New York Mets @ Pittsburgh Pirates
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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)
Pittsburgh Pirates ML (-129, DraftKings) · confidence 55.1% of 10,000 sims · edge -1.2 pts · 0u
Zac Thornton (2.88 ERA, 1.05 WHIP) vs Carmen Mlodzinski (3.15 ERA, 1.31 WHIP).
Projected 4–4.5; sim total 8.5 against a 8 line; park factor 0.97.
Market at board time: moneyline +118 / -132 (consensus at board time) · total 8.
Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
- Rule 2 check passed: market line -129 within the night-game juice cap (-180; night -180, day -170, day = first pitch before 17:00 venue-local).
- Rule 8 check passed: raw model 54.8% vs de-vigged market 55.4%: 0.5-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 55.1% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
- Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -1.2 pts (minimum 2). No allocation; a good side at a bad price is a bad bet.
- Rule 4 flag: Zac Thornton under 60 IP this deep in the season (limited workload / possible IL return). Volume freeze: confidence downgraded one tier.
- Rule 6 check passed: away 14-day wOBA 0.321 vs league 0.312 (gap -0.009, threshold 0.035).
- Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
- Weather (totals paper track ONLY): 74°F at first pitch: run environment x1.015. Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.
👁 Watch (market-proving, 0u): Under 8 (+100, BetRivers) · model 53.6% · edge +3.6 pts · divergence +4.7 pts
Open vs close
| Market | Board time | Close |
|---|---|---|
| Moneyline (away / home) | +118 / -132 | +118 / -130 |
| Total | 8 | 8.5 (o-105 / u-115) |
The close is the last pre-first-pitch capture. Movement toward a side after we post is the fastest honest read on pick quality — see the CLV column on the ledger.
❌ Watch pick (market-proving, paper, 0u staked): Under 8 (+100, BetRivers) — LOSS (-1.00u paper).
No stake rode on this game. The lean and its failed gates above are the whole position: passing is a position too.
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