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MLB · Saturday, August 22, 2026

Athletics @ Houston Astros

Graded — this page is the complete record.

The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Houston Astros -1.5 run line · confidence 43.8% of 10,000 sims · edge -7.1 pts · 0u

Jacob Lopez (5.22 ERA, 1.53 WHIP) vs Hunter Brown (3.67 ERA, 1.30 WHIP).

Projected 4.2–5; sim total 9.2 against a 8 line; park factor 0.97.

Market at board time: moneyline +210 / -238 (consensus at board time) · total 8.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 fired: market line -232 exceeds the night-game juice cap (-180): pivoted off the moneyline to HOU -1.5 (covers 43.8% of sims).
  • Rule 8 check passed: raw model 56.9% vs de-vigged market 68.6%: 11.7-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 43.8% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -7.1 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 0.323 vs league 0.313 (gap -0.010, threshold 0.035).
  • 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)+210 / -238+210 / -241
Total88 (o-105 / u-115)

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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