FanGraphs
#18.6Advanced baseball stats, projections and daily playoff odds. Deep enough to get lost in; membership removes ads.
WebPrice: Free, with a paid upgrade
Best baseball prediction sites
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Top 9 compared
| Rank | Name | Score | Platforms | Price | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FanGraphs | 8.6 | Web | Free, with a paid upgrade | Advanced baseball stats, projections and daily playoff odds. Deep enough to get lost in; membership removes ads. |
| 2 | Baseball Reference | 8.5 | Web | Free, with a paid upgrade | The full MLB record book: game logs, splits and pitcher histories. Free research tool, no picks. |
| 3 | Baseball Savant | 8.4 | Web | Free | Statcast tracking data for MLB games: exit velocity, pitch movement, expected stats. Free and very detailed. |
| 4 | Action Network | 8.1 | Web | Free, with a paid upgrade | US betting news, odds and expert picks, with public betting percentages. The sharper tools need a PRO subscription. |
| 5 | Covers | 8.0 | Web | Free | Long-running North American betting site: odds, consensus picks, matchup stats and a big forum. |
| 6 | BetExplorer | 7.8 | Web | Free | Results, fixtures and odds archives across many sports. Not a tips site, more a reference desk for doing your own homework. |
| 7 | Dimers | 7.8 | Web | Free, with a paid upgrade | Runs thousands of simulations per game and shows where its numbers disagree with the sportsbooks. Best picks are paid. |
| 8 | Pickswise | 7.5 | Web | Free | Free expert picks for US sports, each with a short write-up and a confidence rating. |
| 9 | Leans.ai | 7.0 | Web | Paid subscription | AI-generated picks for the main US leagues, sent daily to subscribers. Paid, so check its published record before you commit. |
How is this list ranked?
Every name on this page has a score out of 10, and the list is sorted by that score, best first. The score comes from the same criteria for everything: accuracy where it can be tracked, coverage, ease of use, price, transparency and support.
No position in the ranking is paid for. Apps in a “Featured” block are placements: they are not ranked and have no score. Open a review to see what I liked, and what I did not.
The full ranking
Baseball Reference
#28.5The full MLB record book: game logs, splits and pitcher histories. Free research tool, no picks.
WebPrice: Free, with a paid upgrade
Baseball Savant
#38.4Statcast tracking data for MLB games: exit velocity, pitch movement, expected stats. Free and very detailed.
WebPrice: Free
Action Network
#48.1US betting news, odds and expert picks, with public betting percentages. The sharper tools need a PRO subscription.
WebPrice: Free, with a paid upgrade
Covers
#58.0Long-running North American betting site: odds, consensus picks, matchup stats and a big forum.
WebPrice: Free
BetExplorer
#67.8Results, fixtures and odds archives across many sports. Not a tips site, more a reference desk for doing your own homework.
WebPrice: Free
Dimers
#77.8Runs thousands of simulations per game and shows where its numbers disagree with the sportsbooks. Best picks are paid.
WebPrice: Free, with a paid upgrade
Pickswise
#87.5Free expert picks for US sports, each with a short write-up and a confidence rating.
WebPrice: Free
Leans.ai
#97.0AI-generated picks for the main US leagues, sent daily to subscribers. Paid, so check its published record before you commit.
WebPrice: Paid subscription
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