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MLB · Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Kansas City Royals @ Toronto Blue Jays

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Toronto Blue Jays ML (-124, DraftKings) · confidence 51.4% of 10,000 sims · edge -4.0 pts · 0u

Seth Lugo (4.71 ERA, 1.38 WHIP) vs Max Scherzer (7.40 ERA, 1.51 WHIP).

Projected 4.6–4.5; sim total 9.1 against a 8.5 line; park factor 1.00.

Market at board time: moneyline +113 / -125 (consensus at board time) · total 8.5.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -124 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 48.5% vs de-vigged market 54.2%: 5.7-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 51.4% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -4.0 pts (minimum 2). No allocation; a good side at a bad price is a bad bet.
  • Rule 4 flag: Max Scherzer 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 0.331 vs league 0.315 (gap -0.016, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
  • Weather: roofed park, no adjustment (totals paper track).

👁 Watch (market-proving, 0u): Under 8.5 (+105, LowVig.ag) · model 51.0% · edge +2.2 pts · divergence +3.1 pts

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+113 / -125+111 / -132
Total8.58.5 (o-120 / u-1)

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): Under 8.5 (+105, LowVig.ag) — WIN (+1.05u 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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