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MLB · Sunday, August 16, 2026

Washington Nationals @ New York Mets

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

New York Mets ML (-159, DraftKings) · confidence 55.7% of 10,000 sims · edge -5.7 pts · 0u

Jake Irvin (5.79 ERA, 1.32 WHIP) vs Christian Scott (3.45 ERA, 1.30 WHIP).

Projected 4.4–4.6; sim total 9 against a 8.5 line; park factor 0.96.

Market at board time: moneyline +146 / -165 (consensus at board time) · total 8.5.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -159 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 51.0% vs de-vigged market 60.5%: 9.5-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 55.7% 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 check passed: away 14-day wOBA 0.318 vs league 0.314 (gap -0.005, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
  • Weather (totals paper track ONLY): 81°F at first pitch: run environment x1.043. Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+146 / -165+146 / -164
Total8.58.5 (o-118 / u-102)

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.

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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