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MLB · Sunday, August 16, 2026

Kansas City Royals @ Los Angeles Angels

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Los Angeles Angels ML (+104, BetOnline.ag) · confidence 50.2% of 10,000 sims · edge +1.2 pts · 0u

Noah Cameron (4.45 ERA, 1.29 WHIP) vs Ryan Johnson (6.71 ERA, 1.56 WHIP).

Projected 4.3–4.6; sim total 8.9 against a 9 line; park factor 1.00.

Market at board time: moneyline -114 / +100 (consensus at board time) · total 9.

Circuit-breaker log (6 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line +104 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 52.0% vs de-vigged market 48.4%: 3.6-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 50.2% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is +1.2 pts (minimum 2). No allocation; a good side at a bad price is a bad bet.
  • Rule 4 flag: Ryan Johnson under 60 IP this deep in the season (limited workload / possible IL return). Volume freeze: confidence downgraded one tier.
  • Rule 6 flag: away 14-day wOBA 0.268 trails league 0.314 by 0.046 (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.

👁 Watch (market-proving, 0u): Under 9 (-115, FanDuel) · model 61.4% · edge +7.9 pts · divergence +8.8 pts

👁 Watch (edge-band, 0u): Los Angeles Angels ML (+104, BetOnline.ag) · model 50.2% · edge +1.2 pts · divergence +3.6 pts

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)-114 / +100-114 / +100
Total99 (o-105 / u-115)

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 (-115, FanDuel) — WIN (+0.87u paper).

❌ Watch pick (edge-band, paper, 0u staked): Los Angeles Angels ML (+104, BetOnline.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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