Colorado Rockies @ St. Louis Cardinals
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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)
St. Louis Cardinals ML (-148, FanDuel) · confidence 55.0% of 10,000 sims · edge -4.6 pts · 0u
Kyle Freeland (6.81 ERA, 1.49 WHIP) vs Matthew Liberatore (4.97 ERA, 1.49 WHIP).
Projected 4.6–4.8; sim total 9.5 against a 8.5 line; park factor 0.97.
Market at board time: moneyline +138 / -152 (consensus at board time) · total 8.5.
Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
- Rule 2 check passed: market line -148 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 51.1% vs de-vigged market 58.9%: 7.8-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 55.0% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
- Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -4.6 pts (minimum 2). No allocation; a good side at a bad price is a bad bet.
- Rule 4 check passed: both starters carry full-season workloads.
- Rule 6 check passed: away 14-day wOBA 0.318 vs league 0.313 (gap -0.005, threshold 0.035).
- Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
- Weather (totals paper track ONLY): 90°F at first pitch: run environment x1.082 + 5% hot-day kicker vs home SP fly-ball (61% air outs). Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.
👁 Watch (market-proving, 0u): Over 8.5 (-110, Bovada) · model 59.4% · edge +7.0 pts · divergence +8.6 pts
Open vs close
| Market | Board time | Close |
|---|---|---|
| Moneyline (away / home) | +138 / -152 | +139 / -164 |
| Total | 8.5 | 9.5 (o+100 / u-118) |
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): Over 8.5 (-110, Bovada) — WIN (+0.91u 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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