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MLB · Thursday, August 13, 2026

Texas Rangers @ Los Angeles Angels

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Texas Rangers ML (-148, FanDuel) · confidence 52.2% of 10,000 sims · edge -7.5 pts · 0u

Jacob deGrom (3.87 ERA, 1.13 WHIP) vs Walbert Ureña (2.83 ERA, 1.29 WHIP).

Projected 3.8–4.2; sim total 8 against a 7.5 line; park factor 1.00.

Market at board time: moneyline -151 / +134 (consensus at board time) · total 7.5.

Circuit-breaker log (6 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -148 within the night-game juice cap (-180; night -180, day -170, day = first pitch before 17:00 venue-local).
  • Rule 8 fired: raw model sees 45.9%, de-vigged market says 58.5%: a 12.5-point divergence (cap 12). When the model and the market disagree this hard, the market usually knows something our inputs do not (lineups, injury news, form). Demoted to lean pending manual review.
  • Rule 4 check passed: both starters carry full-season workloads.
  • Rule 6 flag: away 14-day wOBA 0.279 trails league 0.314 by 0.035 (threshold 0.035). 8% run tax applied to the away run rate.
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
  • Weather (totals paper track ONLY): 72°F at first pitch: run environment x1.007. Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.

👁 Watch (R8-hold, 0u): Texas Rangers ML (-148, FanDuel) · model 52.2% · edge -7.5 pts · divergence -12.6 pts

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)-151 / +134-144 / +130
Total7.57.5 (o+102 / u-123)

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.

❌ Watch pick (R8-hold, paper, 0u staked): Texas Rangers ML (-148, FanDuel) — LOSS (-1.00u paper).

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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