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MLB · Tuesday, September 1, 2026

New York Mets @ Tampa Bay Rays

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Tampa Bay Rays ML (-124, DraftKings) · confidence 53.2% of 10,000 sims · edge -2.1 pts · 0u

Sean Manaea (4.55 ERA, 1.32 WHIP) vs Freddy Peralta (5.11 ERA, 1.41 WHIP).

Projected 4.3–4.6; sim total 8.9 against a 7.5 line; park factor 1.00.

Market at board time: moneyline +114 / -126 (consensus at board time) · total 7.5.

Circuit-breaker log (6 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 52.1% vs de-vigged market 54.4%: 2.3-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 53.3% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -2.1 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 0.299 vs league 0.313 (gap +0.014, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.

👁 Watch (market-proving, 0u): Over 7.5 (-110, BetUS) · model 54.9% · edge +2.5 pts · divergence +3.9 pts

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+114 / -126+113 / -126
Total7.58 (o-110 / u-110)

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 (-110, BetUS) — WIN (+0.91u 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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