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Wednesday, Clay Davenport and Baseball Prospectus unveiled their new Postseason Odds Report, announcing that they had run a simulation of the remainder of the 2004 season - one million times.
In those million simulations, the Dodgers made the playoffs about 970,795 times, which is a less fancy way for me to report that according to the study, the Dodgers had a 97.1 percent chance of making the playoffs. Moreover, the site computes that Los Angeles has a 93.9 percent chance of winning the National League West.
Go to the site to see who BP likes for the other races. Last year, this page was updated almost daily, and Davenport promises daily updates from here on out. (Early readers of this site will recall me tracking the Dodgers' slim chances of making the playoffs a year ago.)
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