SOURCE: NJIT via ScienceMode.com

NJIT’s indefatigable math professor Bruce Bukiet is once again opining on outcomes for this season’s Major League Baseball teams.

His picks are based on a mathematical model he developed in 2000. His goal is two-fold.

“I use my mathematical model to determine whether it is worthwhile to wager on games during the baseball season,” he said.

“But I also use my system to combat math illiteracy. Baseball can be the world’s best math lesson.”

Bukiet, a professor whose mantra is “A day without math is like a day without sunshine,” has received countless teaching honors from NJIT.

He admits that his picks are not always correct. “Hey, sometimes the players just don’t perform the way they should, every fan knows that,” he said.

But getting people to think about probability and the other important aspects of math in their lives makes Bukiet feel like a winner every time.

On a more upbeat note, Bukiet’s system for recommending wagers has produced positive results for five of the seven years he has posted results.

His model provides the number of games each Major League Baseball team should win in 2008. Bukiet, an avid Mets fan, is also associate dean of NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts.

His predictions follow, including expected number of wins for each team.

“The New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels should make the playoffs in the American League (AL) in 2008 with the other teams lagging well behind,” he said.

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