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MLB · Sunday, August 9, 2026

Colorado Rockies @ St. Louis Cardinals

Graded — this page is the complete record.

The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

St. Louis Cardinals ML (-158, DraftKings) · confidence 56.9% of 10,000 sims · edge -4.3 pts · 0u

Michael Lorenzen (6.94 ERA, 1.85 WHIP) vs Michael McGreevy (3.59 ERA, 1.20 WHIP).

Projected 4.4–4.8; sim total 9.2 against a 9 line; park factor 0.97.

Market at board time: moneyline +145 / -160 (consensus at board time) · total 9.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -158 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 53.8% vs de-vigged market 60.1%: 6.4-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 56.9% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -4.3 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 0.333 vs league 0.315 (gap -0.018, 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 x1.078. Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+145 / -160+145 / -161
Total99 (o-115 / u-103)

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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