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MLB · Saturday, August 8, 2026

Houston Astros @ San Diego Padres

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

San Diego Padres ML (-115, LowVig.ag) · confidence 50.5% of 10,000 sims · edge -3.0 pts · 0u

Peter Lambert (3.06 ERA, 1.13 WHIP) vs Michael King (3.45 ERA, 1.20 WHIP).

Projected 4.2–4; sim total 8.2 against a 8 line; park factor 0.95.

Market at board time: moneyline +104 / -116 (consensus at board time) · total 8.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -115 within the day-game juice cap (-170; night -180, day -170, day = first pitch before 17:00 venue-local).
  • Rule 8 check passed: raw model 48.7% vs de-vigged market 52.3%: 3.6-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 50.5% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -3.0 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 0.362 vs league 0.313 (gap -0.049, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
  • Weather (totals paper track ONLY): 82°F at first pitch: run environment x1.046. Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.

👁 Watch (market-proving, 0u): Under 8 (-114, BetRivers) · model 56.0% · edge +2.7 pts · divergence +4.9 pts

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+104 / -116+104 / -118
Total88 (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 (-114, BetRivers) — WIN (+0.88u 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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