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MLB · Sunday, August 9, 2026

Cleveland Guardians @ Chicago White Sox

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Cleveland Guardians ML (-122, BetRivers) · confidence 50.1% of 10,000 sims · edge -4.9 pts · 0u

Joey Cantillo (3.87 ERA, 1.47 WHIP) vs Davis Martin (4.13 ERA, 1.31 WHIP).

Projected 4.1–4.7; sim total 8.8 against a 8.5 line; park factor 1.03.

Market at board time: moneyline -131 / +116 (consensus at board time) · total 8.5.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -122 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 45.1% vs de-vigged market 55.1%: 9.9-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 50.1% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -4.9 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 0.305 vs league 0.315 (gap +0.010, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
  • Weather (totals paper track ONLY): 84°F at first pitch: run environment x1.056. Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)-131 / +116-126 / +114
Total8.58.5 (o-106 / u-114)

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.

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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