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MLB · Sunday, August 23, 2026

Detroit Tigers @ Kansas City Royals

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Detroit Tigers ML (-110, BetOnline.ag) · confidence 51.8% of 10,000 sims · edge -0.6 pts · 0u

Jacob Waguespack (1.95 ERA, 0.83 WHIP) vs Daniel Lynch IV (2.83 ERA, 1.02 WHIP).

Projected 4.7–4.4; sim total 9 against a 8.5 line; park factor 1.03.

Market at board time: moneyline -112 / +100 (consensus at board time) · total 8.5.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -110 within the day-game juice cap (-170; night -180, day -170, day = first pitch before 17:00 venue-local).
  • Rule 8 check passed: raw model 52.2% vs de-vigged market 51.4%: 0.9-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 51.8% 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 flag: Jacob Waguespack, Daniel Lynch IV under 60 IP this deep in the season (limited workload / possible IL return). Volume freeze: confidence downgraded one tier.
  • Rule 6 check passed: away 14-day wOBA 0.281 vs league 0.314 (gap +0.032, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
  • Weather (totals paper track ONLY): 85°F at first pitch: run environment x1.058. Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)-112 / +100-110 / +100
Total8.58.5 (o-114 / u-106)

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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