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MLB · Saturday, August 22, 2026

New York Mets @ Chicago White Sox

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Chicago White Sox ML (-109, DraftKings) · confidence 51.6% of 10,000 sims · edge -0.6 pts · 0u

Christian Scott (3.51 ERA, 1.29 WHIP) vs Luis Castillo (4.99 ERA, 1.37 WHIP).

Projected 4.4–4.6; sim total 9 against a 8.5 line; park factor 1.03.

Market at board time: moneyline +102 / -115 (consensus at board time) · total 8.5.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -109 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 51.2% vs de-vigged market 51.9%: 0.7-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 51.6% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -0.6 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 0.316 vs league 0.313 (gap -0.003, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
  • Weather (totals paper track ONLY): 75°F at first pitch: run environment x1.020. Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+102 / -115-103 / -111
Total8.58.5 (o-112 / u-107)

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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