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MLB · Monday, August 24, 2026

Pittsburgh Pirates @ San Diego Padres

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Pittsburgh Pirates ML (-105, DraftKings) · confidence 50.3% of 10,000 sims · edge -0.9 pts · 0u

Braxton Ashcraft (3.68 ERA, 1.08 WHIP) vs Robbie Ray (3.20 ERA, 1.31 WHIP).

Projected 4.2–4.1; sim total 8.3 against a 7.5 line; park factor 0.95.

Market at board time: moneyline -106 / -105 (consensus at board time) · total 7.5.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -105 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 50.1%: 0.3-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 50.3% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -0.9 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 0.289 vs league 0.315 (gap +0.026, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
  • Weather (totals paper track ONLY): 73°F at first pitch: run environment x1.012. Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.

👁 Watch (market-proving, 0u): Over 7.5 (+100, Bovada) · model 52.2% · edge +2.2 pts · divergence +3.3 pts

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)-106 / -105-104 / -114
Total7.57.5 (o+100 / u-120)

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): Over 7.5 (+100, 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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