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MLB · Saturday, August 22, 2026

Cincinnati Reds @ Arizona Diamondbacks

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Arizona Diamondbacks ML (-160, Caesars) · confidence 60.9% of 10,000 sims · edge -0.7 pts · 0u

Rhett Lowder (5.17 ERA, 1.49 WHIP) vs Michael Soroka (2.93 ERA, 1.11 WHIP).

Projected 3.7–5.1; sim total 8.8 against a 8 line; park factor 1.05.

Market at board time: moneyline +149 / -167 (consensus at board time) · total 8.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -160 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 60.9% vs de-vigged market 60.9%: 0.0-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 60.9% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -0.7 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 0.248 trails league 0.313 by 0.065 (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.
  • Weather: roofed park, no adjustment (totals paper track).

👁 Watch (market-proving, 0u): Under 8 (-105, Bovada) · model 53.2% · edge +2.0 pts · divergence +3.1 pts

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+149 / -167+111 / -130
Total88.5 (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.

❌ Watch pick (market-proving, paper, 0u staked): Under 8 (-105, Bovada) — LOSS (-1.00u 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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