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MLB · Sunday, August 30, 2026

San Diego Padres @ Tampa Bay Rays

Graded — this page is the complete record.

The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Tampa Bay Rays ML (-157, Caesars) · confidence 56.7% of 10,000 sims · edge -4.3 pts · 0u

Robbie Ray (3.21 ERA, 1.31 WHIP) vs Drew Rasmussen (2.95 ERA, 0.93 WHIP).

Projected 3.9–4.3; sim total 8.3 against a 7 line; park factor 1.00.

Market at board time: moneyline +142 / -164 (consensus at board time) · total 7.

Circuit-breaker log (6 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -157 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 53.4% vs de-vigged market 60.1%: 6.6-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 56.7% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -4.3 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 0.315 vs league 0.314 (gap -0.001, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+142 / -164+142 / -160
Total77 (o-115 / u-105)

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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