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MLB · Sunday, August 9, 2026

Baltimore Orioles @ Texas Rangers

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Texas Rangers ML (-118, FanDuel) · confidence 53.4% of 10,000 sims · edge -0.7 pts · 0u

Cade Povich (3.91 ERA, 1.34 WHIP) vs Kumar Rocker (4.08 ERA, 1.33 WHIP).

Projected 4–4.3; sim total 8.2 against a 8 line; park factor 0.98.

Market at board time: moneyline +110 / -126 (consensus at board time) · total 8.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -118 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 53.0% vs de-vigged market 53.9%: 1.0-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 53.5% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -0.7 pts (minimum 2). No allocation; a good side at a bad price is a bad bet.
  • Rule 4 flag: Cade Povich under 60 IP this deep in the season (limited workload / possible IL return). Volume freeze: confidence downgraded one tier.
  • Rule 6 flag: away 14-day wOBA 0.274 trails league 0.315 by 0.042 (threshold 0.035). 8% run tax applied to the away run rate.
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
  • Weather: roofed park, no adjustment (totals paper track).

👁 Watch (market-proving, 0u): Under 8 (+100, LowVig.ag) · model 58.1% · edge +8.1 pts · divergence +9.5 pts

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+110 / -126+110 / -125
Total88 (o-117 / u-102)

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, LowVig.ag) — 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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