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MLB · Wednesday, August 19, 2026

New York Yankees @ Baltimore Orioles

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

New York Yankees ML (-116, FanDuel) · confidence 51.0% of 10,000 sims · edge -2.7 pts · 0u

Will Warren (4.42 ERA, 1.41 WHIP) vs Chris Bassitt (5.11 ERA, 1.62 WHIP).

Projected 4.2–4.3; sim total 8.5 against a 9 line; park factor 1.00.

Market at board time: moneyline -118 / +107 (consensus at board time) · total 9.

Circuit-breaker log (6 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -116 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 49.2% vs de-vigged market 52.8%: 3.6-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 51.0% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -2.7 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 flag: away 14-day wOBA 0.279 trails league 0.315 by 0.036 (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.

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)-118 / +107-118 / +106
Total99 (o-118 / u+100)

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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