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MLB · Saturday, August 15, 2026

Texas Rangers @ Athletics

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Texas Rangers ML (-140, DraftKings) · confidence 52.8% of 10,000 sims · edge -5.6 pts · 0u

MacKenzie Gore (4.43 ERA, 1.24 WHIP) vs J.T. Ginn (3.41 ERA, 1.21 WHIP).

Projected 4.3–4.6; sim total 8.8 against a 9.5 line; park factor 1.02.

Market at board time: moneyline -143 / +130 (consensus at board time) · total 9.5.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -140 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 48.0% vs de-vigged market 57.5%: 9.5-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 52.8% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -5.6 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 flag: away 14-day wOBA 0.274 trails league 0.315 by 0.041 (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): 83°F at first pitch: run environment x1.053. Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.

👁 Watch (market-proving, 0u): Under 9.5 (-118, LowVig.ag) · model 59.0% · edge +4.9 pts · divergence +6.9 pts

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)-143 / +130-139 / +118
Total9.510.5 (o-107 / u-111)

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): Under 9.5 (-118, LowVig.ag) — WIN (+0.85u 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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