## Summary
- **Root cause**: `statsapi.mlb.com` returns 406 (deprecated). Switched MLB to ESPN's free standings API (`site.api.espn.com/apis/v2/sports/baseball/mlb/standings`), consistent with NBA, WNBA, and MLS.
- **Refactor**: Extracted a shared `espn.ts` utility module, eliminating 4× duplication of `statsMap()`, `flattenEspnStandings()`, ESPN interfaces, and the `playoffSeed` → conference rank logic across adapters.
- **Bug fixes** found during review and applied across all affected adapters:
- `parseConferenceRank`: `|| undefined` falsy-zero bug replaced with `isNaN` guard
- Sort comparators: stable alphabetical tiebreaker added to MLB, NBA, WNBA
- `winPct`: falls back to `wins/(wins+losses)` if ESPN omits the stat (was silently 0)
- statsMap pre-built once per entry before sorting in all adapters (was rebuilt per comparison)
- WNBA `parseEntry`: accepts pre-computed `sm` instead of rebuilding it internally
- MLB `gamesBack`: tests updated to reflect ESPN returns numeric `0` for division leaders (old API used `"-"` → `undefined`)
## Test plan
- [ ] All 60 standings-sync unit tests pass (`npm run test:run -- app/services/standings-sync`)
- [ ] Trigger MLB standings sync from admin panel and confirm it returns data without a 406
- [ ] Confirm NBA, WNBA, MLS syncs still work (adapters touched but behaviour unchanged)
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Co-authored-by: Chris Parsons <chrisparsons1127@gmail.com>
Reviewed-on: #62
* Add WNBA playoff simulator with SRS-based Elo ratings, fixes#125
- New WNBASimulator: Monte Carlo (50k sims) projecting remaining regular
season games → seeding → R1 Bo3 / Semis Bo5 / Finals Bo7 bracket
- Hybrid Elo sourcing: pre-season uses futures odds (ICM); once avg
gamesPlayed ≥ 5, switches automatically to SRS-derived Elo
(elo = 1500 + srs × 20)
- New WnbaStandingsAdapter: fetches ESPN standings + teams endpoints in
parallel; includes zero-records for 2026 expansion teams (Portland
Fire, Toronto Tempo) not yet in standings
- Added srs column to regular_season_standings (migration 0063);
stored as net rating proxy (avgPointsFor − avgPointsAgainst)
- Added wnba_bracket to simulatorTypeEnum
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* Fix missing afterEach import in wnba standings test
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
