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MLB · Sunday, August 16, 2026

Baltimore Orioles @ Tampa Bay Rays

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Tampa Bay Rays ML (-138, FanDuel) · confidence 53.3% of 10,000 sims · edge -4.7 pts · 0u

Trevor Rogers (4.21 ERA, 1.25 WHIP) vs Freddy Peralta (5.33 ERA, 1.50 WHIP).

Projected 4.6–4.6; sim total 9.2 against a 7.5 line; park factor 1.00.

Market at board time: moneyline +126 / -140 (consensus at board time) · total 7.5.

Circuit-breaker log (6 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -138 within the day-game juice cap (-170; night -180, day -170, day = first pitch before 17:00 venue-local).
  • Rule 8 check passed: raw model 49.7% vs de-vigged market 56.9%: 7.2-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 53.3% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -4.7 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 0.330 vs league 0.314 (gap -0.017, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.

👁 Watch (market-proving, 0u): Over 7.5 (+104, LowVig.ag) · model 57.3% · edge +8.3 pts · divergence +9.6 pts

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+126 / -140+120 / -142
Total7.56.5 (o-120 / u-105)

Capture caveat, verbatim: first capture was after first pitch — weak close.

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 (+104, LowVig.ag) — WIN (+1.04u 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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