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MLB · Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Tampa Bay Rays @ Athletics

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Tampa Bay Rays -1.5 run line · confidence 46.5% of 10,000 sims · edge -4.5 pts · 0u

Drew Rasmussen (2.75 ERA, 0.91 WHIP) vs Jack Perkins (7.04 ERA, 1.45 WHIP).

Projected 5.3–4.1; sim total 9.4 against a 9.5 line; park factor 1.02.

Market at board time: moneyline -215 / +186 (consensus at board time) · total 9.5.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 fired: market line -205 exceeds the day-game juice cap (-170): pivoted off the moneyline to TB -1.5 (covers 46.5% of sims).
  • Rule 8 check passed: raw model 59.3% vs de-vigged market 66.1%: 6.9-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 46.5% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -4.5 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 0.331 vs league 0.310 (gap -0.020, 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 x1.058. Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)-215 / +186-220 / +192
Total9.59.5 (o-102 / u-118)

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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