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MLB · Tuesday, September 1, 2026

St. Louis Cardinals @ Los Angeles Dodgers

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Los Angeles Dodgers ML (-179, MyBookie.ag) · confidence 57.0% of 10,000 sims · edge -7.2 pts · 0u

Michael McGreevy (3.86 ERA, 1.25 WHIP) vs Eric Lauer (4.78 ERA, 1.26 WHIP).

Projected 4.7–4.9; sim total 9.6 against a 9 line; park factor 1.00.

Market at board time: moneyline +158 / -188 (consensus at board time) · total 9.

Circuit-breaker log (6 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -179 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 51.2% vs de-vigged market 62.7%: 11.6-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 57.0% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -7.2 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 0.296 vs league 0.313 (gap +0.017, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+158 / -188+191 / -232
Total97.5 (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.

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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