Neither of these teams were supposed to be here.

During the regular season, the Oakland A's, Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels were seen as the most likely AL representatives for the World Series. Detroit had a big-name starting rotation and two of the best hitters in the game in nERD of 0.49. Kansas City, however, was 16th, with a team nERD of -0.09.

The algorithms say that Baltimore wins in six.