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MLB · Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Atlanta Braves @ Minnesota Twins

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Atlanta Braves ML (-118, FanDuel) · confidence 53.8% of 10,000 sims · edge -0.3 pts · 0u

Tyler Mahle (4.64 ERA, 1.32 WHIP) vs Zebby Matthews (5.34 ERA, 1.35 WHIP).

Projected 4.9–4.5; sim total 9.4 against a 8.5 line; park factor 0.99.

Market at board time: moneyline -122 / +110 (consensus at board time) · total 8.5.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -118 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 54.0% vs de-vigged market 53.6%: 0.5-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 53.8% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -0.3 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 0.300 vs league 0.315 (gap +0.015, threshold 0.035).
  • 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 x1.052. Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)-122 / +110-110 / -105
Total8.58.5 (o-114 / u-105)

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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