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MLB · Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Atlanta Braves @ Washington Nationals

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Atlanta Braves ML (-135, Caesars) · confidence 52.6% of 10,000 sims · edge -4.9 pts · 0u

Grant Holmes (3.71 ERA, 1.34 WHIP) vs Brad Lord (3.75 ERA, 1.19 WHIP).

Projected 4.6–4.8; sim total 9.5 against a 9.5 line; park factor 0.99.

Market at board time: moneyline -142 / +122 (consensus at board time) · total 9.5.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -135 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 48.6% vs de-vigged market 56.6%: 8.0-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 52.6% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -4.9 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 0.307 vs league 0.317 (gap +0.009, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
  • Weather (totals paper track ONLY): 92°F at first pitch: run environment x1.088. Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)-142 / +122-140 / +119
Total9.59.5 (o-103 / u-117)

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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