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MLB · Thursday, August 20, 2026

New York Yankees @ Baltimore Orioles

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

New York Yankees ML (-118, FanDuel) · confidence 52.5% of 10,000 sims · edge -1.7 pts · 0u

Gerrit Cole (3.22 ERA, 1.08 WHIP) vs Kyle Bradish (3.65 ERA, 1.36 WHIP).

Projected 4.3–4.1; sim total 8.4 against a 7.5 line; park factor 1.00.

Market at board time: moneyline -120 / +108 (consensus at board time) · total 7.5.

Circuit-breaker log (6 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 51.8% vs de-vigged market 53.2%: 1.3-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 52.5% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -1.6 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 0.287 vs league 0.316 (gap +0.029, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)-120 / +108-110 / -103
Total7.57.5 (o+100 / u-120)

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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