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MLB · Saturday, August 15, 2026

Baltimore Orioles @ Tampa Bay Rays

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Tampa Bay Rays ML (-142, FanDuel) · confidence 54.5% of 10,000 sims · edge -4.2 pts · 0u

Kyle Bradish (3.69 ERA, 1.34 WHIP) vs Ian Seymour (4.08 ERA, 1.13 WHIP).

Projected 4.4–4.5; sim total 8.9 against a 7.5 line; park factor 1.00.

Market at board time: moneyline +130 / -146 (consensus at board time) · total 7.5.

Circuit-breaker log (6 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -142 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 51.2% vs de-vigged market 57.7%: 6.5-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 54.5% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -4.2 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 0.321 vs league 0.315 (gap -0.007, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.

👁 Watch (market-proving, 0u): Over 7.5 (+105, LowVig.ag) · model 54.9% · edge +6.2 pts · divergence +7.3 pts

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+130 / -146+130 / -146
Total7.57.5 (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.

❌ Watch pick (market-proving, paper, 0u staked): Over 7.5 (+105, LowVig.ag) — 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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