Who is better at picking games, CBS Sports Staff or Dunkel Index?

On the 131 games both have graded, CBS Sports Staff leads with 77 wins to 54. Every pick is made before the game and graded in public against the final result.

How often do CBS Sports Staff and Dunkel Index disagree?

They took opposite sides on 61 of the 131 shared games, and CBS Sports Staff was right 42 of those 61 times.

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CBS Sports Staff vs Dunkel Index

CBS Sports vs Dunkel Index · same games, same finals, graded in public

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On the 131 games both have graded (all time), CBS Sports Staff leads 77–54 on correct calls. The sharper cut is the 61 games where they took opposite sides: CBS Sports Staff was right 42 of 61.

MLB · 131 games both graded · Jul 21 to Aug 4, 2026

CBS Sports Staff

77–54

59% on shared games

Dunkel Index

54–77

41% on shared games

When they took opposite sides

61 of 131 shared games

CBS Sports Staff 42 · Dunkel Index 19

On the 70 games they agreed, the shared side went 35–35.

Closing-line value

CBS Sports Staff

+0.33 pp

beat the close 57.3% of 316 picks

Dunkel Index

-0.08 pp

beat the close 45.9% of 135 picks

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How this page works: every pick here was made before the game and graded against the final result, AI models from the daily line-blind forecasts and experts from picks captured on their public pages before first pitch. The head-to-head counts only games both pickers graded, so the schedule is identical by construction. Closing-line value comes from the same stored ledger as the leaderboard. Updated nightly.