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MLB · Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Cincinnati Reds @ Chicago White Sox

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Chicago White Sox ML (-138, FanDuel) · confidence 56.1% of 10,000 sims · edge -1.8 pts · 0u

Rhett Lowder (5.26 ERA, 1.48 WHIP) vs Luis Castillo (5.30 ERA, 1.41 WHIP).

Projected 4.4–5.1; sim total 9.5 against a 9 line; park factor 1.03.

Market at board time: moneyline +128 / -141 (consensus at board time) · total 9.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -138 within the night-game juice cap (-180; night -180, day -170, day = first pitch before 17:00 venue-local).
  • Rule 8 check passed: raw model 55.1% vs de-vigged market 57.2%: 2.0-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 56.2% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -1.8 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 0.310 vs league 0.310 (gap +0.000, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
  • Weather (totals paper track ONLY): 75°F at first pitch: run environment x1.022. Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+128 / -141+115 / -136
Total98.5 (o+101 / u-120)

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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