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MLB · Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Los Angeles Angels @ Houston Astros

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Houston Astros ML (-156, FanDuel) · confidence 58.0% of 10,000 sims · edge -2.9 pts · 0u

George Klassen (5.52 ERA, 2.11 WHIP) vs Cristian Javier (6.68 ERA, 1.70 WHIP).

Projected 4–4.6; sim total 8.6 against a 9 line; park factor 0.97.

Market at board time: moneyline +144 / -163 (consensus at board time) · total 9.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -156 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 55.8% vs de-vigged market 60.2%: 4.4-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 58.0% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -2.9 pts (minimum 2). No allocation; a good side at a bad price is a bad bet.
  • Rule 4 flag: George Klassen, Cristian Javier 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 0.266 trails league 0.315 by 0.049 (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: roofed park, no adjustment (totals paper track).

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+144 / -163+139 / -160
Total98.5 (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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