think I missed a play, post that to the thread. Otherwise, please just read, give a 
or something completely relevant to the thread.
Thanks guys!!!
Yes, normally. But I was off this year and started it too early as I explained earlier so I put in filters. I don't think I will have to put in filters come this weekend.
As far as the ESPN RPI, they would not comment on anything whatsoever. Not even how or if ESPN power rankings come into play. Yes, I know the basic formula, but like it says, "basic".
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