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MLB · Friday, August 28, 2026

Chicago White Sox @ Minnesota Twins

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Minnesota Twins ML (-123, DraftKings) · confidence 50.8% of 10,000 sims · edge -4.3 pts · 0u

Luis Castillo (5.19 ERA, 1.42 WHIP) vs Dean Kremer (5.22 ERA, 1.18 WHIP).

Projected 5–4.7; sim total 9.7 against a 9 line; park factor 0.99.

Market at board time: moneyline +114 / -126 (consensus at board time) · total 9.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -123 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 47.2% vs de-vigged market 54.4%: 7.2-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 50.8% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -4.4 pts (minimum 2). No allocation; a good side at a bad price is a bad bet.
  • Rule 4 flag: Dean Kremer 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 0.352 vs league 0.316 (gap -0.035, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
  • Weather (totals paper track ONLY): 82°F at first pitch: run environment x1.046. Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+114 / -126+105 / -119
Total99.5 (o-105 / u-115)

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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