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MLB · Sunday, August 23, 2026

Atlanta Braves @ Milwaukee Brewers

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Milwaukee Brewers ML (-122, FanDuel) · confidence 55.5% of 10,000 sims · edge +0.5 pts · 0u

Tyler Mahle (4.53 ERA, 1.31 WHIP) vs Shane Drohan (3.86 ERA, 1.25 WHIP).

Projected 3.9–4.7; sim total 8.6 against a 7.5 line; park factor 1.00.

Market at board time: moneyline +111 / -124 (consensus at board time) · total 7.5.

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 57.1% vs de-vigged market 53.9%: 3.2-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 55.5% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is +0.5 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 0.262 trails league 0.314 by 0.051 (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.

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+111 / -124-102 / -113
Total7.57.5 (o-119 / u-102)

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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