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MLB · Saturday, August 22, 2026

Tampa Bay Rays @ Baltimore Orioles

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Tampa Bay Rays ML (-122, FanDuel) · confidence 52.3% of 10,000 sims · edge -2.7 pts · 0u

Shane McClanahan (3.25 ERA, 1.12 WHIP) vs Brandon Young (3.52 ERA, 1.35 WHIP).

Projected 4.4–4.3; sim total 8.8 against a 8 line; park factor 1.00.

Market at board time: moneyline -125 / +113 (consensus at board time) · total 8.

Circuit-breaker log (6 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -122 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 50.4% vs de-vigged market 54.2%: 3.8-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 52.3% 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 check passed: away 14-day wOBA 0.335 vs league 0.313 (gap -0.022, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)-125 / +113-115 / +100
Total88.5 (o-120 / 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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