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MLB · Sunday, August 9, 2026

New York Mets @ Pittsburgh Pirates

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Pittsburgh Pirates ML (-138, BetOnline.ag) · confidence 55.8% of 10,000 sims · edge -2.2 pts · 0u

Sean Manaea (4.33 ERA, 1.38 WHIP) vs Jared Jones (4.02 ERA, 1.11 WHIP).

Projected 4.1–4.6; sim total 8.7 against a 8 line; park factor 0.97.

Market at board time: moneyline +125 / -142 (consensus at board time) · total 8.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -138 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 54.7% vs de-vigged market 56.9%: 2.2-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 55.8% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -2.2 pts (minimum 2). No allocation; a good side at a bad price is a bad bet.
  • Rule 4 flag: Jared Jones under 60 IP this deep in the season (limited workload / possible IL return). Volume freeze: confidence downgraded one tier.
  • Rule 6 check passed: away 14-day wOBA 0.320 vs league 0.315 (gap -0.005, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
  • Weather (totals paper track ONLY): 81°F at first pitch: run environment x1.044. Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+125 / -142+125 / -142
Total88 (o-115 / u-107)

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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