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MLB · Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Seattle Mariners @ Milwaukee Brewers

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Milwaukee Brewers ML (-147, BetUS) · confidence 59.6% of 10,000 sims · edge +0.1 pts · 0u

Bryce Miller (3.39 ERA, 0.99 WHIP) vs Kyle Harrison (2.99 ERA, 1.13 WHIP).

Projected 3.7–4.7; sim total 8.4 against a 7.5 line; park factor 0.99.

Market at board time: moneyline +150 / -166 (consensus at board time) · total 7.5.

Circuit-breaker log (9 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -147 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 58.4% vs de-vigged market 60.9%: 2.6-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 59.6% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is +0.1 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 0.297 vs league 0.315 (gap +0.018, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
  • Weather: roofed park, no adjustment (totals paper track).
  • ✳ Best of Board: the gates left no held plays today, so this is the model's top remaining lean — 0 units, NOT staked, published for transparency. The checks above show exactly which gate it failed.
  • 🎯 Daily Pick (v0.15): the slate's top-ranked eligible candidate (score 0.549) under the always-on strategy's lower, precommitted bar. 0u through the proving window (ends 2026-09-08); separate public ledger, never mixed with the Qualified record.

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+150 / -166+106 / -123
Total7.57.5 (o-2 / u-116)

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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