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MLB · Tuesday, August 18, 2026

St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

St. Louis Cardinals ML (-112, FanDuel) · confidence 52.6% of 10,000 sims · edge -0.2 pts · 0u

Kyle Leahy (3.38 ERA, 1.34 WHIP) vs Andrew Abbott (4.13 ERA, 1.42 WHIP).

Projected 4.8–4.3; sim total 9.1 against a 9 line; park factor 1.04.

Market at board time: moneyline -117 / +104 (consensus at board time) · total 9.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -112 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 52.8% vs de-vigged market 52.4%: 0.5-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 52.6% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -0.2 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 0.322 vs league 0.315 (gap -0.006, 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 x1.051. Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.

👁 Watch (market-proving, 0u): Under 9 (-105, LowVig.ag) · model 55.8% · edge +4.5 pts · divergence +5.3 pts

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)-117 / +104-117 / +104
Total99 (o-106 / u-114)

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 (-105, LowVig.ag) — WIN (+0.95u 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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